OG vs. BIG, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/4 CS:GO

BIG is the favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they meet OG in the Group A upper bracket semi-final of the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2021 on Thursday. The winning team will progress to the next round and take on a better side from the duel between Astralis and NIP, while the loser will go down to the Lower bracket.

OG Team Stats and Latest Results

OG concluded 2020 with a couple of losses to BIG and FURIA at the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals, which meant they closed the year with three consecutive losses. They beat Dignitas in the opening game of 2021 at the cs_summit 7, but didn’t come far at that tournament and had to settle with 5-8th place and $5,000. OG secured a pair of wins over FALKN and FaZe and won the trophy along with $6,000 at the SteelSeries Invitational 2021. OG won eight of the previous 13 matches.

During the last three months, OG was decent on Mirage (75.0% win rate) and Dust2 (62.5%), while they failed to impress on Inferno (35.7%). OG has been playing with the same squad since November 2020 and appeared on 48 maps with a record of 26 wins and 22 losses. The lineup consists of NBK- (1.00 rating), valde (1.19), Aleksib (1.04), ISSAA (1.04), and mantuu (1.12).

BIG Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG ended 2020 with 3rd position at the IEM Global Challenge 2020 after losing to Liquid in the semi-finals, and they settled with $50,000. Their previous participation at the major tournament came last week at the DreamHack Open January 2021 Europe, where they beat HellRaisers and Evil Geniuses, but lost to Spirit in the semis and earned $6,000 for their efforts. BIG won seven of the last 12 games.

In the previous three months, BIG was dominant on Vertigo (88.9%) and Mirage (87.5%), while they were below average on Overpass (33.3%) and Dust2 (40.0%). BIG also assembled its current lineup in November 2020 and appeared on 60 maps with a record of 35 wins and 25 losses. The team members are tabseN (1.04), tiziaN (1.00), syrsoN (1.16), XANTARES (1.10), and k1to (0.96).

OG vs. BIG H2H Record

These rivals have met on seven occasions so far, and BIG is leading the all-time series 4-3. BIG won the most recent clash 2-0 at the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals in December 2020.

OG vs. BIG Betting Preview

Interestingly, none of the previous four H2H matches produced a maximum of three maps, after the opening three that went to three maps. Even though the odds are on BIG’s side to get a win here, I think these teams are pretty leveled. That’s why it’s hard to pick a winner, and that’s why I am going with Over 2.5 maps, despite the recent H2H record.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-107 @GG.BET)