Astralis vs. MIBR Preview & Prediction- Free 2/15 CS: GO

Astralis vs. MIBR Preview & Prediction- Free 2/15 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at the Upper bracket round of 16 in the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In tournament this Tuesday. The 2022 IEM Katowice is one of the biggest and most awaited events in the professional scene of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. The event has come back this year with an even larger prize pool of $1,000,000 at stake. The prize pool of the Play-In is $28,000. Play-In is played in a double-elimination bracket and opening matches are played in the best-of-one series, while the following series are best-of-three.

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis is currently ranked 7th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 17 weeks. The Danish team has maintained a steady performance since the year began. They were part of the Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals and finished 5-6th. At the same time, they finished 3rd at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021, 9-12th at the IEM Winter 2021, and 7-9th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022. Over the last 3 months, the team attained a win rate of 40.0% and won 3 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team maintained an average performance on Inferno (50.0%), Overpass (50.0%), and Ancient (50.0%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Nuke (41.7%), Dust2 (40.0%), and Mirage (36.4%). The team has maintained 1 line-up for the last 3 months that consists of blameF (1.18), k0nfig (1.02), Xyp9x (0.93), Lucky (0.96), and gla1ve (0.99).

MIBR Team Stats and Latest Results

MIBR is ranked 35th in the world ranking. Over the last 3 months, the Brazilian team has displayed an up and down performance because they won the ESEA Advanced Season 39 North America in December, finished second at the CBCS Finals 2021 but 7-9th at the finished BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022. They were also part of the iBUYPOWER Mythic Masters Winter 2021 in November 2021 and received $5,000 after finishing 3-4th. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 3 games and lost 5. Meanwhile, they hold a win rate of 56.2%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (83.3%), Vertigo (66.7%), and Ancient (62.5%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Dust2 (50.0%), Overpass (33.3%), and Inferno (16.7%). The team has a roster that consists of exit (1.08), WOOD7 (1.04), JOTA (1.12), Tuurtle (1.09), and brnz4n (1.10).

Astralis vs. MIBR H2H Record

The opponents have met once. They crossed paths at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 and Astralis won 1:0.

Astralis vs. MIBR Betting Preview

Astralis lost their last 3 matches while MIBR is coming to this meeting on a 2-match losing streak. A comparison of both teams' rosters shows that MIBR has a better line-up than their rivals. At the moment, Astralis leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, and Overpass. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that none of their cards has an over 50%-win rate. MIBR has attained at least 60%-win rate on Nuke and Ancient. Therefore, we are predicting a win for MIBR in this upcoming meeting.

The Pick: MIBR to win.

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