Matchförutsägelse: BIG - 9 Pandas Esports | Counter-Strike (CS2)

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CCT Online Finals #5 playoffs continue. We see off day 6 of the $200,000 tournament and 2 trips to the CCT Global Finals.

We see off with betting tir for the match BIG - 9 Pandas. The teams will play in the upper grid semi-finals, where the winner will advance to the small final and the loser will fall to the lower grid.

Let's find out which of the contenders will get one step closer to the goal, and who will have to continue the battle for weighty prizes without the right to make a mistake in the lower grid.

Let's go.

BIG uniforms

Commencing our match analysis, let's focus on scrutinizing the form of the favorites. In this particular matchup, BIG holds the top spot as favorites with odds hovering around 1.5. Delving deeper into the details and checking insights on BIG's performance from CS2 trading sites can provide a more nuanced understanding of their current standing.

BIG have participated in a lot of championships, but not many decent results. They started the season with a top-9 finish at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, and continued with a top-16 finish at IEM Extreme Masters Katowice 2023.

There was also an appearance at ESL Pro League Season 17 with a top-20 there. The failures partially managed to cap off the Top-4 at the Elis Invitational Winter 2023, where the team reached the Top-4.

In the middle of the year, the Germans failed to qualify for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, finishing top-11 at RMR Europe and then top-3 at qualification. In the second half of the year they started playing CCT Series championships, where it is worth noting CCT Online Finals #1, with TOP-4, CCT West Europe Series $4 with TOP-2.

Back to the S-Tier tournaments with BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 with Top-9, and then Top-24 at IEM Cologne 2023.

• BIG lineup: tabseN, Krimbo, mantuu, prosus, s1n.

Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round, the team played at Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1 with a top-2 finish. There was also a top-8 at CCT East Europe Series #7 and a win at CCT Europe Series #7.

At ESL Pro League Season 18 they debuted with a match against Monte. The Ukrainian club fought honourably, but in the end they were defeated by Ledgeil with the score 1-2, putting BIG in the semi-finals of Group B at ESL Pro League Season 18.

In the previous match, BIG made perhaps the biggest sensation of the tournament. The Germans defeated Heroic, sending them to the bottom of the group.

Next, BIG played another big European club - ENCE. The Finns failed to win (1-2), but BIG made it to the play-offs, straight into the second round. That's where their ESL Pro League Season 18 journey came to an end.

BIG Ledge and Eternal Fire in the second round of play-offs with the score 0-2. Thus, the Germans took the EPL S18 top-12.

In the match before that, BIG played against 9INE. The Germans defeated their visions quite easily, closing the match with a score of 2-0.

Afterwards, BIG outplayed ENCE and advanced to the finals of BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023. However, BIG were not enough for the final as C9 won 2-0.

Prior to the Roobet Cup 2023, BIG played two CCT tournaments. It was CCT North Europe Series #8 and CCT East Europe Series #3. They finished in the top 16 at the latter, but won the North European tournament, beating Spirit 2-0 in the grand final.

The Roobet Cup 2023 ended quite well for BIG. The team finished in the top 8, and repeated that result at Thunderpick World Championship 2023. They also played at CCT Online FInals #4, where they finished in the top 3.

In the first match at CCT Online Finals #5 BIG played Zero Tenacity. "The Germans proved to be stronger, easily defeating ZT. In the next game BIG faced Guild Eagles and were stronger, and very confidently - 2-0.

BIG Mappool

BIG has 3 of the best maps in their arsenal. They are Overpass, Vertigo and Anubis with 5 matches and 3 wins on each.

The most played map is Ancient. BIG have played 14 matches there and have a 57% win rate.

The most unlucky map is Inferno with 2 wins and 2 losses. The worst map is Mirage (9 matches, 33% wins).

Form 9Pandas

Let's move on to the analysis of 9 Pandas' form. In this match they will play as an outsider, with odds to win around 2.5.

9 Pandas are ranked 21st in the HLTV team rankings. They got there thanks to their performance in a lot of tournaments, but as it often happens, they managed to achieve at least some results only in a few events.

For example, it was ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Winter 2023 #1 and ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Winter 2023 #2. There was also TOP-64 at IEM Rio 2023: European Open Qualifier. In the middle of the year we played at CCT South Europe Series #4, where we had a top-16, and also BetBoom Playlist. Freedom, where the Pandas made it to the Top 8.

One of the most important achievements, if I can put it that way, was reaching the Top 4 at CCT North Europe Series #5. Another hit in the "prizes" was Dunav Party LAN, where 9 Pandas reached TOP-4.

• The lineup of 9 Pandas: seized, d1Ledez, clax, iDISBALANCE, glowiing.

At Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #2, where 9 Pandas made it to the Top 24. Just before the Long Sogpeg CCT Online Finals #5, 9 Pandas' results went up. They finished in the Top 3 at ESEA Season 46: Advanced Division, Top 8 at CCT East Europe Series #3, Top 4 at CCT Central Europe Series #8 and won at PARI, Please, earning $60,000 for the win, which is more than they earned all year.

9 Pandas Long Sogpeg at CCT Online Finals #5 with a solid win over the Brazilians from Legacy. Coldzera didn't help matters, and 9 Pandas advanced to the next round, where they were already opposed by Into The Breach. The British club put up a fight and even won the dopes on the second map, but it wasn't enough, and here are 9 Pandas in the match to reach the finals.

Map 9 Pandas

The best map of 9 Pandas is Mirage. They played 12 matches of which they won 9.

Next were Overpass with 8 matches and 5 wins. Nuke (7 matches, 4 wins), Inferno (9 matches, 5 wins). Worse is Ancient with 3 wins in 6 matches, and worst of all was Anubis. His FaZe was picked 7 times, but played with a winrate of 42%.

They don't play on Vertigo.

History of head-to-head meetings BIG - 9 Pandas

Last time BIG - 9 Pandas played on CCT East Europe Series #3. Then 9 Pandas won with a score of 2-1.

Predicted result of BIG vs 9 Pandas at CCT Online Finals #5

We should expect a spirited game from this match. 9 Pandas doesn't look like a whipping boy, and BIG doesn't inspire 100 per cent confidence yet. I'm leaning towards a full-fledged Bo3, but I'll still pick BIG as the winner, as I'm looking forward to seeing G2 Esports vs BIG for the grand finals of the tournament.

Bottom line: BIG wins.