SG.pro vs. BIG Academy Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 7/31

SG.pro and BIG Academy will meet in the Swiss round 5 (teams with a 2-2 record) of the Nine to Five 2, and SG.pro is a favorite to win in this best of three map tilt. Winner advances to playoffs, losing team is eliminated. These sides have never met before.

The Russian side SG.pro didn’t experience the best of starts at this tournament with a couple of defeats to Izako Boars and LDLC. Still, they managed to bounce back against Illuminar and selectah, winning both matches 2-1. SG.pro lost nine of the last 12 games and has a 44.8% win rate over the past three months. In that span, SG.pro was above average on Mirage (54.5%) and Train (53.3%), while they didn’t play well on Nuke (28.6%) and Overpass (30.0%).

BIG Academy needed three games and two wins over 9INE to make it to the main event here, and then beat NAVI Junior and Excellency and lost to AVEZ and Izako Boars. The German team won five of the previous ten matches and has a 43.8% win rate in the last three months. During that period, BIG Academy was without a loss on Vertigo and had strong displays on Overpass (71.4%), while they showed disappointing performances on Train (25.0%) and Dust2 (28.6%).

Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (+119 @ GG.BET)

SG.pro will switch focus to this tournament after suffering elimination out of the Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup 5, and they cannot afford to go out from both tournaments in just two days. Still, I wouldn’t bet on them to get a win here and I will go with over 2.5 maps because four of NAVI Junior’s last five matches produced a maximum of three maps. That also occurred in SG.pro’s last two games at this tournament.