SAW vs BIG Prediction: Betting on the Favorite

Prediction for the BLAST Bounty 2025 match, which will take place on January 15th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the teams' conditions! Several betting options are available.

SAW

The year 2025 is starting off in an interesting way: the Portuguese SAW is ranked higher than the experienced German BIG for the tournament. Here are the facts: 18th place in the HLTV ranking, the talented Jose Shr Gil with a 1.29 rating, and a stronger performance in December than their upcoming opponents. The new season could be the best in the organisation's history, given the very effective changes that took place just before the majors.The difference between December and January is that SAW is now fully ready for the tournament. After the transfers two months ago, the squad has lots of experience at the pro level. Christopher MUTiRiS Fernandes is a veteran who remembers when SAW did not look for easy ways to win, but still performed well at the main tournaments. He is also SAW's most important asset, whose performance largely determines the team's mood and outcome.With a good start to the series, the Portuguese are quite capable of taking the initiative from an equal opponent.

BIG

Although the Germans have done well in the major tournaments, every series they have won has looked like it was just luck. They lost to weaker teams, and they also lost to Arrow in the German league after Shanghai. Things got even worse when they replaced kyuubii and hyped with questionable players. While they're strong in Germany, they've both failed internationally (especially kyuubii). BLAST Bounty will be the first test, but not the last. BIG made a mistake by signing multi-year contracts with seasoned players, which probably stopped them from growing and signing younger players. Now the Germans are at a stage where every failure could lead to a complete disbandment at the end of the season.

Expert Betting Tips

Bookmakers have given good odds on the outcomes in favour of SAW, although the Portuguese are favourites even according to most HLTV users. For this reason, let's not miss the opportunity and make accurate predictions that will be proven right in the event of a shutout for the Portuguese.

Prediction:

TU (2.5) for 1.83

W1 on Map 2 for 1.90

H1 (+2.5) on Map 1 for 1.74