Astralis vs. OG Preview & Prediction- Free 1/29 CS: GO

The rivals will meet at the group stage of the ongoing BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 tournament this Saturday. The 2022 Blast Premier is the most explosive, engaging, and entertaining esports event in the world. The top 3 teams at this stage will get $27,500 plus a spot at the Spring Final. The winner of this duel will progress to the Upper final while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket.

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis is ranked 8th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 15 weeks. The Danish team was part of the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 which ended on Dec 19th 2021 and finished 5-6th. Considering their performance in other events, they came 12-14th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, 3rd at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021, and 5-6th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals. The team has attained a 45.0%-win rate over the last 3 months and won 2 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Ancient (75.0%), Inferno (62.5%), and Dust2 (60.0%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent win rate on Nuke (42.9%), Mirage (33.3%), and Overpass (33.3%). The team’s line-up consists of gla1ve (1.02), k0nfig (1.05), Lucky (0.97), Xyp9x (0.94), and blameF (1.19).

OG Team Stats and Latest Results

OG Team is ranked 16th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 47 weeks. The European team seems to be on the downswing at the moment because they have only managed a 33.3%-win rate over the last 3 months. They lost all their matches at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021 and finished 10-12th. Additionally, they were awarded $2,000 plus 938 RMR Points at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe after finishing 11th place. OG Team also finished 3-4th at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 and 9-12th at the IEM Winter 2021. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 4 games and lost 4.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0%) but failed to impress on Mirage (50.0%), Inferno (50.0%), and Nuke (0.0%). The team has a roster that consists of niko (0.99), valde (1.11), mantuu (1.13), flameZ (1.09), and nexa (0.95).

Astralis vs. OG H2H Record

The opponents have never met in any tournament and this will be their first H2H encounter.

Astralis vs. OG Betting Preview

Even though Astralis has only won 2 out of their last 8 matches, they are the favorite in this matchup based on the fact that they have a better position in the world ranking and have performed exceptionally well on the maps. Astralis has more wins on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient. Additionally, Astralis has shown a better performance at previous BLAST Premier events than OG.

The Pick: Astralis to win.