Match preview · Circuit X Curitiba Fall 2026

Imperial vs Bounty Hunters — match prediction & analysis

17 September at 02:40 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 Imperial vs Bounty Hunters through.

Our call: Imperial to win — 74% (a medium-risk pick)

How it ended

Imperial won 2–1. ✅ Our call was right — we said Imperial at 74%.

Mirage — 13–6

Cache — 8–13

Nuke — 13–4

Imperial

✅ Strong recent form: 28 wins in last 37 (74%) shows momentum

✅ Head-to-head edge: 55% versus Bounty Hunters historically gives veto and psychological advantage

Bounty Hunters

❌ Weak head-to-head (45% versus Imperial) undermines matchup confidence

Head to head

Imperial and Bounty Hunters have met 22 times in the period we track — Imperial 12, Bounty Hunters 10.

The maps

Mirage — Bounty Hunters's pick

Cache — Imperial's pick

Nuke — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Series — Imperial to win 2-0

🎯 Imperial to win Cache

🎯 Imperial to win Nuke

More on these teams

All Imperial predictions and results
All Bounty Hunters predictions and results

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