BIG Academy vs. Astralis Talent, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/20 CS: GO

The opponents meet for their second round of the group stage to battle for the top 3. This is an inaugural season of an academy league so we expect a lot of action when these two teams meet. Astralis Talent lost their first-round game while BIG Academy won.

BIG Academy Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG introduced their new batch of players to represent them at the academy. These players are all aged between 18 to 19 years. The academy selection panel included their coach Tugay "TuGuX" Keskin and Fatih "gob b" Dayik who is a veteran at BIG. Previous BIG academy teams failed to impress because they finished 9-12th at the Vie.gg Legend Series 2020 and 13-16th at the Nine to Five 6 Dawn. So far, BIG Academy won their first-round when they met NAVI Junior. They won on Mirage 16:6.

The team lineup consists of glaVed (1.59 rating), NIKZEj (0.94), Aqua (1.41), LapeX (0.68), and pr1metapz (1.35).

Astralis Talent Team Stats and Latest Results

Astralis Talent presented a new team to the WePlay Academy League Season 1 that included vester (0.91 rating), Altekz (0.82), Void (0.94), vigg0 (0.92), and Gnøffe (0.83). They played one game at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 tournament and lost to FURIA Academy (10:16). In other tournaments, the Danish team finished 25-32nd at the Snow Sweet Snow 3 Regionals, 3rd at the LOOT.BET Season 9 Closed Qualifier, 17-24th at the Spring Sweet Spring 1 Regionals, and 15-16th at the Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 Regionals. They failed to win any match in the last 8 matches.

Map statistics in the last 3 months show that the team achieved 40.0% on Overpass. Meanwhile, they failed to win any match on Nuke (0.0%), Inferno (0.0%), Vertigo (0.0%), and Train (0.0%). Astralis Talent Team coach has a win rate of 26 percent.

BIG Academy vs. Astralis Talent H2H Record

There is no head-to-head record between the two sides and this will be their first encounter.

BIG Academy vs. Astralis Talent Betting Preview

Astralis Talent has shown a deplorable performance under their current team. Based on the fact that there is no significant difference in their lineup, we believe that their problems will continue. BIG Academy comes with a good team that consists of NIKZEj and LapeX who have been drawn from the main team. For this reason, we believe that BIG Academy will win this second round.

The Pick: BIG Academy to win.