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Match preview · Stake Pulse Beat III

Astralis vs Sashi — match preview

14 October at 12:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Best of 3 (LAN)

Astralis come in ranked #11 in the world, Sashi #132.

Astralis meet Sashi at Stake Pulse Beat III. The model has not priced this one yet — it waits for the map veto, because which maps get played moves the number more than anything else on this page. What follows is what we already know about both teams.

Astralis — recent form

5 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

W vs Nemiga — 3–1 4 October at 18:30

W vs Luminosity — 2–1 4 October at 14:00

W vs fnatic — 2–0 3 October at 19:30

W vs BIG — 2–1 3 October at 12:00

W vs FaZe — 2–1 2 October at 14:10

Across everything we have covered: Astralis won 11 of 18, and our own call was right in 13 of 18.

Sashi — recent form

1 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Nemesis — 1–2 26 September at 14:00

W vs 9INE — 2–0 25 September at 20:20

L vs Sangal — 0–2 21 September at 15:30

L vs FOKUS — 0–2 21 September at 12:00

L vs BIG — 1–2 9 August at 17:00

Across everything we have covered: Sashi won 2 of 7, and our own call was right in 4 of 7.

Head to head

No meeting between Astralis and Sashi in our records yet — this is the first one we cover.

The map pool

Win, pick and ban rates over the last three months. This is where a series is often decided before it starts — a team can steer the veto onto a map the opponent rarely plays.

AstralisSashi
85%13 maps Cache 62%16 maps
17%6 maps Dust2 36%11 maps
50%6 maps Mirage -1 maps
33%9 maps Inferno 56%9 maps
36%11 maps Nuke 53%17 maps
72%18 maps Ancient 44%9 maps
-2 maps Anubis 80%5 maps

How they veto

The maps each side removes most often. Two teams that ban the same map hand the series to a third one neither wanted.

Astralis ban most often: Anubis 68%, Dust2 46%, Mirage 19%

Sashi ban most often: Mirage 79%, Dust2 44%, Ancient 24%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Astralis
phzy phzy1.10
HooXi HooXi0.93
jabbi jabbi1.09
★ Staehr Staehr1.21
ryu ryu1.13
Sashi
★ TjP TjP1.07
Hatz Hatz-
Anlelele Anlelele1.04
acoR acoR1.11
Zyphon Zyphon1.14

When the prediction goes up

Our call publishes before kickoff, never after — that is the whole point of keeping a public record. When it does, this page fills in with the probability for each team, the per-map calls once the veto is done, and afterwards the result and whether we were right.

More on these teams

All Astralis predictions and results
All Sashi predictions and results

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Statistical model estimates, published for entertainment. Match data: HLTV.org.