BIG vs. FaZe, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/29 CS:GO
The Group B upper bracket semi-final of the BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020 will end with the tilt between BIG and FaZe on Thursday, and the winner of this duel will face a better team from the clash between Vitality and Complexity in the Upper final. BIG is a firm favorite in this Best of 3 encounter.
BIG Team Stats and Latest Results
BIG suffered an elimination out of the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 to the eventual winners Heroic in three maps, but managed to win the battle for 5th place against fnatic and get $7,500 with 1875 RMR Points. They beat FaZe at that tournament and got revenge for a loss at the IEM New York 2020 Europe, and now are the favorites to beat the old rivals again on Thursday. BIG won nine of the previous 15 matches.
In the last three months, BIG displayed fine performances on Dust2 (75.0% win rate) and Overpass (75.0%), while they failed to impress on Vertigo (25.0%) and Nuke (38.5%). Since August this year, BIG is playing with the lineup that is made of tabseN (1.02 rating), tiziaN (0.97), syrsoN (1.10), XANTARES (1.12), and k1to (0.95). They appeared on 62 maps with a record of 34 wins and 28 losses.
FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results
FaZe impressed at the IEM New York 2020 Europe with four victories in five matches and a trophy after a convincing 3-0 win in the Grand final over OG. Along with the title, FaZe won $70,000, but they weren’t that good at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020, where they finished in 9th place and earned $3,250 with 1250 RMR Points. FaZe won nine of the last 13 games.
Over the course of the previous three months, FaZe was decent on Dust2 (60.0%) and Mirage (60.0%), while they showed weaker displays on Nuke (30.8%), Overpass (40.0%), and Inferno (42.9%). Just like BIG, FaZe assembled its current lineup this August and appeared on 49 maps with a record of 23 wins and 26 losses, which is the main reason they are not in the top 5 anymore (ranked #8). The team members are NiKo (1.16), rain (1.01), Kjaerbye (0.95), coldzera (0.99), and broky (1.08).
BIG vs. FaZe H2H Record
These rivals have met on eight occasions before, and BIG is leading the all-time series 6-2. FaZe managed to snap a five-game losing skid to BIG with a victory at the IEM New York 2020 Europe, but BIG responded with a win at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020.
BIG vs. FaZe Betting Preview
These teams know each other very well, so I don’t expect any surprises in this clash on Thursday. BIG is playing in a better form of late, which is one of the main reasons I am backing them in this one. Another reason is the fact that they have a better H2H record, and they are one of the most unpleasant teams to FaZe in the CS:GO tour.