Match Prediction: Heroic - BIG | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18Welcome to EGamersWorld.
We are still looking at the top CSGO in the next season of the regular TIR-S Championship - ESL Pro League. The eighteenth season of the ESL Pro League will offer $835,000 to 32 participants, as well as a trip to IEM Katowice 2024 and BLAST Fall Finals 2023.
Among the contenders to win the entire tournament is Heroic. We'll talk about the Danish club in more detail as they will face BIG for a play-offs spot in the tournament.
The winner of Bo3 series will advance to the final stage of Group B and given the format of ESL Pro League Season 18 - will guarantee a place in the play-offs. There is plenty of motivation to win.
Let's see who will be stronger in this confrontation, win and earn a slot in the main stage of ESL Pro League Season 18. It should be The International.
Let's go.
Heroic uniforms
Let's open our analysis of the first match of the semi-finals of the top Group B of the ESL Pro League Season 18 with an analysis of Heroic's form. The Danish club will be playing a confident first leg.
Bookmakers are confident in the victory of Heroic. The odds for the Danish success are at around 1.2.
Obviously, Heroic is in favour and there is no need to doubt such odds for the Danish victory. Nevertheless, BIG are still a team that can piss off and cause trouble.
All year Heroic have hardly left the championship pedestal. It all started with BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, where Heroic took the top 4.
Then there was IEM Katowice 2023 and an offensive TOP-2. The only spoonful of honey in Heroic's honey barrel was ESL Pro League Season 17, where the Danes didn't rise above TOP-8.
Then Heroic came back and had a streak of great tournaments. It was top-2 at IEM Rio 2023, top-4 BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and IEM Dallas 2023.
Before IEM Cologne 2023 Heroic won the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 and were also in the top 3 of the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023/.
- Heroic line-up: cadiaN, stavn, TeSeS, sjuush, jabbi.
Heroic have maintained their fighting lineup for over a year. All players have a KD greater than one, but the headliner is stavn, who has 1.13.
Before their performance at Gamers8 Heroic attended another prestigious tournament - IEM Cologne. Being one of the main contenders to win the German tournament, the Danes made it to the play-offs, but failed to move beyond the first round.
Heroic lost to Astralis in the first round of the play-offs with a score of 0-2.
At Gamers8 they debuted with a match against Falcons. In general, the game ended predictably, but the French gave a fight, especially on the first map (Mirage 22-18 in favour of Heroic). The second one went to Heroic with the score 16-10.
In the previous match Heroic met GamerLegion. Despite GL's seemingly lacklustre position in that match, they were able to get on the Danes' nerves and take the map, but still lost in the end.
Heroic finished off Gamers8 with a match against ENCE. The Danish club again failed to beat the Finns and left the major championship at the top-4 stage.
In the first match at ESL Pro League Season 18, the team played against Rooster. The Australians offered no resistance and took 6 rounds in two games.
Heroic's mappool
Heroic's best map is Nuke. There the Danes have 5 wins and 0 losses.
They like to play Overpass, where they lost only once. In three months on Overpass - 5-1.
One of the most frequently played and yet successful maps is Inferno. Heroic has a 9-3 statistic here. Going well on Ancient as well, where Heroic is 3-1 in matches.
BIG shape
We continue with ESL Pro League Season 18 by analysing BIG's form. In this match, the team will play as the number two.
Bookmakers do not really believe in the Germans. The odds on their success are at around 4.
Such a figure is not a verdict, but it is very logical. BIG are good to get here, but the Danes will not be easy.
BIG have participated in many championships, but not many decent results. They started the season with a top-9 finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, and continued with a top-16 finish at IEM Extreme Masters Katowice 2023.
There was also an appearance at ESL Pro League Season 17 with a top-20 there. The failures partially managed to cap off the Top-4 at the Elis Invitational Winter 2023, where the team reached the Top-4.
In the middle of the year, the Germans failed to qualify for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, finishing top-11 at RMR Europe and then top-3 at qualification. In the second half of the year they started playing CCT Series championships, where it is worth noting CCT Online Finals #1, with TOP-4, CCT West Europe Series $4 with TOP-2.
Back to the S-Tier tournaments with BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 with Top-9, and then Top-24 at IEM Cologne 2023.
- BIG lineup: tabseN, Krimbo, mantuu, prosus, s1n.
Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round, the team played at Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1 with a top-2 finish. There was also a top-8 at CCT East Europe Series #7 and a win at CCT Europe Series #7.
At ESL Pro League Season 18 they debuted with a match against Monte. The Ukrainian club fought a decent battle, but in the end Ledgeil with a 1-2 score, putting BIG in the semi-finals of Group B at ESL Pro League Season 18.
BIG's Mappool
BIG has 3 of the best maps in their arsenal. They are Overpass, Vertigo and Anubis with 5 matches and 3 wins on each.
The most played map is Ancient. BIG have played 14 matches there and have a 57% win rate.
The most unlucky map is Inferno with two wins and two losses. The worst map is Mirage (9 matches, 33% wins).
History of head-to-head meetings
The last time the teams played each other was in the BLAST Premier Fall Groups. Then Heroic won with the score 2-0.
Predicted result of the match Heroic - BIG
I wouldn't expect anything out of the ordinary from this match. Heroic is a serious team and rarely falters in the opening stages of top tournaments. In turn, BIG showed quite a good game in the first round, although they had a lot of difficulties on two maps.
I'm leaning towards a clean win for the Danes, but I wouldn't be surprised if BIG take a bite out of the map.
Bottom line: Heroic wins 2-0.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Heroic are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.553. BIG, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 3.275.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Heroic | BIG |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 5 |
10 matches (wins) | 7 | 7 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The competitors have held 30 matches. In these matches Heroic won 19 times, BIG active consisits of 11 wins.