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Match preview · ESL Pro League Season 24

Aurora vs 9z — match preview

3 October at 16:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Best of 3 (LAN)

Aurora come in ranked #9 in the world, 9z #17.

Aurora meet 9z at ESL Pro League Season 24. The model has not priced this one yet — it waits for the map veto, because which maps get played moves the number more than anything else on this page. What follows is what we already know about both teams.

Aurora — recent form

3 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Vitality — 1–3 20 September at 17:00

W vs Vitality — 2–1 19 September at 17:25

W vs NRG — 2–0 18 September at 18:00

W vs Natus Vincere — 2–0 17 September at 17:00

L vs G2 — 1–2 31 August at 13:30

Across everything we have covered: Aurora won 9 of 14, and our own call was right in 11 of 14.

9z — recent form

1 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs G2 — 1–2 10 September at 05:30

L vs MIBR — 0–2 9 September at 07:50

W vs 5star — 2–0 8 September at 05:00

L vs Vitality — 0–2 29 August at 11:00

L vs MOUZ — 0–2 27 August at 13:30

Across everything we have covered: 9z won 2 of 8, and our own call was right in 6 of 8.

Head to head

No meeting between Aurora and 9z in our records yet — this is the first one we cover.

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.

Aurora9z
50%6 maps Cache 67%3 maps
50%4 maps Dust2 57%7 maps
60%10 maps Mirage 60%5 maps
57%7 maps Inferno 33%6 maps
100%6 maps Nuke 50%8 maps
-1 maps Ancient 33%3 maps
62%8 maps Anubis -0 maps

How they veto

The maps each side removes most often. Two teams that ban the same map hand the series to a third one neither wanted.

Aurora ban most often: Ancient 82%, Cache 29%, Dust2 29%

9z ban most often: Anubis 93%, Mirage 32%, Ancient 24%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Aurora
woxic woxic1.03
XANTARES XANTARES1.06
Wicadia Wicadia1.07
★ Jimpphat Jimpphat1.14
kyxsan kyxsan0.99
9z
dgt dgt1.07
max max0.92
meyern meyern0.98
luchov luchov1.03
★ HUASOPEEK HUASOPEEK1.13

Also at ESL Pro League Season 24 that day

Falcons vs TYLOO 3 October at 11:00
Legacy vs PARIVISION 3 October at 11:00
Vitality vs 1win 3 October at 13:30
Spirit vs ShindeN 3 October at 13:30
MOUZ vs M80 3 October at 16:00
G2 vs Natus Vincere 3 October at 18:30

When the prediction goes up

Our call publishes before kickoff, never after — that is the whole point of keeping a public record. When it does, this page fills in with the probability for each team, the per-map calls once the veto is done, and afterwards the result and whether we were right.

More on these teams

All Aurora predictions and results
All 9z predictions and results

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Statistical model estimates, published for entertainment. Match data: HLTV.org.