Match Prediction: Bad News Eagles - Aurora | Counter-Strike (CS2)
CCT South Europe Series #3Bad News Eagles and Aurora will meet in the CCT South Europe Series 3 grand final. Sound familiar? Just a month ago, the teams played in the South Europe Series 2 final and Aurora were victorious.
In the meantime, though, the Kosovar side have become more or less unstable, although starix still manage to play well and pull themselves out of tricky situations.
Therefore, based on the starting odds, I'd take a closer look at the Aurora squad. After all, the Russian team now has a good selection that is certainly not inferior to Bad News Eagles.
Bad News Eagles form
The 21st ranked team in the world managed to reach the final of CCT South Europe Series 2, but then failed to qualify for IEM Rio 2023.
Nevertheless, after that the Kosovar side finished second again at the CCT Central Europe Malta Finals 1, and also got off to a relatively good start at the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023.
As for their performance in the CCT South Europe Series 2 play-offs, Bad News Eagles have already managed to beat undefined, HONORIS and Copenhagen Flames. However, the last game against the Danes left me with a lot of questions.
The latest Bad News Eagles results:
- A 2-0 win over ATK.
- Defeat to Copenhagen Flames 1-2.
- 2-1 win over undefined.
- Beat HONORIS 2-0.
- Beat Copenhagen Flames 2-0.
Top Bad News Eagles cards:
- Mirage - 83% wins.
- Inferno - 71% wins.
- Ancient - 57% wins.
- Overpass - 50% wins.
Let's not forget that the Kosovo team still doesn't show up on the Nuke map.
Aurora uniforms
The 26th ranked team in the world was able to qualify for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR in the middle of last month, getting out of a difficult situation.
At the same time, the Russian team got off to a fairly good start in the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023, where they got two wins over Falcons and 1WIN.
As for their start in the CCT South Europe Series 3 play-offs, Aurora have already beaten Monte, 500 and 9INE. Most importantly, the team has looked very good against the Poles and there is a real chance of seeing another win.
The latest Aurora results:
- A 2-1 win over Falcons.
- 2-0 win over Monte.
- 2-1 win over 1WIN.
- 2-0 win over 500.
- Beat 9INE 2-1.
Aurora's best cards:
- Nuke - 93% wins.
- Anubis - 86% wins.
- Ancient - 83% wins.
- Inferno - 78% wins.
- Mirage - 67% wins.
- Overpass - 50% wins.
The Russian team, on the other hand, continues to reject the Vertigo card.
Bad News Eagles - Aurora meeting statistics
In the current season, the teams have played one meeting - at CCT South Europe Series 2, the victory went to Aurora (2-1).
Forecast for Bad News Eagles vs Aurora
Last time the teams played Anubis, Mirage and Overpass. And it's quite likely that the same Anubis card will appear on the server again, at least as a desider.
Personally, I don't understand why the bookmakers are painting Bad News Eagles as the favourite of the meeting. First of all, the Kosovars play very unstable, although the lads are fairly consistent for their level.
Secondly, the Russian side are clearly on the cusp, plus they have a wide selection of cards. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend taking a risk and bet on the Forum on cards (+1.5) for the Aurora team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
Aurora are listed as the favorites of the match in the majority of bookmakers and odds on them are equal to 1.507. Bad News Eagles, in turn, are the outsiders of the match. Odds on their victory are about 3.953.
What the team performance statistics say
Last Matches | Bad News Eagles | Aurora |
5 matches (wins) | 4 | 5 |
10 matches (wins) | 8 | 8 |
Also it makes sense to remember the statistics of the matches between the teams. The teams played 1 matches with each other before. In these battles Bad News Eagles got 0 victories while Aurora managed to take 1 matches.