Astralis vs. IHC Preview & Prediction- Free 5/09 CS: GO

The sides will cross paths at the Swiss round 1 in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage this Monday. This is the 3rd Major Tournament organized by PGL taking place in Belgium for a $1,000,000 prize pool. The tournament format is divided into three stages; The Challengers Stage, Legends Stage, and Champion Stage. The Challengers Stage is composed of 16 teams wherein the top eight teams will advance to the Legends Stage and the bottom eight will be eliminated. The upcoming matchup will be played in the best-of-one series.

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis is ranked #9 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 26 weeks. The Danish team finished 6th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B and got a spot at the Challengers Stage where it will play against IHC Esports in the Swiss round. Considering their performance in other events, they finished 7-8th at the IEM Katowice 2022, 5-8th at the ESL Pro League Season 15, and 2nd at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe. The team attained a win rate of 61.9% over the past 3 months and has won 6 out of the last 10 matches.

Map win statistics in the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Ancient (78.6%), Nuke (77.8%), and Overpass (62.5%). They managed an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) but failed on Inferno (40.0%), Vertigo (25.0%), and Dust2 (16.7%). The team’s current line-up has Xyp9x (1.07 player rating), k0nfig (1.10), gla1ve (1.03), Farlig (1.05), and blameF (1.18).

IHC Esports Team Stats and Latest Results

IHC Esports currently ranks #52 in the world ranking. The Mongolian team won its last 5 games and has attained a win rate of 72.7% over the past 3 months. The team’s last match took place at the 2022 ESL Challenger League Season 41 Asia-Pacific on May 04, 2022, and IHC Esports defeated NSN with a score of 0:2. The team finished 3rd at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Asia-Pacific and won the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Asia RMR. Out of the last 10 matches, IHC Esports has managed 7 wins.

The team's best-played maps over the past 3 months consist of Nuke (100.0%-win rate), Ancient (100.0%), Mirage (80.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Inferno (57.1%). On the flip side, the team has been dismal on Vertigo (0.0%). The line-up has kabal (1.09 player rating), nin9 (1.08), sk0R (1.28), bLitz (1.11), and Techno (1.12).

Astralis vs. IHC Esports H2H Record

Teams had no previous encounters and this will be their first H2H encounter.

Astralis vs. IHC Esports Betting Preview

Astralis is 43 places ahead of IHC Esports in the world ranking and this should mean they are the favorites. Nevertheless, we cannot overwrite the fact that IHC Esports has a better win rate, has a better performance on the maps, and also managed more wins from their last 10 matches. Most sportsbooks have predicted a win for Astralis but we are going otherwise.

The Pick: IHC Esports to win.