Astralis vs. Complexity, Preview & Prediction - Free 12/15 CS:GO

Astralis is a massive favorite to defeat Complexity and kick-off the group stage of the IEM Global Challenge 2020 with a victory, and they are also one of the biggest faves to win the tournament. That being said, the Danes cannot afford to lose this game and be in jeopardy of missing the playoffs. Alongside Astralis and Complexity, BIG and Vitality are also in this group.

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis beat Natus Vincere at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe and mousesports at the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe, winning $160,000 and a couple of trophies along the way. They reached the Grand final of the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals, but Vitality proved to be a better side and secured a 2-1 victory, so Astralis had to settle with 2nd place and $85,000. The Danish team received an invitation to this tournament. Astralis won nine of the previous 11 matches.

When it comes to the maps in the last three months, Astralis was decent on Inferno (76.2% win rate), Vertigo (72.7%), Train (71.4%), and Overpass (71.4%), while their “weakest” results came on Dust2 (56.2%). Astralis assembled its current lineup in November this year and appeared on 39 maps with a record of 26 wins and 13 losses. The team members are Xyp9x (1.01 rating), dupreeh (1.11), gla1ve (1.01), device (1.19), and Magisk (1.09).

Complexity Team Stats and Latest Results

Complexity is not playing well lately and they dropped out from the top 10 in the world as a result. They are without a single trophy in the last three months, while they also struggled at the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe, where they lost to Gambit and FURIA without winning a map in the process. Complexity finished in 5th place and with $5,000 in the pocket. Complexity lost ten of the last 18 games.

In the previous three months, Complexity was unbeaten on Inferno (played twice) and played well on Overpass (66.7%), while they failed to get a victory on Train (played four times) and didn’t impress on Dust2 (28.6%). Complexity is playing with the same squad since October and appeared on 31 maps with a record of 16 wins and 15 losses. The lineup is made of jks (1.09), RUSH (0.94), k0nfig (1.14), poison (0.99), and blameF (1.21).

Astralis vs. Complexity H2H Record

These rivals have met on four occasions so far, and the series is currently tied at 2-2. Astralis won the most recent encounter at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe when it was 2-0 for the Danish side.

Astralis vs. Complexity Betting Preview

It seems that poison will not be playing for Complexity, and the new member of the lineup is not announced yet, so I am giving a huge advantage to Astralis here. Considering that Complexity will play with a new lineup, I think they will struggle, especially early in the game, so Astralis should win the opening map without problems. They dominated the latest H2H duel, and I am backing Astralis to do it again on Tuesday, so I am going with them to cover the -1.5 spread.

The Pick: Astralis -1.5 (-143 @GG.BET)