ENCE vs. BIG, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/15 CS:GO
ENCE and BIG lost their respective matches in the opening round of the Group B playoffs at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe, and now they have an opportunity to stay in the tournament. However, just a winner can advance to the Lower semi-finals, and BIG is a massive favorite in this Best of 3 encounter. The winner of this duel will face a better team from a clash between North and G2.
ENCE Team Stats and Latest Results
ENCE is in terrible form at the moment as they suffered seven consecutive defeats including the opening game of this tournament to Astralis. They finished the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe in 7th place and won $25,000 for their efforts, while they didn’t have luck at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 and ended the tournament early with a couple of losses to North and NiP. ENCE lost eight of the previous 12 matches.
When it comes to the maps in the last three months, ENCE played well on Train (75.0% win rating) and Dust2 (66.7%), while they didn’t get a victory on Overpass (played three times) and disappointed on Inferno (14.3%) and Mirage (25.0%). ENCE is playing with a new lineup at this tournament and appeared on just two maps and lost both. The team members are allu (1.10 rating), sunny (0.91), doto (1.08), sergej (0.91), and Jamppi (0.94).
BIG Team Stats and Latest Results
BIG ended the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 in 5th position and won $7,500 with 1875 RMR Points, while they had more success at the BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020, where they won $12,500 with a ticket for the BLAST Premier Fall Finals. They are doing well at the Flashpoint 2 with a couple of wins over MIBR and forZe, but they lost the opening match of this tournament to mousesports despite leading 1-0. BIG won eight of the last 13 games.
In the previous three months, BIG displayed decent performances on Mirage (69.2%) and Dust2 (64.7%), while they didn’t play well on Vertigo (33.3%). BIG assembled its squad in August and appeared on 75 maps with a record of 40 wins and 35 losses. The lineup consists of tabseN (1.02), tiziaN (0.99), syrsoN (1.09), XANTARES (1.09), and k1to (0.96).
ENCE vs. BIG H2H Record
These rivals have met on only one occasion and BIG won that encounter at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe in September this year.
ENCE vs. BIG Betting Preview
ENCE is playing in a disastrous form right now, and even if they played better, I’d still back BIG in this one. BIG has a stronger team and will be desperate to bounce back from a loss to mousesports, and this duel with ENCE is a real opportunity to return to the winning ways. Not seeing the No.5 team in the world in the Lower semis of this tournament would be shocking, so I am going with the favorites to get a win.
The Pick: BIG to win (-204 @PINNACLE)
