mousesports vs. Astralis, Preview & Prediction - Free 12/6 CS:GO

Astralis is a favorite in this Best of 5 encounter when they face mousesports in the Grand final of the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe on Sunday. The winner will get a trophy and $60,000, while the losing side will have to settle with $30,000.

mousesports Team Stats and Latest Results

mousesports is in a fantastic form of seven consecutive wins, and although they are underdogs in this clash with No. 4 Astralis, they will surely have a chance on Sunday. They secured a ticket for the BLAST Fall Finals along with $25,000 after defeating GODSENT, Heroic, and Cloud9, while they beat GODSENT twice and Liquid and Cloud9 at this tournament. mousesports won eight of the previous 13 matches.

In the last three months, mousesports was unbeaten on Vertigo (played three times) and played well on Inferno (66.7% win rate) and Train (66.7%), while they were below average on Dust2 (38.5%). mousesports is playing with the same lineup since September 2020 and appeared on 71 maps with a record of 41 wins and 30 losses. The lineup consists of karrigan (0.95 rating), chrisJ (0.96), frozen (1.09), ropz (1.21), and Bymas (1.02).

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis was victorious at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe and $99,000 thanks to a 3-1 win over Natus Vincere, after which they finished in 3rd position and earned $14,000 with 2188 RMR Points for their efforts. The Danes lost the opening match at this tournament to GODSENT but responded with four wins over Liquid, G2, Gambit, and FURIA to reach the Grand final. Astralis won eight of the last 11 games.

During the previous three months, Astralis displayed strong performances on Inferno (82.4%) and Overpass (71.4%), while they were average on Dust2. Since November this year, Astralis is playing with the current squad that appeared on 25 maps and recorded 16 wins and nine losses. The team members are Xyp9x (1.02), dupreeh (1.12), gla1ve (1.00), device (1.18), and Magisk (1.07).

mousesports vs. Astralis H2H Record

These rivals have met on seven occasions so far, and Astralis leads the all-time series 4-3. The Danish team won each of the previous three meetings, including the most recent one at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe some three weeks ago.

mousesports vs. Astralis Betting Preview

Considering mousesports’ form of late and at this tournament, in particular, we must admit they have a chance on Sunday. Games between these teams are usually entertaining and with a lot of rounds on both ends – five of seven duels produced a maximum of three maps, including the last three. That being said, I’d go with Over 2.5 maps at excellent odds, which is what I suggest to you if you like to risk a bit more. In my case, I will opt for a safer option and Astralis to win. I believe they can do it as they continue to attack the No. 1 place in the CS:GO rankings.

The Pick: Astralis to win (-172 @PINNACLE)