fnatic Rising vs. Astralis Talent Preview & Prediction- Free 1/09 CS: GO

fnatic Rising vs. Astralis Talent Preview & Prediction- Free 1/09 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the round-robin in the ongoing WePlay Academy League Season 3 tournament. By this time, fnatic Rising has won 1 out of their 4 matches while Astralis Talent managed 1 win from their 6 matches of the group stage. The top 4 teams in this tournament will advance to the LAN Finals.

fnatic Rising Team Stats and Latest Results

fnatic Rising is ranked 85th in the world ranking. They were part of the WePlay Academy League Season 2 and finished 5th. At the ongoing WePlay Academy League Season 3, the team has only managed 1 win and lost 3 games. At the same time, they came 3-5th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Regionals and 9-12th at the ESEA Advanced Season 39 Europe. Meanwhile, they have attained a 46.7%-win rate over the last 3 months and won 3 out of their 8 last matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has an excellent win rate on Ancient (100.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Vertigo (57.1%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Overpass (50.0%), Nuke (40.0%), Inferno (33.3%), and Mirage (0.0%). The team has used one line-up over the last 3 months that consists of Kevve (0.86), Peppzor (1.02), kst (1.04), regali (1.16), and Banjo (1.05).

Astralis Talent Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Talent is ranked 110th in the world ranking. The team seems to be struggling to win games because they only managed 1 win from their last 8 matches. At the same time, they lost all their matches at the WePlay Academy League Season 2 and finished 7-8th. They came 25-40th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 2, 9-16th at the DreamHack Open November 2021 Open Qualifier, and 3-4th at the SiGMA Esports Technologies Cup 2021. Their win rate currently stands at 27.3%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (100.0% win-rate) but failed to impress on Inferno (33.3%), Vertigo (30.0%), and Overpass (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of Altekz (0.91), Fessor (1.06), vigg0 (0.95), MistR (0.86), and brzer (0.80).

fnatic Rising vs. Astralis Talent H2H Record

The only H2H encounter between the opponents was at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 and fnatic Rising won 1:0.

fnatic Rising vs. Astralis Talent Betting Preview

Both teams are on a downswing because they have only won 1 match at the group stage of the ongoing WePlay Academy League Season 3 tournament. Nevertheless, we believe fnatic Rising has a chance in this because they have a better win rate, better position in the world ranking, and better line-up. It is, therefore, safe to place a win for fnatic Rising.

The Pick: fnatic Rising to win.



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