Match Prediction: Vitality - BIG | CS2 (CS:GO)
BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023Team Vitality will play against BIG for a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 in the second round of the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 Play-In tournament. The format of the match is bo3. Who will get the opportunity to participate in the next most important championship from the famous tournament operator? Read in today's material.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match perform in the course of the current year, how they spent their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
Team Vitality uniforms
Team Vitality have not had the best start to the season. The European team started this year with 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events.
Prior to this championship, Team Vitality took part in BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023. There, the team was placed in Group A by the draw. After a poor performance, Vitality reached the quarter-finals of the tournament, finishing third in the group. Their first opponent in the final stage was FaZe Clan, whom Team Vitality defeated 2-0. G2 Esports caused more problems in the semi-finals, but a 2-1 result put ZywOo and the team into the championship final. Heroic became too much of a challenge for them. Vitality Ledge were defeated 1:2 in a competitive match. The second place in the standings allowed the team to earn $85,000.
At the end of last month, Team Vitality sent a legendary player from Denmark, dupreeh, to the bench. He was replaced by Israeli flameZ, who previously represented The International heres OG and Endpoint.
At BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023, Team Vitality were drawn into Group A, where they defeated Evil Geniuses and Complexity Gaming 2-0. This allowed the team to go through the top grid to the grand final of the group. There, Vitality Ledge and Ninjas in Pyjamas were defeated 0:2 in a competitive match (Mirage - 13-16, Overpass - 14-16) to advance to the second round of the Play-In.
Team Vitality's recent results stats:
- A 0:2 loss to Ninjas in Pyjamas
- A 2-0 win over Complexity Gaming
- 2:0 win over Evil Geniuses
- 1:2 defeat by Heroic
- 2:1 win over G2 Esports
BIG uniform
The German team is not doing the best in the current season, although they regularly come to the big events. At the beginning of the year s1n and the team placed 7th-9th at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 and 13th-16th at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023. ESL Pro League Season 17 brought BIG $15,000 for 17th-20th place at the tournament. The German eSports club also took part in Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023, where they finished in 5th-6th place in the standings. For this achievement the team earned $10,000. Overall, Berlin International Gaming has yet to win a single tournament, even when it comes to smaller online events.
The last tournament for BIG before their participation in BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 was CCT West Europe Series #4, a $50,000 online tournament from Fragster. The organisers invited the team straight into the play-offs stage, thus the German club skipped the group stage. BIG played their first match at the tournament against Illuminar Gaming. After defeating IG with a score of 2:1, BIG advanced to the quarter-finals of the championship. There, s1n and his teammates defeated Astralis Talent 2:0 without much trouble, and then Young Ninjas in the semifinals with a similar score. In the finals of CCT West Europe Series #4 they were already waiting for Portuguese team SAW. BIG Ledge beat their opponent on two maps in a row and took the second place in the tournament, which allowed them to earn $10,000 in prize money.
BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 started for BIG in Group B, where their first opponent was Heroic. After losing 0-2, the German club went straight to the bottom of the group. There BIG defeated Astralis with the result 2:1 and entered the final of the lower net of the tournament. Berlin International Gaming could not overcome NAVI, lost two maps in a row and went to the Play-In of the tournament. In a full bo3 series BIG outplayed OG (Mirage - 11-16, Overpass - 16-13, Ancient - 16-11) and advanced to the final match of the tournament.
Statistics of BIG's latest results:
- 2-1 win over OG
- 0:2 loss to Natus Vincere
- 2:1 win over Astralis
- 0:2 defeat by Heroic
- 0:2 defeat by SAW
Match history of Team Vitality vs BIG
Team Vitality has played against BIG twice this year. Both times Vitality defeated their opponent.
Predicted result of the Team Vitality - BIG matchup
The reigning Major champions look a head stronger than their opponent in their current state. Let's bet on the victory of Team Vitality.
Bookmakers & Statistics
All bookmakers have agreed that Vitality is the favorite. This can be noticed because odds on them are 1.089. This number in the favor of BIG amounts 8.187. Respectively, the last ones are the underdogs of the upcoming match.
What are the successes of the teams in the last games
Last Matches | Vitality | BIG |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 2 |
10 matches (wins) | 6 | 5 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The participants in the battle before the meeting played 14 matches with each other. And Vitality won 11 times while BIG correspondingly became the winner 3 times.