Apeks vs. BIG Preview & Prediction- Free 5/02 CS: GO
The opponents will clash at the upper bracket quarter-final of the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier tournament this Monday. The DreamHack Masters Dallas features sixteen of the best teams in the world for a large-scale arena tournament, with a $250,000 prize pool. In this event, 2 teams will book a spot at the upcoming spots at IEM Dallas '22. The match will be played in the best-of-three series.
Apeks Team Stats and Latest Results
Apeks ranks #36 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 6 weeks. The Norwegian team is coming to this tournament on a 69.0%-win rate and has managed 8 wins from their last 10 games. They finished 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 3, won the Tipsport Bratislava Cup 2022, and 3-4th at the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 2. The team is also part of the ongoing Pinnacle Cup IV and has won their first match against 4glory (2:0).
Map win statistics in the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Dust2 (100.0%), Inferno (90.9%), Mirage (76.9%), and Overpass (62.5%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Ancient (44.4%), Nuke (43.8%), and Vertigo (40.0%). Their current line-up has nawwk (1.11 player rating), chawzyyy (0.99), AcilioN (1.00, jkaem (1.18), and STYKO (1.05).
BIG Team Stats and Latest Results
BIG Team is ranked #14 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 118 weeks. The German team won the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 2 to advance to the upcoming Closed Qualifier tournament. The team has a 7-match win streak and has attained a win rate of 66.7% over the past 3 months. The team finished 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2, 13-16th at the ESL Pro League Season 15, and 2nd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A. They also won 8 out of their last 10 games.
Map win statistics in the past 3 months show a decent win rate on Dust2 (76.9%), Nuke (66.7%), Vertigo (60.0%), Mirage (57.1%), and Ancient (57.1%). On the other hand, they were dismal on Overpass (40.0%). Their current line-up consists of tabseN (1.14 player rating), tiziaN (0.97), syrsoN (1.14), faveN (1.06), and Krimbo (1.07).
Apeks vs. BIG H2H Record
Head-to-head has 2 meetings between the rivals and BIG has won in all the encounters. Their last encounter was at the group stage of the 2021 ESEA Season 37 Premier Division – Europe on May 04, 2021, and BIG won 2:1.
Apeks vs. BIG Betting Preview
BIG is currently in perfect shape because they have won their last 7 games and also lead in 4 maps. On the other hand, Apeks has an advantage in only 3 maps and managed 8 wins from their last 10 games. Based on these stats, we should expect an interesting matchup when they meet. Even though BIG will win, we expect Apeks to snatch 1 of the maps.
The Pick: BIG to win/ Over 2.5 maps.
