MOUZ NXT vs. Astralis Talent Preview & Prediction- Free 2/11 CS: GO

The rivals will meet at the Upper Bracket (Opening round) in the WePlay Academy League Season 3 tournament this Friday. The winner of this matchup will advance to the upper final while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket. The winner at the grand final will be awarded $45,000.

MOUZ NXT Team Stats and Latest Results

MOUZ NXT is ranked 32nd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 5 weeks. The Polish team has shown an impressive performance at the ongoing WePlay Academy League Season 3 tournament and won 7 out of their 8 matches. The team finished 3-4th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 4 and 9-12th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1. They have attained a win rate of 77.8% in the last 3 months and won 5 out of their last 8 matches.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team attained an excellent win rate on Mirage (82.4%), Vertigo (75.0%), Dust2 (75.0%), Nuke (62.5%), Inferno (60.0%), and Ancient (58.3%). Their line-up consists of JDC (1.12), xertioN (1.13), siuhy (1.10), szejn (1.05), and mhL (1.24).

Astralis Talent Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Talent is ranked 96th in the world ranking. The team struggled to advance to the playoffs and won only 5 out of their 11 matches. The team won only 2 matches at the group stage then proceeded to win all their matches at the Play-in of the WePlay Academy League Season 3 tournament. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 25-40th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 4 and 25-40th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 5. They won 5 out of their last 8 games and hold a win rate of 47.1%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (66.7%), Ancient (66.7%), and Vertigo (53.8%) but failed to impress on Mirage (50.0%), Overpass (40.0%), and Inferno (0.0%). Their roster consists of Altekz (0.92 player rating), Fessor (1.16), vigg0 (0.97), MistR (0.91), and brzer (0.98).

MOUZ NXT vs. Astralis Talent H2H Record

The opponents have only met once. They played at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 tournament and MOUZ NXT won on Nuke (16:13).

MOUZ NXT vs. Astralis Talent Betting Preview

MOUZ NXT has been impressive at the ongoing tournament and this is reflected by their performance at the group stage. They won 7 out of their 8 matches at the group stage and automatically advanced to the playoffs. On the other hand, Astralis Talent had to pass through Play-in after winning only 2 matches at the group stage. Map stats shows that MOUZ NXT leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, and Vertigo while Astralis Talent has more wins on Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient. Therefore, we are predicting a win for MOUZ NXT.

The Pick: MOUZ NXT to win.