Prediction on match CS2 Team 500 - BIG

500 and BIG will play in the third round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, where they will try to see who deserves to fall into the bottom basket and fight for survival.

I don't understand how the Bulgarian team ended up here. Although, no, I understand, 500 was able to close down Team Spirit, which is a problem for the Dragons themselves.

On the other hand, it won't be the same with the Germans, because these guys are definitely not in such a slump. So here I would lean on a logical victory for Team BIG.

Form 500

The 44th ranked team in the world didn't show anything at the same BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023, after which they crashed out of the quarterfinals of CCT North Europe Series 4.

The Bulgarian squad also recently failed in CCT Central Europe Series 5, while also dropping out of open qualification for IEM Dallas 2023.

As for Long Sogpeg at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, here the 500 predictably lost to Heroic. However, in the second round, the Bulgarians surpassed all expectations by shutting down Team Spirit. But I guess that's the end of it.

The last results of 500:

• A 0-2 loss to ECSTATIC.
• Victory over 9INE with a score of 16-11.
• Defeat to GODSENT 13-16.
• 8-16 defeat to Heroic.
• 16-11 win over Team Spirit.

Top 500:

• Ancient - 61% wins.
• Inferno - 53% wins.
• Overpass - 52% wins.

In turn, the Bulgarian team has not played on the Vertigo map for a long time.

BIG Form

The nineteenth ranked team in the world managed to fail in the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 17, where they did not show anything at all, although they had a few chances to get into the play-offs.

The German side went on to reach the final of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Europe, but as they say, you can't go up against Cloud9 in the finals.

As for the Long Song in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, here BIG was able to outplay iNation but then missed out on a victory with 9INE. And there, playing against a bad economy is inadmissible.

BIG's latest results:

• A 2-1 win over Rare Atom.
• Victory over 9INE by a score of 2-1.
• 1-2 defeat of Cloud9.
• 16-12 victory over iNation.
• 15-19 defeat to 9INE.

Best BIG scores:

• Overpass - 80% wins.
• Mirage - 50% wins.
• Anubis - 50% wins.

Interestingly, the German team is now able to play on any map.

500 - BIG meeting statistics

Last season, the teams played one meeting - at Elisa Masters Espoo 2022, the victory went to BIG (2-0).

Forecast for the match 500 - BIG

I don't think the Bulgarian team will be able to surprise anything. I don't think they have any radars on LAN, and without that, just like without Team Spirit, 500 certainly have nothing to catch. And here there's even no point to talk about the Germans, who could have easily gone 2-0 the day before, but it didn't work out. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a BIG team win.