BIG Academy vs. KOVA Preview & Prediction- Free 4/13 CS: GO
This Wednesday, the rivals will cross paths at the Swiss round 4 of the Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders tournament. By this time, both teams have won twice and lost once. The winner of this duel plus 7 other teams will book a spot at the upcoming Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 tournament. The match will be played in the best-of-3 series.
BIG Academy Team Stats and Latest Results
BIG Academy is ranked #98 in the world ranking. At the Swiss round of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders tournament, the team has defeated Enterprise (2:1) and 00Prospects (2:0) but lost to Hellslayers (0:2). Considering their performance in past events, the team finished 2nd at the WePlay Academy League Season 3, 13-15th at the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022, and 4th at the ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2022. Over the last 3 months, the team has attained a win rate of 52.4% and won 5 out of their last 10 matches.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Overpass (80.0%), Dust2 (62.5%), and Inferno (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Nuke (50.0%), Mirage (25.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). The Academy team has maintained their line-up for the last 1 month which consists of s1n (1.06-player rating), prosus (1.04), k1to (1.22), Aqua (0.95), and hyped (1.05).
KOVA Team Stats and Latest Results
KOVA Esports ranks #65 in the global ranking. The Finnish team has a 2-match win streak and has won 4 out of their last 10 games. At the Swiss round of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders tournament, the team has defeated Astralis Talent (2:0) and Anonymo (2:0) but lost to 777 with a score of 0:2. They won the Pelaajat Series Spring 2022, finished 3-4th at the Pelaajat Nordic Masters Spring 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier and 16-18th at the Pinnacle Cup III. They attained a win rate of 57.7% over the last 3 months.
Map performance over the last 3 months shows that their best-played cards are Dust2 (100.0%-win rate), Nuke (84.6%), Vertigo (80.0%), and Mirage (61.5%). On the flip-side, the team failed to impress on Ancient (42.9%), Overpass (28.6%), and Inferno (12.5%). Their current line-up includes uli (1.07 player rating), Twixie (1.00), Spargo (1.05), Airax (0.93), and zks (0.99).
BIG Academy vs. KOVA H2H Record
The opponents have only met once. They clashed at the WINNERS League Season 4 Europe on June 08, 2020, and KOVA Esports won with a score of 1:0.
BIG Academy vs. KOVA Betting Preview
KOVA Esports team is the favorite in this matchup. The Finnish team is coming from a weak performance and hopes to make it to the Elisa Invitational Spring 2022. KOVA leads on Mirage, Nuke, Vertigo, and Ancient while BIG Academy has an advantage on 3 cards (Dust2, Inferno, and Overpass). KOVA has also attained a better win rate over the last 3 months and will dominate this matchup.
The Pick: KOVA Esports to win.
