Match Prediction: BIG - Guild Eagles | CS2 (CS:GO)
CCT Online Finals #5Welcome to EGamersWorld.
We are still in the CCT Online Finals #5 arena. The play-offs continue at the tournament (actually it's the only round here) where 16 teams continue to battle it out for $200,000 and a slot at the CCT Global Finals.
We're talking about the second round of face-offs between the teams from the top grid. Specifically, the matchup between BIG - Guild Eagles.
We are endeavoring to determine which team will demonstrate greater strength, advancing to the semifinals of the upper grid, and which team will descend to the lower grid, where the loser will face a challenging path with no room for further setbacks. For additional insights into team dynamics and potential outcomes, consider consulting reputable CSGO trade sites.
Let's go.
BIG shape.
We start the breakdown by analysing BIG's playing form. In this match the Germans will play as 1.3 favourites.
BIG have participated in a lot of 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 honourably, but in the end they were defeated by Ledgeil with the score 1-2, putting BIG in the semi-finals of Group B at ESL Pro League Season 18.
In the previous match, BIG made perhaps the biggest sensation of the tournament. The Germans defeated Heroic, sending them to the bottom of the group.
Next, BIG played another big European club - ENCE. The Finns failed to win (1-2), but BIG made it to the play-offs, straight into the second round. That's where their ESL Pro League Season 18 journey came to an end.
BIG Ledge and Eternal Fire in the second round of play-offs with the score 0-2. Thus, the Germans took the EPL S18 top-12.
In the match before that, BIG played against 9INE. The Germans defeated their visions quite easily, closing the match with a score of 2-0.
Afterwards, BIG outplayed ENCE and advanced to the finals of BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023. However, BIG were not enough for the final as C9 won 2-0.
Prior to the Roobet Cup 2023, BIG played two CCT tournaments. It was CCT North Europe Series #8 and CCT East Europe Series #3. They finished in the top 16 at the latter, but won the North European tournament, beating Spirit 2-0 in the grand final.
The Roobet Cup 2023 ended quite well for BIG. The team finished in the top 8, and repeated that result at Thunderpick World Championship 2023. They also played at CCT Online FInals #4, where they finished in the top 3.
In the first match at CCT Online Finals #5 BIG played Zero Tenacity. "The Germans proved to be stronger, taking down ZT without any problems.
BIG 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).
Form Guild Eagles
We continue our review of the BIG vs Guild Eagles match with an analysis of the playing condition of the latter. In this game, the Eagles will have to play the number two, and the odds for their victory are at around 3.
Guild Esports is a new name, but the team is pretty well known. They are the same Bad News Eagles that rocked last year, making it to PGL Antwerp 2022. They finished in the top 16 there, but the fact that they made it to the Major and made it to the legends stage is something to be respected.
Guild, David Beckham's club, thought so and signed a team from Kosovo. By the way, Bad News Eagles have made some noise this season as well: they finished Top 4 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A and Top 2 at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023 before going to the Paris Major. There even managed to improve last year's result and entered the TOP-14.
From the acceptable results were TOP-4 at CCT North Europe Series #7 and RES Eastern European Masters: Fall 2023. There were also performances at CCT North, East and Central Europe. Not so good everywhere: two top-8s, one top-16.
- Guild Eagles: SENER1, gxx-, juanflatroo, sinnopsyy, rigoN .
Under the Guild Eagles tag, the ex-Bad News Eagles managed to attend three championships. They were CCT East Europe Series #4, CCT Online Finals #4 and A1 Gaming League Season 7.
At the first one, the Kosovars finished in the top 16 after losing to Team Space with a 1-2 score, at the second one they finished in the top 12 after losing to ALTERNATE aTTaX and finally in the top 8.
In their debut match at CCT Online Finals #5 ex-Bad News Eagles played Vertex. The match was quite difficult and ended with a score of 2-1 in favour of the Eagles.
Guild Eagles Mapple
Inferno remains Guild's favourite map. The Eagles have played it three times in the last 3 months and won all their games there. Nuke is also doing well, with MOUZ winning 3 out of 4 Nuke games played.
Among the good options are Vertigo and Ancient, where Guild has 2 wins in 3 games.
The most undesirable map is Mirage. Guild Eagles have played it 6 times, but have won only once.
History of head-to-head meetings between BIG and Guild Eagles
The teams have not played each other in head-to-head meetings before. This will be their first match of the season.
Predicted result of BIG vs Guild Esports at CCT Online Finals #5
In this match, you can expect a spirited CS, but in reality, BIG should run over their counterparts. And do it with flavour.
Bottom line: BIG wins with a score of 2-0.