BIG vs Young Ninjas prediction: Will underestimation lead to defeat?

The match between the BIG and Young Ninjas teams will take place On December 16. BIG is a highly experienced team, so they are a favorite. But underestimating the opponent may play a role.

Let’s consider the last month and a half from BIG. At the beginning of November, the team successfully passed the contenders stage for the major in Rio and entered the Legends stage. There they won the first two matches in the BO1 format and remained only one game away from getting into the playoffs. But they lose three BO3 series, all with a score of 0:2.

Next, a performance at the Elisa Masters Espoo 2022. BIG somehow makes it to the playoff stage, where they win two matches and get to the final. However, Fnatic was waiting for the Germans in the final, which lost only nine rounds in total for two maps.

And now BIG has not played official matches for almost a month. Looking at how Spirit is careless about tournaments of this format, BIG needs to prepare for the upcoming meeting with young Swedes for the last month.

Ninjas in Pyjamas have excellent training, clearly one of the best. The average age of the players is only nineteen years old, and they have been playing with each other for quite a long time. And they play at a reasonable level. Recently there was a tournament, WePlay Academy League Season 6, where the best academies worldwide participated, and Young Ninjas took first place there.

The Swedes also look great as part of the CE Central Europe Series 4. They won three out of five matches in the group and were able to reach the playoffs, and they played with good opponents. Young Ninjas have a wide map pool and an enormous will to win, which is helpful to them.

BIG is the favorite. Most likely, this team did not prepare for CTR Central Europe Series 4, and individually for Young Ninjas. And it often happens that such underestimation leads to defeats. Although the tournament is not the most prestigious, maybe BIG will be fine in case of failure.

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