BIG vs. Vitality, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/22 CS:GO
Two top 10 teams will face in the Upper bracket final at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 when BIG takes on Vitality in the fight for one space available, where Astralis awaits the winner of this duel. It’s going to be a tight clash, but Vitality is a slight favorite in this Best of 3 encounter.
BIG Team Stats and Latest Results
After disappointing performances at the IEM New York 2020 Europe, BIG is playing way better at this tournament, where they defeated FaZe, GODSENT, and G2 to make it to the Upper bracket semi-finals. It didn’t start well for them in the most recent tilt against G2, as they lost the opening map but responded on the next two maps to secure a victory. BIG won ten of the previous 16 matches.
During the past three months, BIG performed very well on Dust2 (81.8% win rate) and Overpass (75.0%), while they displayed sub-par performances on Vertigo (28.6%) and were below average on Nuke (41.7%). Since August 2020, BIG is playing with the current lineup that is made of tabseN (1.04 rating), tiziaN (0.98), syrsoN (1.10), XANTARES (1.11), and k1to (0.95). They appeared together on 55 maps with a record of 31 wins and 24 losses.
Vitality Stats and Latest Results
Vitality had a bit more success at the aforementioned IEM New York 2020 Europe, where they had to settle with 4th place and $12,000 after losing to FaZe. However, just like BIG, Vitality bounced back at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 with victories over mousesports, fnatic, and NiP, losing only one map in the process. The latest win over NiP was particularly pleasing as dropped just 16 rounds in the process. Vitality won eight of the last 13 games.
In the previous three months, Vitality is unbeaten in four appearances on Overpass, while they were strong on Dust2(72.7%) and Mirage (62.5%). On the other hand, Vertigo (40.0%) and Inferno (42.9%) proved to be Vitality’s least favorite maps. Vitality is playing with the current lineup since August this year and appeared on 44 maps with a record of 26 wins and 18 losses. The team members are shox (1.04), RpK (1.00), apex (1.01), ZywOo (1.29), and misutaaa (0.98).
BIG vs. Vitality H2H Record
These rivals have met on four occasions before, and Vitality leads the all-time series 3-1. However, BIG won the latest H2H duel 3-1 in the Grand final of the cs_summit 6 Europe.
BIG vs. Vitality Betting Preview
This is one of the hardest games to predict a winner at this tournament, as it could go either way, and I am simply going to avoid betting on the winner here. I do expect to see a tight clash with a lot of rounds on each side, and also a maximum of three maps, which was the case in the last two encounters between BIG and Vitality. I do lean toward Vitality, but BIG also has the quality to make it to the Upper final.
