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B8 vs fnatic — match preview

2 October at 14:30 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Best of 3 (LAN)

B8 come in ranked #14 in the world, fnatic #47.

B8 meet fnatic at Stake Ranked Episode 4. 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.

B8 — recent form

3 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Luminosity — 0–2 1 October at 12:00

L vs Luminosity — 0–2 22 September at 15:25

W vs M80 — 13–9 17 September at 19:30

W vs Luminosity — 13–11 17 September at 15:20

W vs Ninjas in Pyjamas — 13–9 17 September at 14:30

Across everything we have covered: B8 won 14 of 19, and our own call was right in 13 of 19.

fnatic — recent form

2 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs BIG — 1–2 1 October at 14:30

L vs Nemesis — 1–2 27 September at 13:00

W vs Iberian Soul — 2–0 26 September at 11:00

L vs HEROIC — 1–2 25 September at 10:00

W vs Just Players — 2–0 24 September at 14:00

Across everything we have covered: fnatic won 8 of 15, and our own call was right in 10 of 15.

Head to head

No meeting between B8 and fnatic 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.

B8fnatic
75%4 maps Cache 80%15 maps
73%11 maps Dust2 56%9 maps
42%12 maps Mirage 25%8 maps
43%7 maps Inferno 56%9 maps
62%13 maps Ancient 80%15 maps
-0 maps Anubis 90%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.

B8 ban most often: Anubis 89%, Nuke 45%, Inferno 42%

fnatic ban most often: Nuke 100%, Mirage 33%, Dust2 23%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

B8
★ npl npl1.17
s1zzi s1zzi1.07
kensizor kensizor1.12
esenthial esenthial1.12
alex666 alex6660.93
fnatic
fEAR fEAR0.94
jambo jambo1.16
★ jackasmo jackasmo1.18
cairne cairne1.17
mazay mazay1.09

Also at Stake Ranked Episode 4 that day

Luminosity vs BIG 2 October at 17:00

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 B8 predictions and results
All fnatic predictions and results

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