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GamerLegion vs Ninjas in Pyjamas — match prediction & analysis

17 September at 17:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Every call we publish goes up before the match and stays up afterwards, right or wrong. This is the reasoning behind GamerLegion vs Ninjas in Pyjamas at Logitech G Play Connect 2026.

Our call: Ninjas in Pyjamas to win — 51% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

GamerLegion won 13–8. ❌ Our call was wrong — we said Ninjas in Pyjamas at 51%.

Dust2 — 4–8

GamerLegion

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Ancient (86% pick rate)

❌ Only 0% winrate on Mirage over 6 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Heavy Anubis ban usage (71% bans) limits their map bargaining

❌ Form slump: 9 losses in last 12 points to recent inconsistency

Ninjas in Pyjamas

✅ Nuke strength: 75% winrate over 16 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Nuke (88% pick rate)

❌ Only 0% winrate on Cache over 6 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Heavy Dust2 ban usage (59% bans) limits their map bargaining

❌ Form slump: 17 losses in last 28 points to recent inconsistency

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.

GamerLegionNinjas in Pyjamas

33%3 maps Dust2 25%4 maps

0%6 maps Mirage 38%13 maps

-1 maps Inferno 57%7 maps

40%5 maps Nuke 75%16 maps

43%7 maps Ancient 57%14 maps

-0 maps Anubis 40%5 maps

The maps

Dust2 — the decider

Our picks

Per-map picks publish automatically the moment the map veto is done.

More on these teams

All GamerLegion predictions and results
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