Vitality vs. BIG Prediction on April 21, 2023

Match info

The first quarterfinal of the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will feature a match between Team Vitality and Berlin International Gaming. It’s important to note in advance that the victor of this match will proceed to the semifinals and face Cloud9. Vitality vs. BIG is scheduled to take place on Friday, April 21, at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting at 12:00 PM local time.

Meeting statistics

Since the German team was extremely fortunate to qualify for the playoffs by managing to earn a fortuitous victory over Heroic in the group stage, we really have nothing noteworthy to say about them.

On the other hand, in Group B, where they began with a defeat against OG, Vitality were able to recover. However, the team coached by Danny “zonic“ Sørensen made the difference with a few strong victories that got them into this round.

Also, keep in mind that the teams played each other at the beginning of the month, and BIG lost. As almost every CS: GO bookmaker has favored Team Vitality winning this match, we’ll thus go with that conclusion.

The current form of Vitality

The recent BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B saw the fifth-ranked team in the world perform admirably. It earned three victories, including one over BIG, but it also lost to 9INE. Remember that the Danish-French organization also dominated G2 Esports and Monte in the competition, earning them a spot in the “legends“ majors as a result. At IEM Rio 2023, Vitality lost to OG in the group stage, however, they later advanced to the playoffs with victories over MIBR, FaZe Clan, and OG.

On Nuke, Vitality have recorded their highest scores: 88% victories. Recall that they haven’t been seen competing on the Ancient map in a while.

The current form of BIG

The finals of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 Europe included the 19th-ranked team in the world, however, they were unable to defeat Cloud9. The German squad failed at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B immediately after that. They suffered three losses and failed to compete in the Last Chance Qualifier. But BIG made up for it in the IEM Rio 2023 group stage with two swift victories over MOUZ and Heroic. However, as expected, the Germans had nothing to provide facing NAVI.

The best BIG scores happened on Overpass: 75% victories. They then stopped showing up on the Ancient map once more.

Head-to-head encounters

The teams have only faced off once this season, with Vitality winning 2-1 on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B.

Match analytics

The teams played Mirage, Nuke, and Overpass the previous time. Additionally, there’s now a choice to view alternate maps, on which the Germans stand a little better chance. To put it another way, Vitality stand a very good chance of reaching the semifinals. The Danish-French organization now doesn’t have an open road against BIG, but the conclusions regarding the Germans are clear-cut. Since BIG can rely on Mirage and no other card, there aren’t many purposes in discussing their chances in the match.

As a result, we advise placing a wager on Vitality to win with a correct score of 2-0. Loot.bet set odds of 2.22 on this outcome.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Vitality vs. BIG 2:0