BIG Academy vs. cowana Preview & Prediction- Free 4/07 CS: GO

BIG Academy vs. cowana Preview & Prediction- Free 4/07 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the lower bracket final in the ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2022 tournament this Thursday. The 2022 ESL Meisterschaft is the German national branch of the ESL National Championships, consisting of three annual seasons where the best teams from the nation look to prove themselves as the best in the region. The winner of this duel will qualify for LAN Finals.

BIG Academy Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG Academy is ranked #96 in the world ranking. The team defeated SSP (2:0) in the lower bracket (lower semi-finals) in the ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2022 tournament and progressed to the Lower bracket final. They are also part of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders and has won 2 out of their 3 Swiss rounds. The German team finished 3-4th at the ANATY Invitational 2022 and 21-24th at the Pinnacle Cup III. Over the last 3 months, BIG.A has attained a win rate of 57.7% and won 6 out of their last 10 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that the team's best-played cards are Overpass (80.0%-win rate), Vertigo (58.3%), Dust2 (57.1%), Nuke (57.1%), and Inferno (54.5%). On the flip-side, they were dismal on Mirage (25.0%) and Ancient (0.0%). The team’s line-up has s1n (1.05-player rating), prosus (1.05), k1to (1.27), Aqua (0.95), and hyped (1.06).

cowana Team Stats and Latest Results

cowana Gaming ranks #181 in the world ranking. The team hasn't been impressive over the last 3 months and has only managed a 28.6%-win rate. Nevertheless, they seem to have bounced back and currently hold a 5-match win streak and 7 wins from their last 10 matches. Their last match was at the LB (lower semi-finals) of the ongoing ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2022 on April 04, 2022. cowana Gaming defeated the ALTERNATE aTTaX with a score of 0:2.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows an impressive win rate on Dust2 (100.0%), Inferno (100.0%), and Ancient (66.7%). They maintained an average performance on Nuke (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (0.0%), Overpass (0.0%) and Mirage (0.0%). Their current line-up has 5 German nationalities namely stfN (1.05-player rating), kRYSTAL (0.95), PANIX (1.11), kressy (0.93), and glaVed (1.03).

BIG Academy vs. cowana H2H Record

Head-to-head has 11 meetings between the opponents. The advantage of these confrontations is on cowana Gaming which has won 7 times, lost 3, and drawn once. Their last encounter took place at the group stage of 2022 ESL Meisterschaft Spring on January 27, 2022, and cowana won 1:0.

BIG Academy vs. cowana Betting Preview

cowana Gaming has dominated in 7 matches during their last 11 encounters with BIG Academy. At the same time, it is worth noting that cowana is rising again after a poor performance over the last 3 months. At the moment, they have a 5-match win streak and also won 7 out of their last 10 matches. BIG Academy has an advantage in 6 maps while cowana has a lead in 1 card. We believe this match can go either way and since it will be played in the best-of-three series, over 2.5 maps would be the best bet.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.

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