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HOTU vs Virtus.pro — match prediction & analysis

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

Ranking, form, head-to-head, map pool. Those four decide most CS2 series, and they are what we ran HOTU vs Virtus.pro through.

Our call: HOTU to win — 75% (a medium-risk pick)

How it ended

Virtus.pro won 0–3. ❌ Our call was wrong — we said HOTU at 75%.

Dust2 — 14–16

Anubis — 6–13

Ancient — 13–16

Cache — –

Nuke — –

HOTU

✅ Strong recent form: 29 wins in last 41 (74%) shows momentum

Virtus.pro

✅ Strong recent form: 20 wins in last 29 (72%) shows momentum

The maps

Dust2 — Virtus.pro's pick

Anubis — HOTU's pick

Ancient — Virtus.pro's pick

Cache — HOTU's pick

Nuke — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Series — HOTU to win the series

🎯 HOTU to win Anubis

🎯 HOTU to win Cache

More on these teams

All HOTU predictions and results
All Virtus.pro predictions and results

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