Match preview · Stake Ranked Episode 5

Eternal Fire vs BIG — match prediction & analysis

29 October at 12:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Barely anything separates these two in the ranking, and that is usually where a series is decided in the veto rather than on aim. We looked at which maps each side can actually steer to.

Eternal Fire come in ranked #30 in the world, BIG #33.

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Eternal Fire

✅ Dust2 strength: 76% winrate over 17 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Strong recent form: 30 wins in last 46 (67%) shows momentum

❌ Only 39% winrate on Mirage over 18 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Practically never plays Nuke (98% banned), reducing veto flexibility

❌ Weak head-to-head (0% versus BIG) undermines matchup confidence

BIG

✅ Cache strength: 60% winrate over 15 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Cache (63% pick rate)

✅ Head-to-head edge: 100% versus Eternal Fire historically gives veto and psychological advantage

❌ Only 33% winrate on Ancient over 9 maps — exploitable in the veto

Recent form

Eternal FireWLWWL3 of 5 won

BIGLWLLW2 of 5 won

Head to head

Eternal Fire and BIG have met 2 times in the period we track — Eternal Fire 0, BIG 2.

9 Aug 2026Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier · Inferno — BIG8 - 13

9 Aug 2026Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier · Mirage — BIG10 - 13

The map pool

Win, pick and ban rates over the last three months. This is where a series is often decided before it starts — a team can steer the veto onto a map the opponent rarely plays.

Eternal FireBIG

59%22 maps Cache 60%15 maps

76%17 maps Dust2 50%4 maps

39%18 maps Mirage 50%12 maps

50%12 maps Inferno 60%10 maps

-0 maps Nuke 67%3 maps

73%22 maps Ancient 33%9 maps

54%13 maps Anubis -0 maps

The maps

The veto isn't done yet — map picks land right before kickoff, and this page updates automatically.

Our picks

Per-map picks publish automatically the moment the map veto is done.

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Eternal Fire

soulfly1.14

regali1.06

Kvem1.12

★

jottAAA1.16

MisteM0.94

BIG

tabseN0.99

faveN1.01

★

blameF1.20

gr1ks1.08

JDC1.01

More on these teams

All Eternal Fire predictions and results
All BIG predictions and results

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