fnatic Rising vs. Astralis Talent, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/25 CS: GO

The WePlay Academy League Season 1 continues this Sunday when fnatic Rising meets Astralis Talent at the 7th round of the group stage. fnatic Rising has won 4 out of their 6 matches while Astralis Talent has 2 wins.

fnatic Rising Team Stats and Latest Results

fnatic Rising has so far won 4 out of their 6 matches at the group stage of the WePlay Academy League Season 1. They lost the first round to mouz NXT but bounced back to defeat VP.Prodigy (19: 17), FURIA Academy (16: 5), BIG Academy (16:6), and Young Ninjas (16: 12). Nevertheless, the European team lost their 6th round of the group stage to NAVI Junior. In this match, NAVI Junior was more prepared on Vertigo and won 16: 9. This means that they have won 4 out of their last 6 matches and have a win rate of 66.7%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months indicates that the team has been impressive on Inferno (100.0%) and Overpass (100.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Vertigo (33.3%). They have a relatively new lineup that has featured in 6 maps and consists of Kevve (0.82), Peppzor (1.03), kst (0.97), prosus (1.12), and regali (1.26).

Astralis Talent Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Talent’s woes continued at the sixth round of the group stage in WePlay Academy League Season 1. They had expected to get their third win but mouz NXT was more prepared on Inferno and won 19:16. At the same time, they lost to FURIA Academy (10:16), BIG Academy (11:16), and Young Ninjas (3:16). They managed to defeat NAVI Junior (16:8) and VP.Prodigy (16:5) in the fourth and fifth round respectively. Their problems seem to be recurring because they failed to win a single match at the BLAST Rising 2021 in May and Spring Sweet Spring 2 Regionals. Considering their last 8 matches, they have only managed to win 2 matches and hold a win rate of 15.4%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team won 2 matches and lost 4 on Overpass to achieve a win rate of 33.3%. They also had a 33.3% on Vertigo but failed to get any win on Nuke (0.0%), Inferno (0.0%), and Train (0.0%). The team lineup includes vester (0.91), Altekz (0.85), Void (0.94), vigg0 (0.93), and Gnøffe (0.83).

fnatic Rising vs. Astralis Talent H2H Record

There is no head-to-head record between the sides and this will be their first meeting.

fnatic Rising vs. Astralis Talent Betting Preview

We believe fnatic Rising will win this match because they have a better lineup compared to Astralis Talent. In Astralis Talent's lineup, there is no player with more than a 1.00 rating and this has affected their performance in all the maps. At the same time, fnatic Rising has a better win rate.

The Pick: fnatic Rising to win.