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Inner Circle vs 3DMAX — match prediction & analysis

22 September at 18:45 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 Inner Circle vs 3DMAX through.

Our call: Inner Circle to win — 62% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

3DMAX won 1–2. ❌ Our call was wrong — we said Inner Circle at 62%.

Ancient — 13–7

Dust2 — 8–13

Cache — 3–13

Inner Circle

✅ Strong recent form: 18 wins in last 25 (66%) shows momentum

✅ Head-to-head edge: 75% versus 3DMAX historically gives veto and psychological advantage

3DMAX

❌ Weak head-to-head (25% versus Inner Circle) undermines matchup confidence

Head to head

Inner Circle and 3DMAX have met 4 times in the period we track — Inner Circle 3, 3DMAX 1.

The maps

Ancient — 3DMAX's pick

Dust2 — Inner Circle's pick

Cache — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Inner Circle to win Cache

More on these teams

All Inner Circle predictions and results
All 3DMAX predictions and results

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