FTW vs BIG Academy Preview & Prediction - Free 06/20 CS: GO

FTW and BIG Academy will cross paths at the round of 16 (playoffs) in the ESEA Advanced Season 41 Europe. The best team will advance to the semi-finals while the loser is eliminated.

FTW Team Stats and Latest Results

FTW is ranked 60th in the world ranking. Prior to this tournament, they finished 1st at the Master League Portugal IX Finals, 21-24th at the Pinnacle Cup IV, and 1st at the ESL Masters Spain Season 11 Finals. Their win rate stands at 55.6%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that the team has displayed an impressive win rate on Inferno (83.3%) and Vertigo (70.0%). On the flip side, they were average on Nuke (50.0%) and failed on Overpass (33.3%), Dust2 (25.0%), and Ancient (25.0%). The team’s roster includes arrozdoce (1.03 player rating), DDias (0.94), ewjerkz (1.16), Ag1l (0.98), and story (1.05).

BIG Academy Team Stats and Latest Results

SHAPE are the 69th in the global ranking. The German team is coming to the ESEA Advanced Season 41 Europe after winning six of their last eight games and a win rate of 70.0%. This shows that they have been having a good form of late. The team finished 19-20th at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 to qualify for the ESEA Advanced Season 41 Europe. Over the past three months, they finished 3-5th at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders, and 4th at the ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2022.

Map win statistics over the last 3 months show that the team has been impressive on Overpass (100.0%), Dust2 (77.8%), and decent on Mirage (66.7%). They were below average on Vertigo (40.0%) failed to impress on Nuke (0.0%) and Ancient (0.0%). The team has a roster that consists of Aqua (0.95), prosus (1.06), hyped (1.05), s1n (1.06), and k1to (1.20).

FTW vs BIG Academy H2H Record

There are no head-to-head records between the opponents. This will be their first encounter.

FTW vs BIG Academy Betting Preview

Considering the map performance over the past three months, both teams have had impressive results and the same winning streak. However, I feel that BIG Academy has an advantage in this tie because they have a higher win rate (70.0%) than FTW.

The Pick: BIG Academy to win.