Astralis are favoured: our model gives them 56% against Sangal. Bookmakers lean Astralis at 76%. Strength slightly favours Astralis, form slightly favours Sangal, firepower clearly favours Sangal.
Likely mapsAncient · Mirage · Cache
How the model gets there
One number from the signals below. Each row shows which side it pulls toward and how hard; the weights are learned from every match in our history (team strength and roster rating do most of the work), and the blend is shrunk toward the betting market based on how much data backs it, so a thin sample can never read as a lock.
AstralispullSangal
Team strength1579
153559/41 AST
Track record31–26
20–2151/49 AST
Recent formLLWLW
LWLWL57/43 SAN
Roster rating1.09
1.1186/14 SAN
Bookmakers imply 76% for Astralis (1.22 / 3.87); we land 20 points lower at 56%: that gap is where we think the value is. This read is 96% our own signal (134 maps of Astralis, 91 of Sangal).
Bottom line: Astralis to beat Sangal, but it's closer than it looks. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Firepower
roster ratings
Astralis · avg 1.09 · star gap +0.12iStar gap: the best player rates 0.12 above the team average. A big gap means the team leans on one star; a small one means the firepower is spread out.
Sangal · avg 1.11 · star gap +0.12iStar gap: the best player rates 0.12 above the team average. A big gap means the team leans on one star; a small one means the firepower is spread out.
Astralis53%to win the Bo3 · most likely Sangal 2-1
If the veto goes
Astralis 53%how the series ends47% Sangal
27%2-013%
26%2-134%
Map 1AncientAstralis pick
Astralis80%21-8vsSangal20%5-9
72%Win36%
64%CT41%
52%T49%
57%Pistol54%
82%Conv67%
Map 2MirageSangal pick
Astralis34%8-13vsSangal66%13-10
38%Win57%
48%CT54%
45%T48%
40%Pistol52%
88%Conv96%
Map 3Cachedecider
Astralis44%3-2vsSangal56%2-0
60%Win100%
68%CT87%
50%T43%
70%Pistol100%
100%Conv100%
Pistol, eco & sides
who wins pistols, what happens next, which side each team owns
CT side / T side rounds won on that side · Pistol opening pistol rounds won · After win won the round right after taking the pistol · After loss won the round right after losing it. Colour is the value against the league average on that map: above average below, and the tick marks the average.
AstralisAncientSangal
64%CT side41%
52%T side49%
57%Pistol54%
82%After win67%
4%After loss8%
AstralisMirageSangal
48%CT side54%
45%T side48%
40%Pistol52%
88%After win96%
12%After loss18%
AstralisCacheSangal
68%CT side87%
50%T side43%
70%Pistol100%
100%After win100%
33%After loss–
Pistol rounds52% · 55% · Sangal win more of them, a small head start
After a won pistol86% · 86% · both convert about the same
After a lost pistol9% · 14% · Sangal fight back and win the next round more often
Projected veto
likely picks & bans
ihow this projection works
A hypothetical veto for this matchup, projected from how each team has picked and banned before (Bo3, Astralis vetoes first). It's a guide to the likely map pool and each side's win% on those maps, not a guarantee: teams adapt to the opponent and the event.
Neither side's habitual bans cleanly remove the other's best maps, so the veto could realistically go several ways.