Sprout vs. BIG, Preview & Prediction - Free 5/22 CS:GO

BIG is a favorite to beat Sprout and advance to the Lower round 3 of the Flashpoint 3 when the teams meet on Saturday. If they manage to get a win, BIG will face a better side from the clash between Anonymo and DBL PONEY.

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout went through the qualification phase and needed six games to make it to the Flashpoint 3. They beat SKADE, Tricked, Dignitas, and HAVU, but then lost to Heroic in the opening match of the main event. The German team did respond with a comeback victory over FaZe, and in the meantime, Sprout was victorious at the ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2021, where they earned $18,224 and won a ticket for the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In & ENC Global Playoff Spring 2021. Sprout won eight of the previous 16 matches.

When it comes to the maps in the last three months, Sprout played well on Dust2 (63.0% win rate), while they failed to impress on Inferno (36.4%). Sprout is playing with the same lineup since February 2021 and appeared on 103 maps with a record of 52 wins and 51 losses. The squad members are Spiidi (0.98 rating), denis (0.98), kressy (1.04), faveN (1.19), and slaxz- (1.11).

BIG Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG’s biggest achievement of 2021 is winning the FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe Final after a comeback victory against Extra Salt in the Grand final. For that win, BIG earned $150,000, but they didn’t have luck at tournaments afterward. BIG defeated Complexity in the opening round at this tournament; however, mousesports proved to be too strong in the next match. BIG won nine of the last 15 games.

Overpass (75.0%) and Dust2 (71.4%) are BIG’s most favorite maps in the previous three months, while they failed to get a win in four appearances on Inferno and struggled on Nuke (25.0%). BIG assembled its current team in March this year and appeared on 56 maps with a record of 28 wins and 28 losses. The lineup consists of tabseN (1.04), tiziaN (0.92), syrsoN (1.07), XANTARES (1.12), and k1to (0.98).

Sprout vs. BIG H2H Record

The German compatriots have met on eight occasions so far, and Sprout is leading the all-time series 6-2. They are on a three-game winning run in H2H matches and won the most recent clash at the ESL Meisterschaft Autumn 2020 in January this year.

Sprout vs. BIG Betting Preview

Even though only two of seven Best of 3 H2H encounters produced a maximum of three maps, I expect to see a big battle with a bunch of rounds on each side. BIG is a favorite in this one, but don’t get fooled by the teams’ respective rankings at the moment – Sprout has the quality to beat them, which is evident in H2H duels. I am going to put betting on the winner aside, and bet on Over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-103 @GGBET)