FaZe vs. BIG Preview & Prediction - Free 11/26 CS: GO

FaZe and BIG will cross paths at the Lower Bracket (Lower round 1) in the ongoing BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 this Friday. The winner of this match will progress to the Lower semi-finals while the loser will exit the tournament.

FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results

FaZe is ranked 8th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 143 weeks. The European team was invited to the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 based on the performance at the Fall Groups Runner-up. They lost to Heroic (0:2) at the Upper Bracket (opening round) and were dropped to the lower bracket where they will face BIG this Friday. Considering the team’s performance in the past tourneys, they finished 9th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe, 1-2nd at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers Stage, 9-11th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. They won 4 out of their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 60.7%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (71.4%), Overpass (71.4%), Inferno (63.6%), and Mirage (60.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Ancient (44.4%) and Nuke (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of karrigan (0.90), olofmeister (0.94), rain (1.10), Twistzz (1.13), and broky (1.08).

BIG Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG is #14 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 96 weeks. The German team qualified for the ongoing BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 after finishing 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021. Meanwhile, they finished 5th at the Battle of Betway 2021, 9-11th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers Stage, 2nd at the DreamHack Open November 2021, and 3-4th at the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021. They lost to Natus Vincere (0:2) at the Upper Bracket (Opening round) and dropped to the lower bracket. BIG won 5 out of their last 8 matches and holds a win rate of 43.2%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (68.8%), Vertigo (66.7%), and Mirage (58.3%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent performance on Nuke (38.5%), Overpass (25.0%), Inferno (20.0%), Tuscan (0.0%), Ancient (0.0%), Cache (0.0%), and Cobblestone (0.0%). The team roster includes tabseN (1.14), tiziaN (0.97), syrsoN (1.13), gade (0.97), and k1to (0.99).

FaZe vs. BIG H2H Record

Head-to-head record between the opponents shows 4 meetings between the opponents and both teams won in 2 meetings. Their last encounter was at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe and FaZe won 2:0.

FaZe vs. BIG Betting Preview

This is a perfect example of over 2.5 maps for me. Both teams were dropped from the upper bracket but that doesn’t mean they are struggling. They have been playing well and are on a positive run. FaZe leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient while BIG has a better win rate on Nuke and Vertigo. We believe FaZe will take this match but BIG will snatch at least a map.

The Pick: FaZe to win/ Over 2.5 maps.