NIP vs. BIG, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/20 CS: GO

NIP and BIG will meet at the upper-bracket opening round of the tournament. The winner in this match will progress to the upper final while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket. NIP is the favourite to win.

NIP Team Stats and Latest Results

NIP Team is placed 9th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 69 weeks. At the previous BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021, they finished 4th and were awarded $25,000. They also finished 1-4th at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In and 9-12th at the IEM Cologne 2021. They failed to progress to the semi-finals of the ESL Pro League Season 14 after losing to OG (1-2) and finished 5-8th. Out of their last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and holds a win rate of 50.0%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (75.0%), Ancient (72.7%), and Overpass (60.0%). They have an average performance on Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to show a decent performance on Dust2 (33.3%), Mirage (33.3%), and Inferno (33.3%). The team line-up consists of device (1.08), REZ (1.08), hampus (1.02), Plopski (1.05), and LNZ (0.91).

BIG Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG is ranked 13th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 86 weeks. The German team won the Gamers Without Borders 2021 in June and were awarded $600,000. At the same time, they were part of the IEM Cologne 2021 and finished 7-8th. BIG won 2 out of their 5 matches at the ESL Pro League Season 14 and finished 17-20th. Considering their performance over the last 8 matches, they won 3 matches and has a win rate of 55.0%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (66.7%), Overpass (66.7%), and Vertigo (62.5%). They maintained an average win rate on Inferno (50.0%) and Nuke (50.0%) but failed to impress on Mirage (40.0%) and Ancient (0.0%). The team has a line-up that includes tabseN (1.15), tiziaN (0.98), syrsoN (1.14), gade (1.01), and k1to (0.99).

NIP vs. BIG H2H Record

Head-to-head record has 6 meetings between the opponents and NIP has won in 4 matches. The last encounter was at the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021 and NIP won 2-0.

NIP vs. BIG Betting Preview

NIP has been projected as the winner by different sportsbooks but we think this is a tough match that can go either way. BIG lost their last 3 matches but leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Vertigo. NIP leads on only 2 maps (Nuke and Ancient). Based on these we will avoid the winner bet and go for over 2.5 maps which is also lucrative.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.