BIG Academy vs. 9INE Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 7/23

BIG Academy and 9INE will play against each other in Group D of the Nine to Five #2 CS:GO tournament. The online CS:GO event features some of the best Tier 2 European teams. The event has a prize pool of $50,000 with $35,000 reserved for the first-placed team.

BIG’s Academy roster is not at the same level as the organization’s main roster. BIG Academy is ranked 114th in the world and has been on a losing streak of late. The team has lost four of its last five matches against teams like Nexus, HellRaisers, AGF and LDLC. BIG Academy’s map pool is very shallow and that leads to the team coming into many of its matches with a severe disadvantage.

9INE is ranked 138th in the world and the Turkish roster counts Nuke and Dust 2 as the best maps for the team. The team finished in the 21-24th place in the Nine to Five #1 CS:GO tournament. 9INE has not produced any notable results and its extremely low ranking in other tournaments shows the team’s lack of form.

Pick: BIG Academy ML (+142 @ Pinnacle)

BIG Academy has the better rank and has taken maps consistently off stronger opponents. I am taking BIG Academy to win this match.