Match Prediction: Heroic - BIG | CS2 (CS:GO)

Heroic and BIG will meet in the second round of the Play-In stage at BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023. The winner of this match will go to the Spring Final 2023, which will be held in Washington, while the loser will go to dust in the Spring Showdown.

To be honest, I'm already tired of looking for logic in this championship, since those teams that should win in all respects lose, and vice versa.

This happened to the German team the day before, which showed its best game in several years, breaking Team Liquid on two maps at once. Moreover, in the BIG group, she didn’t even give any prerequisites, but here she suddenly gave out.

As for the Danes, they played unsuccessfully in the group, where they got only two victories, but at the same time lost to Evil Geniuses and Vitality. However, logically speaking, Heroic is the main contender for victory, it cannot be otherwise.

Form Heroic

The first team in the world ranking won the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2022, where they showed the peak of their capabilities. However, further on, the Danish team played terribly at BLAST Premier World Final 2022, where they did not get a single victory.

As for the performances at the group stage of BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023, here Heroic continued to slow down. First of all, the team managed to lose to Evil Geniuses.

Secondly, the guys in general looked relaxed, which led to difficult victories over Astralis and Evil Geniuses. And in the last match, Heroic failed to cope with Vitality, although last season the Danes would have torn the opponent apart.

Heroic's latest results:

• Defeat from Natus Vincere with a score of 1:2.
• Defeated by Evil Geniuses with a score of 1:2.
• Victory over Astralis with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:1.
• Defeat from Heroic with a score of 1:2.

Best Heroic Maps:

• Overpass - 78% of wins.
• Vertigo - 71% of wins.
• Mirage - 67% of wins.
• Ancient - 60% of wins.

It should be noted that for now the Danish team is refusing Ancient and Vertigo cards.

Form BIG

The fifteenth team in the world ranking made it to the Elisa Masters Espoo 2022 finals, and then failed in the CCT Central Europe Series 4 playoffs, where they managed to lose to HAVU.

As for the performances at the group stage of BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023, here the German team suffered two devastating defeats from G2 and Ninjas in Pajamas without winning a single map.

However, the day before, already at the start of the Play-In, BIG suddenly defeated Team Liquid and confused all the cards. In general, again, no logic. And yet I have no confidence in the Germans at a distance.

Latest BIG results:

• Victory over Young Ninjas with a score of 2:0.
• Defeat from HAVU with a score of 1:2.
• Lost to G2 with a score of 0:2.
• Lost to Ninjas in Pajamas with a score of 0:2.
• The victory over Team Liquid with a score of 2:0.

Best BIG cards:

• Vertigo - 60% of wins.
• Nuke - 60% win rate.

In turn, the German team continues to refuse the Ancient map.

Heroic – BIG meeting statistics

The teams played four games last season:

• Heroic's victory in the Pinnacle Cup Championship 2022 with a score of 2:0.
• Heroic's victory in BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 with a score of 16:13.
• Heroic's victory in BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 with a score of 16:14.
• Heroic's victory at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B with a score of 2:0.

Interestingly, most teams played on Nuke and Inferno maps.

Prediction for the match Heroic — BIG

I don't think that BIG will be able to show two strong matches in a row, and the limit has probably been exhausted. As for the Danish team, it clearly did not open up in the group, having received many problems. And yet, in this confrontation, I see no logic, although the Germans can cling to the map. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Heroic team.