FURIA vs. Astralis Preview & Prediction- Free 4/08 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at the quarter-finals of the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament this Friday. Playoffs matches are played in a single-elimination bracket, best-of-three series except for the grand final which is a best-of-five. The winner of this duel will advance to the Semi-finals while the loser will leave the tournament. The best team will take $175,000.

FURIA Esports Team Stats and Latest Results

FURIA Esports is ranked #11 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 167 weeks. The Brazilian team won 4 out of their 5 matches in the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament and finished 1st in Group A. They defeated Outsiders (2:1), Sprout (2:0), Vitality (2:1), and ENCE (2:1) but lost to FaZe with a score of 1:2. Considering the team’s performance in past events, they finished 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1, 2nd at the ESL Challenger February 2022, and 9-12th at the IEM Katowice 2022. The team has attained a win rate of 61.5% and won 6 out of their last 10 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Vertigo (100.0%-win rate), Ancient (100.0%), and Overpass (66.7%). The team managed an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (37.5%) and Inferno (20.0%). The team’s line-up includes KSCERATO (1.19-player rating), arT (1.10), yuurih (1.19), drop (0.98), and saffee (1.02).

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis is ranked #9 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 22 weeks. The Danish team played Evil Geniuses, Heroic, AGO, Natus Vincere, and Complexity at the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament and finished 3rd in Group D. At the playoffs, they played Entropiq and won with a score of 2:1. The team finished 7-9th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 and was awarded $8,500 and a spot at the upcoming Spring Showdown. At the IEM Katowice 2022, Astralis finished 7-8th and received $24,000. Over the last 3 months, the team managed a win rate of 52.4% and won 6 out of their last 10 games.

Considering their performance on the maps over the last 3 months, their best-played cards are Nuke (71.4%-win rate) and Ancient (70.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Overpass (50.0%), Inferno (50.0%), Mirage (42.9%), Vertigo (33.3%), and Dust2 (0.0%). Astralis’s line-up includes Xyp9x (1.08-player rating), gla1ve (1.04), k0nfig (1.08), Farlig (0.99), and blameF (1.18).

FURIA vs. Astralis H2H Record

Head-to-head shows 6 meetings between the rivals. FURIA Esports has won 4 times while Astralis managed to win 2 times. Their last encounter was at the IEM Katowice 2022 on February 17, 2022, and FURIA Esports won 2:0.

FURIA vs. Astralis Betting Preview

Both teams are in great shape at the moment and we should expect an interesting matchup this Friday. Out of their last 10 matches, both teams have managed 6 wins. Map performance shows that FURIA leads in 4 cards while Astralis has an advantage on 2 maps. FURIA dominates H2H stats and we expect this to give them an advantage in the upcoming meeting.

The Pick: FURIA Esports to win.