Unique vs. BIG Academy Preview & Prediction- Free 2/19 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at Swiss round 5 of the ongoing Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament. By this time, both teams have a 2-2 record and are only 1 win from the playoffs. The winner of this duel will advance to the playoffs while the losing side will be eliminated. The group stage is played on a SWISS best-of-three format.

Unique Team Stats and Latest Results

Unique is currently ranked 48th in the world ranking. The team has attained a win rate of 50.0% over the last 3 months and also won 3 out of their last 8 matches. At the group stage of the ongoing Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament, the Kazakhstani team has defeated BLUEJAYS (2:0) and Finest (2:0) but lost to Savage (1:2) and Sprout (1:2). Considering their performance in past events, they finished 3-5th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1 Regionals, 9-11th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2 Regionals, and 9-16th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team attained a decent win rate on Inferno (61.5%) and Overpass (52.9%). They managed an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%) and Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (44.4%) and Mirage (36.4%). The team has a line-up that consists of sorrow (0.98), icem4N (1.04), dukefissura (1.07), smiley (1.04), and w1nt3r (0.97).

BIG Academy Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG Academy is ranked 67th in the world ranking. At the group stage of the ongoing Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament, the German team lost their first 2 matches against Dignitas (0:2) and SINNERS (0:2) but bounced back to defeat Enterprise (2:0) and GamerLegion (2:1). They won the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 Closed Qualifier and finished 2nd at the WePlay Academy League Season 3 where they received $20,000. Out of their last 8 matches, they won 4 games and hold a win rate of 60.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team achieved an exceptional win rate on Overpass (100.0%), Nuke (66.7%), Vertigo (60.0%), and Inferno (58.3%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Ancient (0.0%) and Dust2 (0.0%). The team’s roster consists of s1n (1.04), prosus (1.08), Krimbo (1.16), Aqua (0.96), and hyped (1.02).

Unique vs. BIG Academy H2H Record

The opponents have never met in any tournament and this will be their first H2H encounter.

Unique vs. BIG Academy Betting Preview

This is an interesting matchup to follow because both teams will show their best performance to progress to the playoffs. Unique lost their last 4 games and is coming to this matchup on a 50.0%-win rate. On the other hand, BIG Academy currently has a 60.0%-win rate and leads on 2 maps (Nuke and Vertigo). Unique has an advantage on 5 maps (Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient) and for this reason, has a chance to bounce back to the winning streak. Therefore, we are predicting a win for the Kazakhstani but BIG Academy will snatch 1 map.

The Pick: Unique to win/ Over 2.5 maps.