NIP vs. BIG Preview & Prediction- Free 1/28 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the group stage of the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 tournament this Friday. 2022 Blast Premier is the most explosive, engaging, and entertaining esports event in the world. The top 3 teams at this stage will get $27,500 plus a spot at the Spring Final. The group stage is played on a GSL format and all matches are best-of-one. The play-in will feature a three-single-elimination format where all series are best-of-three.

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP is ranked 7th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 88 weeks. The Swedish team has been invited to the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022 tournament as a partner team. Meanwhile, they were part of the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and finished 5-8th. They also came 7-8th at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 and 7-8th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021. They also advanced to the grand final of the IEM Winter 2021 tournament but lost to Vitality (0:3). Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and currently hold a win rate of 47.1%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team attained a decent performance on Ancient (66.7%) and Inferno (53.8%). On the other hand, the team failed to show an impressive win rate on Nuke (50.0%), Mirage (40.0%), Dust2 (0.0%), and Overpass (0.0%). The team has a roster that consists of hampus (1.03), REZ (1.07), Plopski (1.04), phzy (1.05), and es3tag (0.94).

BIG Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG is ranked 13th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 129 weeks. The German team is coming to this tournament in high spirits because they finished 3rd at the just concluded Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals and were awarded $15,000. They also finished 2nd at the DreamHack Open November 2021, 3-4th at the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021, and 9-12th at the IEM Winter 2021 tournament. They have attained a win rate of 47.4% and won 3 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent win rate on Overpass (66.7%) and Dust2 (63.6%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Mirage (45.5%), Inferno (42.9%), Nuke (25.0%), and Ancient (0.0%). Their line-up consists of tabseN (1.14), tiziaN (0.97), syrsoN (1.13), faveN (0.99), and k1to (0.99).

NIP vs. BIG H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 9 meetings between the opponents and the advantage is on the side of NIP who have 6 wins to their side while BIG has won on 2 occasions. Their last encounter was at the Battle of Betway 2021 where they drew (12:12).

NIP vs. BIG Betting Preview

NIP lost their last 3 matches while BIG has a 2-match losing streak. This is an indication that this is going to be an entertaining matchup when we also consider the fact that both sides lead on 3 maps. NIP has shown a better win rate on Inferno, Nuke, and Ancient while BIG leads on Dust2, Mirage, and Overpass. Therefore, we will avoid predicting the winner of the encounter and go for more than 2 maps since it can go either way.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.