Astralis Talent vs. BIG Academy Preview & Prediction- Free 6/01 CS: GO

The rivals will clash at the group stage (Group B) in the WePlay Academy League Season 4 tournament this Wednesday. This is the fourth season of the WePlay Esports tournament and is held in the online CS: GO tournament format. Fourteen stunning teams across Europe are put together to combat and transcend to the astounding prize pool of $100,000. The upcoming match will be played in the best-of-one series.

Astralis Talent Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Talent ranks #62 in the world ranking. The Danish team is currently on a 2-match win streak and has managed 8 wins from its last 10 matches. At the group stage of the ongoing WPA tournament, the team has won 4 out of their 5 games and is currently second in Group B. They finished 3-4th at the POWER Ligaen Season 19 and won both the Gamebox Festival 2022 and MistGames Heroes of Tomorrow 2022. Over the past 3 months, the team has attained 65.5% and currently has a 2-match win streak.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Vertigo (83.3%-win rate) and Ancient (77.8%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Overpass (50.0%), Mirage (50.0%), Nuke (42.9%), Inferno (28.6%), and Dust2 (25.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of Altekz (0.96 player rating), Fessor (1.10), vigg0 (0.99), brzer (0.99), and MistR (0.99).

BIG Academy Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG Academy ranks #86 in the world ranking. The German team is currently on a 3-match win streak and has managed 7 wins from its last 10 games. The team has won 4 out of its 5 rounds at the ongoing WePlay Academy League Season 4 tournament. Considering the team’s performance in past events, they finished 4th at the ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2022 and 3-5th at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders. Over the past 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 60.0%.

The team's best-played maps over the past 3 months include Dust2 (75.0%), Overpass (75.0%), and Mirage (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Nuke (0.0%), Inferno (0.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). The team’s current line-up has s1n (1.06 player rating), prosus (1.06), k1to (1.22), Aqua (0.95), and hyped (1.05).

Astralis Talent vs. BIG Academy H2H Record

Head-to-head has 7 matches between the rivals. By this time, BIG Academy has won 6 times while Astralis Talent has won once. Their last encounter was at the ongoing WPA tournament on May 25, 2022, and Astralis Talent won 1:0.

Astralis Talent vs. BIG Academy Betting Preview

BIG Academy is currently on a 3-match win streak while Astralis Talent won its last 2 matches. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that Astralis Talent leads on Inferno, Nuke, Vertigo, and Ancient while BIG Academy has an advantage on Dust2, Mirage, and Overpass. BIG Academy also has a better roster than the opponent. Based on these stats, we believe BIG Academy is the better side and will win.

The Pick: BIG Academy to win.

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