Virtus.pro vs. Astralis, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/16 CS: GO

The opponents meet at the quarter-finals of the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament this Friday. Both teams progressed from the group stage after an impressive performance. The winner will play G2 at the semis.

Virtus.pro Team Stats and Latest Results

Virtus.pro is ranked 9th on the global ranking. At the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament, they have won 4 out of 5 matches. They lost their first match at the Group A opening round when they played BIG. For that reason, they were dropped to the lower bracket where they have recorded three successive wins. They defeated Complexity at the lower round 1, NIP at the lower semifinals, and BIG at the lower final. Considering other events, Virtus.pro finished second at the EPIC League CIS 2021, 5-6th at the IEM Summer 2021 tournament, and 9-10th at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021. Out of their last 8 matches, they won 4 and lost 4 matches. Their win rate stands at 53.3%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0%), Train (75.0%), and Inferno (62.5%). They attained an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Dust2 (44.4%), Mirage (27.3%), and Vertigo (20.0%). The team lineup consists of SANJI (0.95), buster (1.07), Qikert (1.06), Jame (1.16), and YEKINDAR (1.15).

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis is ranked 10th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 238 weeks. The Danish team was placed in Group B of the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament where they defeated FaZe (2:0) and Heroic (2:0). They lost their last match when they played Natus Vincere but still managed to reserve a spot at the single elimination bracket. Astralis was part of other tournaments where they showed impressive performances. They won the BLAST Premier Global Final 2020 in January, finished 5-6th at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2021, and 6th at the Flashpoint 3. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 3 matches and lost 5. Their win rate stands at 46.7%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that Astralis has displayed an impressive performance on Nuke (70.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Vertigo (60.0%). On the other hand, they displayed an average performance on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to impress on Overpass (25.0%), Ancient (0.0%), and Train (0.0%). They have maintained one lineup since January that consists of Xyp9x (1.09), dupreeh (1.13), gla1ve (1.04), Magisk (1.13), Bubzkji (0.98).

Virtus.pro vs. Astralis H2H Record

Both teams have met in 4 different tournaments and Astralis has won on 3. The last meeting was at the ESL Pro League Season 13 tournament which went for 3 rounds and Astralis took on Vertigo and Inferno.

Virtus.pro vs. Astralis Betting Preview

This is a very tight matchup because both teams have equal performance as seen on the world ranking and player ratings. At the same time, Virtus.pro has a better performance on Mirage, Inferno, and Overpass while Astralis leads on Dust2, Nuke, and Vertigo. In other words, both sides lead on 3 maps. For this reason, we will avoid the winner bet and go for over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.