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Match preview · PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 South America Closed Qualifier

DENDELE vs Imperial — match prediction & analysis

11 September at 22:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Every call we publish goes up before the match and stays up afterwards, right or wrong. This is the reasoning behind DENDELE vs Imperial at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 South America Closed Qualifier.

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DENDELE

✅ Inferno strength: 80% winrate over 5 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Cache (62% pick rate)

❌ Only 42% winrate on Mirage over 12 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Practically never plays Dust2 (95% banned), reducing veto flexibility

❌ Form slump: 6 losses in last 11 points to recent inconsistency

Imperial

✅ Mirage strength: 76% winrate over 21 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Mirage (50% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 28 wins in last 35 (81%) shows momentum

❌ Practically never plays Ancient (97% banned), reducing veto flexibility

Head to head

DENDELE and Imperial have met 36 times in the period we track — DENDELE 15, Imperial 21.

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.

DENDELEImperial
80%5 maps Inferno 73%22 maps
62%8 maps Nuke 73%15 maps
70%10 maps Cache 73%11 maps
-0 maps Dust2 57%14 maps
42%12 maps Mirage 76%21 maps
56%9 maps Ancient -0 maps
50%6 maps Anubis 67%6 maps

The maps

Inferno — Imperial's pick

Nuke — DENDELE's pick

Cache — the decider

Our picks

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All DENDELE predictions and results
All Imperial predictions and results

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