NIP vs. Astralis Preview & Prediction - Free 11/23 CS: GO

The opponents will clash at the Upper Bracket (opening round) of the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 this Wednesday. The winner of this matchup will advance to the upper semi-finals while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket. The top prize for this tournament is $225,000 plus a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021.

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP Team is ranked 6th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 79 weeks. The team got an invite to the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 based on their performance at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021. They finished 1-3rd at the Premier Fall Groups and were awarded $25,000. Considering their performance in previous events, they won the IEM Fall 2021 Europe and finished 5-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. In the last 8 matches, they won 3 matches and hold a win rate of 67.9%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Cobblestone (100.0%), Ancient (88.9%), Overpass (83.3%), Inferno (66.7%), and Nuke (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent performance on Dust2 (33.3%), Mirage (33.3%), Cache (0.0%), Train (0.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of device (1.12), REZ (1.08), hampus (1.03), Plopski (1.05), and es3tag (0.91).

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Team is ranked 20th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 6 weeks. The Danish team was part of the Fall Groups and finished 4-6th to get a spot at the ongoing BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021. Considering the team’s performance in past events, they finished 4th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe, 6-8th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers Stage, and 12-14th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. Meanwhile, they are also part of the IEM Winter 2021 and will play their first match against NIP come 2nd December. In the last 8 matches, they have won 4 games and hold a win rate of 57.1%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Inferno (66.7%), and Nuke (66.7%). On the other side, they failed to show a decent performance on Ancient (50.0%), Dust2 (33.3%), and Overpass (0.0%). The team has a roster that includes Xyp9x (0.94), gla1ve (1.08), k0nfig, Lucky (0.97), and blameF (1.10).

NIP vs. Astralis H2H Record

The only head-to-head meeting of the teams took place in October, at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 tournament. In this matchup, NIP won 1:0.

NIP vs. Astralis Betting Preview

Astralis lost their last 3 matches while NIP lost its last 1 match. Comparing their performance on the maps, NIP leads on Mirage, Overpass, and Ancient while the opponent has attained a better performance on Nuke. When we consider the win rate between the teams, we believe NIP is the better side and will win this match.

The Pick: NIP to win.