Match forudsigelse: Vitality - BIG | Counter-Strike (CS2)

Vitality and BIG will meet in the first quarter-final of IEM Rio 2023. It's worth saying in advance that the winner of this match will advance to the semi-finals, where it will play Cloud9.

To be honest, I have nothing to say about the German side which was very fortunate to qualify for the play-offs, managing to secure one random win over Heroic in the group stage.

As for Vitality, the team managed to make amends in Group B, where they started with a loss against OG. However, zonic's side made the difference with a couple of solid wins that earned them a place here.

And do not forget that at the beginning of the month the teams have already played each other and then BIG was left out. So I'd go with the logical win for Team Vitality here.

Vitality's form

The fifth team of the world ranking performed well in the recent BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, where it got three wins, including over BIG, but also suffered a defeat by 9INE.

Do not forget that the Danish-French team also got a resounding victory over G2 Esports and Monte in the tournament, thanks to which earned themselves a slot in the "legends" majors.

As for their performance in the group stage of IEM Rio 2023, Vitality managed to lose to OG but then went on to play-offs with victories over MIBR, FaZe Clan and OG.

The latest results for Vitality:

• A 2-0 win over Monte.
• 17-19 defeat for OG.
• 2-0 win over MIBR.
• Beat FaZe Clan 2-0.
• Beat OG 2-1.

Vitality's best scores:

• Nuke - 88% wins.
• Anubis - 83% wins.
• Inferno - 80% wins.
• Vertigo - 71% wins.
• Overpass - 56% wins.
• Mirage - 50% wins.

It is worth recalling that the Danish-French team has not appeared on the Ancient map for a long time.

Form BIG

The nineteenth team of the world ranking just recently was in the finals of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Europe, where, however, could not compete with Cloud9.

Immediately after that, the German team failed in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, where they suffered three defeats and also showed nothing in the Last Chance Qualifier, Ledge and Cloud9.

However, BIG made up for it in the group stage of IEM Rio 2023 with two quick wins over MOUZ and Heroic. On the other hand, against NAVI, the Germans came up with nothing, for the umpteenth time.

The latest BIG results:

• A 2-0 win over Falcons.
• A 0-2 loss to Cloud9.
• 16-6 win over MOUZ.
• Beat Heroic 2-1.
• 0-2 defeat by Natus Vincere.

Best BIG scores:

• Overpass - 75% wins.
• Mirage - 53% wins.
• Anubis - 50% wins.
• Nuke - 50% wins.

In turn, the German team again stopped appearing on the Ancient map.

Vitality - BIG encounter statistics

In the current season, the teams have played one meeting - on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, the victory went to Vitality (2-1).

Vitality vs BIG

Last time the teams played Mirage, Nuke and Overpass. And now there's an option to see other maps, where the Germans have a slightly better chance.

In other words, Vitality has an excellent chance of making it to the semi-finals. I can't say that the Danish-French team can beat BIG at the moment, but the conclusions about the Germans are quite unambiguous.

And there's not much point in talking about it, because the German squad can only rely on Mirage. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a Vitality win.