Match preview · IEM Beijing 2026

Aurora vs Liquid — match preview

2 November at 08:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Best of 3 (LAN)

Aurora come in ranked #5 in the world, Liquid #23.

Aurora meet Liquid at IEM Beijing 2026. 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

4 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

W vs Liquid — 2–1 27 October at 12:00

W vs Nemiga — 2–0 26 October at 09:00

W vs G2 — 2–0 25 October at 14:00

L vs The MongolZ — 1–2 24 October at 09:00

W vs Falcons — 2–1 18 October at 13:30

Across everything we have covered: Aurora won 18 of 28, and our own call was right in 20 of 28.

Liquid — recent form

2 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Aurora — 1–2 27 October at 12:00

W vs Legacy — 2–0 26 October at 14:55

L vs FUT — 0–2 25 October at 09:00

W vs MOUZ — 2–1 24 October at 11:15

L vs magic — 0–2 20 October at 14:00

Across everything we have covered: Liquid won 14 of 26, and our own call was right in 13 of 26.

Head to head

These two have met once in matches we covered.

W vs Liquid — 2–1 27 October at 12:00

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.

AuroraLiquid

67%9 maps Cache 57%14 maps

60%10 maps Dust2 33%9 maps

64%14 maps Mirage 80%10 maps

50%12 maps Inferno 90%10 maps

62%8 maps Nuke 45%11 maps

-1 maps Ancient 33%3 maps

75%12 maps Anubis 60%10 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 86%, Cache 25%, Dust2 24%

Liquid ban most often: Ancient 90%, Dust2 41%, Inferno 24%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Aurora

woxic1.05

XANTARES0.99

Wicadia1.10

★

Jimpphat1.14

kyxsan0.94

Liquid

NAF1.14

★

EliGE1.16

malbsMd1.08

JT0.96

Jorko1.05

Also at IEM Beijing 2026 that day

Legacy vs The MongolZ 2 November at 08:00
HEROIC vs B8 2 November at 08:00
FURIA vs FaZe 2 November at 08:00
Natus Vincere vs Falcons 2 November at 08:00
MOUZ vs TYLOO 2 November at 08:00
9z vs BETBOOM 2 November at 08:00

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 Liquid predictions and results

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