BIG vs. Evil Geniuses, Preview & Prediction - Free 1/28 CS:GO

BIG is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they meet Evil Geniuses in the Group A winners' match of the DreamHack Open January 2021 Europe on Thursday. The winning side will advance to the playoffs, while the losing team will get one more chance to progress with a win over FunPlus Phoenix or HellRaisers.

BIG Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG concluded 2020 in 3rd place at the IEM Global Challenge 2020 after defeating Vitality and Astralis, but they lost Liquid and settled with $50,000. They entered this year with a 2-0 victory over Rhein Nectar at the ESL Meisterschaft Autumn 2020, while they lost to Sprout despite having a 1-0 lead. The German side opened the DreamHack Open January 2021 Europe with a comfortable 2-0 victory over HellRaisers. BIG won ten of the previous 16 matches.

During the last three months, BIG was dominant on Vertigo (90.0% win rate) and Mirage (88.9%), while they didn’t play well on Overpass (25.0%). Since October 2020, BIG is playing with the current team that appeared on 64 maps with a record of 37 wins and 27 losses. The lineup consists of tabseN (1.03 rating), tiziaN (0.98), syrsoN (1.15), XANTARES (1.09), and k1to (0.97).

Evil Geniuses Team Stats and Latest Results

Evil Geniuses didn’t play a lot of games in the last three months, and their latest tournament in 2020 was the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 North America. They beat Rebirth and Triumph, but lost to Chaos and settled with $6,000 in the end. The American team participated at the BLAST Premier Global Final 2020, but they didn’t record good results after losing to Astralis and Liquid. Evil Geniuses opened the DreamHack Open January 2021 Europe with a 2-0 victory over FunPlus Phoenix. Evil Geniuses won four of the last eight games.

In the previous three months, Evil Geniuses was unbeaten on Mirage (played once) and Train (played once), and were excellent on Nuke (80.0%), while they failed to get a victory on Overpass and Vertigo. Evil Geniuses also assembled their lineup in October 2020 and appeared on 19 maps with a record of ten wins and nine losses. The team members are Stanislaw (0.99), Tarik (1.08), Brehze (1.03), Ethan (1.08), and CeRq (0.99).

BIG vs. Evil Geniuses H2H Record

These rivals have met once before, and Evil Geniuses won that clash 2-0 at the StarSeries i-League Season 7 in April 2019.

BIG vs. Evil Geniuses Betting Preview

Both teams showed quality in the opening match of the tournament, and I cannot separate them at the moment. Even though I am leaning toward BIG, I will avoid betting on the winner of this clash. The odds on Over 2.5 maps are definitely higher than on BIG to win, so I am going with Over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-110 @GG.BET)