Match Prediction: Extra Salt - BIG | Counter-Strike (CS2)

Extra Salt and BIG will meet at the FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe Final. The North American squad already has a one-map advantage, as they reached the grand final without defeat. Well, BIG remains to find the strength to impose a fight in the race for the title.

Extra Salt Form

The 23rd World Ranking Team easily and naturally reached the FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe Final Grand Final. Nobody, including myself, expected such agility from the best team in North America (at this segment of the season). However, Extra Salt exceeded all expectations, showing not only good play, combining aggressive rounds and competent positioning, but also a frenzied attitude. But everything is over, because the rematch with BIG is ahead.

The latest results of the team:

• Victory over paiN with a score of 2: 1.
• Defeat from Spirit with a score of 0: 2.
• Victory over BIG with a score of 2: 1.
• Victory over Dignitas with a score of 2: 0.
• Victory over forZe with a score of 2: 1.

Best Extra Salt Cards:

• Vertigo - 100% wins.
• Nuke - 93% wins.
• Train - 81% wins.
• Overpass - 80% wins.
• Inferno - 57% wins.
• Dust 2 - 56% wins.

We are unlikely to see Mirage here. However, I am beginning to understand that such a confident statistic is by no means accidental.

BIG shape

The 12th team in the world ranking failed the start of the championship, having received a cap from an outsider. However, the team found the strength to wake up, as a result of which it reached the grand final, albeit in the lower bracket. Now BIG will have to meet with their abuser again, but already in an obviously catching up position.

The latest results of the team:

• Lose from Extra Salt with a score of 1: 2.
• Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2: 0.
• Victory over Complexity with a score of 2: 0.
• Victory over HAVU with a score of 2: 0.
• Victory over forZe with a score of 2: 0.

Best BIG cards:

• Vertigo - 75% wins.
• Dust 2 - 75% wins.
• Mirage - 67% wins.

From now on, the team can play on any map. Moreover, this will give BIG a place to turn, because the grand final is played on five maps.

Personal meetings statistics

During the current season, the teams held one meeting - at the start of FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe Final, the victory went to Extra Salt (2: 1).

Prediction for the match Extra Salt - BIG

I am very impressed with the level of preparation, including the moral component, of the North American team. So here I am confident that Extra Salt will win. The reason for this is not only a handicap of one map, but also a confident play on the rest. All this is supported by strong motivation and a desire to prove to the stage that the team came here for a reason.