Astralis Talent vs. Young Ninjas Preview & Prediction- Free 5/27 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at the WePlay Academy League Season 4 tournament this Friday. This is the fourth season of the WePlay Esports tournament and is held in the online CS: GO tournament format. Group winners advance to the playoffs, while the 2nd to 6th placed teams in each group go to the Play-In stage (single elimination Bo3) to determine the final 2 teams that proceed to the playoffs. The tournament begins with round-robin groups with best-of-one matches.

Astralis Talent Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Talent is ranked #63 in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking and has a CQ.Score of 1578. The team began the round-robin of the WePlay Academy League Season 4 tournament on a positive note and defeated BIG Academy (16: 10). The Danish team seems to be on an upswing because they won 9 out of their last 10 games and has managed a win rate of 64.0% over the past 3 months. They finished 3-4th at the POWER Ligaen Season 19, 1st at the Gamebox Festival 2022, and also won the MistGames Heroes of Tomorrow 2022.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Vertigo (80.0%-win rate), Ancient (75.0%), and Overpass (53.8%). The team managed an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (42.9%), Inferno (28.6%), and Dust2 (25.0%). Team members includes Altekz (0.95 player rating), Fessor (1.10), vigg0 (0.99), brzer (0.99), and MistR (0.96).

Young Ninjas Team Stats and Latest Results

Young Ninjas is ranked #82 in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking and has a CQ.Score of 1532. The team’s last match took place at the ongoing WPA tournament on May 24, 2022, and Young Ninjas lost to the BIG Academy with a score of 0:1. The team finished 1-2nd at the WePlay Academy League Season 2 and second at the WePlay Academy League Season 2 Finals. We expect the team to bounce back and show good performance at this event. They won 5 out of their last 10 games and has attained a win rate of 42.9% over the past 3 months.

Map win statistics over the past 3 months shows an impressive win rate on Inferno (75.0%). Nevertheless, the team was dismal on Mirage (40.0%), Overpass (33.3%), Ancient (33.3%), Vertigo (0.0%), and Dust2 (0.0%). The team’s roster has ztr (0.99 player rating), Ro1f (0.95), adamb (0.93), maxster (1.02), and 7EMPORARY (0.77).

Astralis Talent vs. Young Ninjas H2H Record

Head-to-head has 7 meetings. By this time, Young Ninjas has won 5 times while Astralis Talent has 2 wins. Their last encounter was at the Swiss round of the 2022 Pinnacle Winter Series 3 on March 08, 2022, and Astralis Talent won 2:1.

Astralis Talent vs. Young Ninjas Betting Preview

Astralis Talent has several advantages over Young Ninjas and we believe they will emerge victorious in the upcoming matchup. Astralis Talent won its last match, has a better ranking in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking, and has attained a better win rate over the past 3 months. Besides, Astralis Talent has a more skilled line-up and will dominate when they clash with their rivals.

The Pick: Astralis Talent to win.