BIG vs. AURA, Preview, & Prediction - Free 10/02 CS: GO

The opponents will play their third round of the group stage this Saturday. By this time, both teams have lost their first two matches at the group stage and are rock-bottom in Group A.

BIG Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG Team is ranked 11th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 88 weeks. The team has dropped in the global ranking because of their performance in the last 3 months. They won 2 out of their 4 matches at the IEM Cologne 2021 and finished 7-8th. At the same time, the German team finished 17-20th at the ESL Pro League Season 14 and 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021. Meanwhile, they lost to mousesports (10:16) at the first round and G2 (8:16) at the second round of the ongoing IEM Fall 2021 Europe. Considering their last 8 matches, they won 2 matches and has a win rate of 42.1%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (71.4%). At the same time, they attained an average win rate on Nuke (50.0%), Overpass (50.0%), and Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to impress on Mirage (37.5%) and Inferno (25.0%). The team line-up includes tabseN (1.14), tiziaN (0.98), syrsoN (1.14), gade (0.96), and k1to (0.99).

AURA Team Stats and Latest Results

AURA is ranked 77th in the world ranking. At the group stage of the ongoing IEM Fall 2021 Europe, they have lost to G2 (1:16) and Copenhagen Flames (14: 16) and are rock-bottom in Group A. Meanwhile, they won the DreamHack Beyond Community Clash 2021 in July, finished 1-2nd at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe Open Qualifier 3, and 17-24th at the ESEA Advanced Season 38 Europe. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 3 matches and have a win rate of 53.3%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (75.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Mirage (57.1%). They achieved an average performance on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (40.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). AURA Team has maintained 1 line-up since that consists of zen (0.96), FRANSSON (1.03), SHiNE (0.97), hype (1.10), and bobeksde (0.94).

BIG vs. AURA H2H Record

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

BIG vs. AURA Betting Preview

Both teams are currently struggling as evident in their stats. BIG lost their last 3 matches while AURA has lost 4 matches in a row. Considering map performances, BIG has only 1 map (Dust2) with an above 50% win rate while AURA has attained a decent performance on Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Vertigo. But since BIG has a better ranking and better line-up than the opponent, we believe they will bounce back and win.

The Pick: BIG to win.