Astralis Talent vs. KOVA Preview & Prediction- Free 3/29 CS: GO

Astralis Talent and KOVA will clash at the Swiss round 2 in the Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders tournament this Tuesday. There are 16 teams in this event battling it out for 8 spots in Elisa Inv. Spring '22. The Swiss round is played in the best-of-three series.

Astralis Talent Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Talent is ranked #65 in the global ranking. Since the beginning of the year, the team has played 29 matches and currently has a win rate of 48.3%. At the ongoing Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders tournament, they lost Swiss round 1 to MASONIC with a score of 2:0. The Swedish team finished 3rd at the WePlay Academy League Season 3, 1-2nd at the Pinnacle Winter Series 3 Regionals, and 13-15th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 3. Meanwhile, the team has won 5 out of their last 10 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Overpass (61.5%-win rate), Ancient (60.0%), and Vertigo (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Nuke (44.4%), Mirage (25.0%), and Inferno (20.0%). Their line-up consists of Fessor (1.09 player rating), vigg0 (0.98), brzer (0.99), MistR (0.93), and Altekz (0.93).

KOVA Team Stats and Latest Results

KOVA Esports ranks #67 in the world ranking. The Finnish team is currently in poor shape and has 5 losses in a row. Their last match took place at the Swiss round of the ongoing EIS tournament on March 23 and they lost to 777 Esports with a score of 2:0. They won the Pelaajat Series Spring 2022 which ended on March 13, 2022, finished 3-4th at the Pelaajat Nordic Masters Spring 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier and 16-18th at the Pinnacle Cup III. They attained a win rate of 54.2% over the last 3 months and also won 4 out of their last 10 matches.

Map win statistics over the last 3 months show that their best-played cards are Nuke (83.3%-win rate), Vertigo (80.0%), and Mirage (58.3%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Ancient (42.9%), Overpass (16.7%), and Inferno (12.5%). The team’s roster has Spargo (1.05 player rating), Twixie (1.00), uli (1.07), Airax (0.93), and zks (0.99).

Astralis Talent vs. KOVA H2H Record

There are no H2H meetings between the opponents and this will be their first H2H encounter.

Astralis Talent vs. KOVA Betting Preview

This is a perfect example of over 2.5 maps. This is because there is no significant difference between the rivals in terms of their stats. While Astralis Talent is ranked #65, KOVA Esports ranks #67 in the world ranking. At the same time, both sides have an advantage on 3 cards and almost-similar rosters (relative to player rating). When this is the case, we usually avoid betting on the winner. We expect to see a bunch of rounds on each side and a possibility of a third map to find the winning team.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.