Match Prediction: BIG - Team K23 | Counter-Strike (CS2)

The fifth round of the ongoing Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B will begin with a duel between BIG and K23. The teams have taken the easiest path in their quest to qualify for the Major tournament, and now they are one step away from their goal. Who will still manage to get there, and who will remain out of work? According to a very fair opinion of experts from bookmakers, the chances of BIG winning are equal to 72%, which is equivalent to a coefficient of 1.30. Not the strongest opponents in the face of K23 will come up against them, but will tabseN and his teammates be able to beat the opponent without losing a single card? We will look into this matter.

Game form BIG

BIG is now in 16th place in the list of the best CS:GO rosters in the world according to HLTV. As part of IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe, they managed to surprise the audience in a good way and in a bad way. They have already won twice and lost twice. The victories came in Bo1 matches against Sangal and Vitality, while the Germans suffered defeats in Bo3 matches with ENCE and Heroic. Moreover, in both cases, the team could not take a single card from their opponents, even though they played Mirage and Inferno, which are in the top 2 of their cards. And they suddenly won the fight against Vitality at Dust 2, where, according to statistics, the team performs almost the worst. This suggests that BIG are ready to play on different maps, but their performance there leaves much to be desired and sometimes the team can lose the unbeatable and win the unwinnable.

As for the map pool of commands itself, everything is sad there. The team performs successfully on Mirage in 50% of cases, and on Inferno and Vertigo it is still worse - 33.3% for each map. Dust 2 and Nuke are at the bottom of their top charts at 28.6% and 16.7%.

History of recent BIG meetings

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B

• BIG 0-2 Heroic
• BIG 0-2 ENCE
• BIG 16-10 Vitality
• BIG 16-3 Sangal

BIG map statistics

• Mirage (4 cards) - 50%
• Inferno (3 cards) - 33.3%
• Vertigo (3 cards) - 33.3%
• Dust 2 (7 cards) - 28.6%
• Nuke (6 cards) - 16.7%

K23 play uniform

K23 are currently ranked 46th in the list of the best CS:GO rosters. The team showed varying success as part of the ongoing IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B. The team was unable to beat the Falcons and MOUZ, but prevailed in the matches against HEET and Monte. It is noteworthy that K23 beat only not the strongest opponents, although HEET cannot be called the main outsider of the championship either. Surprisingly, in the fight against Monte K23 did not lose a single map, although they performed on their two worst maps, Ancient and Mirage. The meeting on the Mirage was their 11th in a row and 2 wins. Therefore, K23 can defeat an opponent with their skill that is below them in terms of the level of the game. But the problem for them is that BIG is much stronger than xsepower and his teammates from K23.

The winrate of K23 is not bad on five maps at once. The reason for this is the roster's recent performances in mostly second-rate tournaments. On Inferno, Overpass and Dust 2, the team has a win rate in excess of 70%, namely 77.8%, 75% and 70.6% respectively. On Nuke and Ancient, the team plays with success in 66.7% and 62.5% of cases, respectively. It is better for the team not to play Mirage and Vertigo at all.

History of recent K23 encounters

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B

• K23 2-0Monte
• K23 10-16 MOUZ
• K23 16-13 HEET
• K23 9-16 Falcons

K23 map stats

• Inferno (9 cards) - 77.8%
• Overpass (8 cards) - 75%
• Dust 2 (17 cards) - 70.6%
• Nuke (9 cards) - 66.7%
• Ancient (8 cards) - 62.5%
• Mirage (11 cards) - 18.2%

Conclusion

Perhaps the choice, although you can’t call it the most difficult, is not simple either. BIG is the favorite of the meeting, but the team can suddenly fail without even taking a single card, since the stability of performances is not about the Germans. K23, in turn, just like BIG, can win on a non-own map and fail where, according to statistics, they win most often. In the case of this match, I would prefer not to choose the winner of the match or the Total Cards, but the Handicap of +1.5 cards in favor of K23. The match will take place in the fifth round of IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B and the motivation for the players to win will be decent, and therefore even K23 can surprise. The coefficient for Handicap +1.5 cards in their favor is 1.77, which according to experts bookmaker is more likely than that they won't take a single card. This is what we will use.

Final bet: Handicap +1.5 cards in favor of K23