Aurora and BIG Academy will meet in the second round of the BetBoom Playlist Freedom 2023 group stage. Both teams have been excellent in the championship, although the Russian team have been playing a very strong opponent.
As for BIG Academy, the team shows a good game, but in recent weeks they have been making many mistakes and losing where they shouldn't.
In general, the Germans are playing quite strongly, but time after time the boys fail. So here I'd lean on Aurora to win, who are clearly in the experience and should take the meeting.
Aurora's form
The 35th ranked team in the world has been to the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023 play-offs, where they failed to clinch and were defeated by Apeks in the first round.
Then the Russian team took part in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B, where they showed a great game and even managed to fight with the leaders of the stage, but somehow or other they didn't make it to the majors.
As for Long Saugus on the BetBoom Playlist Freedom 2023, Aurora managed to get an easy win over 00NATION if you shut your eyes on some difficulties on the Overpass card.
Aurora's latest results:
- A 14-16 defeat to G2 Esports.
- 2-1 win over Eternal Fire.
- Defeat at the hands of FORZE by a score of 0-2.
- Defeat by FaZe Clan 0-2.
- 2-0 win over 00NATION.
Aurora's best scores:
- Nuke - 78% wins.
- Ancient - 75% wins.
- Mirage - 60% wins.
- Inferno - 50% wins.
Let's not forget that the Russian team usually bans the Vertigo map.
BIG Academy uniforms
The 52nd ranked team in the world managed to fail in the recent CCT West Europe Series 3 and then promptly dropped out of the play-offs of CCT Central Europe Series 6.
Next up, the German squad had a disappointing showing at ESL Challenger League Season 45 Europe, where after beating Endpoint managed to lose to Ignis Serpens and Let us cook.
Thankfully, BIG Academy managed to snag a win against Forward at the Long Conger BetBoom Playlist Freedom 2023, although the match was close enough in terms of the final result.
BIG Academy's latest results:
- A 0-2 defeat to Ignis Serpens.
- 2-0 win over Viperio.
- A 0-2 defeat at the hands of Monte.
- 1-2 defeat at the hands of Let us cook.
- 2-0 win over Forward.
BIG Academy top scorers:
- Anubis - 71% wins.
- Overpass - 64% wins.
- Mirage - 60% wins.
- Inferno - 60% wins.
- Vertigo - 50% wins.
In turn, the German team does not feature on the Nuke card.
Meeting statistics Aurora - BIG Academy
The teams have not met before.
Forecast for the match Aurora - BIG Academy
It is clear that BIG Academy has slightly better statistics, but the Russian team recently played at TIER-1 level where they lost, but still looked very good.
Given that fact, the Germans don't seem worthy opponents for Aurora. And even without that, the team is going through a bad stretch of the season, when they fail more often than not.
Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a win for the Aurora team.
