Prediction on match CS2 BIG - Astralis Talent

BIG and Astralis Talent will meet in the quarter-finals of CCT West Europe Series 4. Interestingly, the teams already played each other a couple of days ago and then the young Danes won.

I wouldn't expect a repeat this time, but Astralis Talent can still compete with the favourite. And BIG is only provisional, because the team has plenty of problems.

In general, the German team must be looking for revenge, especially after BIG even beat Illuminar the day before. And still, the Danes clearly don't do anything special. So here I'd take a card from Astralis Talent.

BIG uniform

The eighteenth ranked team in the world recently failed to qualify for ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 and also did nothing in the play-offs BetBoom Playlist Freedom 2023, Ledge and Aurora in the quarter-finals.

Next up, the German squad also tried their hand at the CCT 2023 Online Finals 1, but here too they limited themselves to a fourth-place finish, finding several defeats.

A week and a half later, BIG returned to action only to drop out of CCT North Europe Series 5 in the first round, losing just to Astralis Talent. Fortunately, at the current CCT West Europe Series 4, the team was able to beat Illuminar, but even there with a squeak.

The latest BIG results:

• 0-2 defeat to Aurora.
• A 2-1 win over Into the Breach.
• A 0-2 defeat to 9INE.
• 0-2 defeat for Astralis Talent.
• 2-1 win over Illuminar.

Best BIG scores:

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

It is worth recalling that the German team have stopped appearing on the Ancient map.

Astralis Talent form

The 49th ranked team in the world also failed in CCT 2023 Online Finals 1 where they took the last place, scoring poorly at the BetBoom Playlist Freedom 2023.

As for CCT North Europe Series 5, here the Danish team reached the quarterfinals, where, as we already know, they managed to beat BIG. However, Astralis Talent failed to beat Sprout in the ¼ finals.

Speaking about the current CCT West Europe Series 4, here the team has already managed to beat Sprout and thus made it to today's quarterfinals.

The latest results from Astralis Talent:

• A 2-0 win over MASONIC.
• 2-0 win over DomiNation.
• 2-0 win over BIG.
• 2-1 victory over Sprout.
• 1-2 defeat at the hands of Sprout.

Astralis Talent's best scores:

• Inferno - 76% wins.
• Overpass - 68% wins.
• Mirage - 61% wins.
• Anubis - 59% wins.
• Ancient - 52% wins.

In turn, the Danish team still doesn't appear on the Nuke map.

BIG - Astralis Talent encounter statistics

In the current season, the teams played one meeting - Astralis Talent (2-0) won at CCT North Europe Series 5.

Forecast for BIG vs Astralis Talent

Last time the teams played on maps Inferno and Anubis, and there was not much of a fight there. I cannot say that today the Germans will play as badly, but Astralis Talent will obviously try to use their past experience.

All in all, it's hard to believe in BIG, but on paper, the team remains the favourite. In any case, the Danish team has a strong structure that can outplay many of their opponents.

Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the Forum on map (+1.5) for the Astralis Talent team.