Astralis vs. Copenhagen Flames Preview & Prediction - Free 10/26 CS: GO

There are 16 teams playing the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers Stage. The 16 teams will clash for 8 spots in Legends Stage. This Tuesday, Astralis and Copenhagen Flames will play their first round of the group stage.

Astralis Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Team is ranked 9th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 247 weeks. The Danish team qualified for the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers Stage based on their Europe Regional Major Rankings. Besides, they are coming to the tournament after finishing 4th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe tournament where they received $9,000 plus 2031 RMR Points. The team also finished 13-16th at the ESL Pro League Season 14 and 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021. In the last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and have a win rate of 58.8%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent performance on Nuke (66.7%) and Inferno (66.7%). They attained an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%) but failed to impress on Overpass (33.3%), Ancient (33.3%), and Vertigo (0.0%). Astralis has a roster that consists of Xyp9x (0.97), dupreeh (1.13), gla1ve (0.84), Magisk (1.13), and Lucky (1.00).

Copenhagen Flames Team Stats and Latest Results

Copenhagen Flames is ranked 14th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 11 weeks. They have been invited to this tournament based on Europe RMR and expect to show an impressive performance. Considering their performance in the last tournaments, statistics shows that the team is on an upswing. They finished 3-4th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3, 7th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe, and 2nd at the Elisa Invitational Fall 2021. In the last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and hold a win rate of 78.3%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent performance on Ancient (81.8%), Overpass (76.9%), Mirage (75.0%), Vertigo (70.6%) and Nuke (68.8%). On the other hand, they were weakest on Inferno (46.7%) and Dust2 (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of HooXi (0.91), nicoodoz (1.10), roeJ (1.18), jabbi (1.04), and Zyphon (1.06).

Astralis vs. Copenhagen Flames H2H Record

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

Astralis vs. Copenhagen Flames Betting Preview

Based on the available statistics, there is no favourite in this match. Both sides have won 6 out of their last 8 matches and show quite impressive performance on the maps. Astralis leads on 2 maps while Copenhagen Flames have an advantage on 5 maps. Astralis lost their last 2 matches while Copenhagen Flames have a 2 match win streak. This shows that Copenhagen Flames have a slight advantage but Astralis cannot leave this match without snatching a map. Hence, we advise a win for Copenhagen Flames and Over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Copenhagen Flames to win/ Over 2.5 maps.