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Match preview · Stake Ranked Episode 5

Inner Circle vs Nemesis — match preview

27 October at 14:30 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Best of 3 (LAN)

Inner Circle come in ranked #30 in the world, Nemesis #47.

Inner Circle meet Nemesis at Stake Ranked Episode 5. The model has not priced this one yet — it waits for the map veto, because which maps get played moves the number more than anything else on this page. What follows is what we already know about both teams.

Inner Circle — recent form

1 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Sangal — 0–2 12 October at 18:00

L vs Ninjas in Pyjamas — 0–2 12 October at 15:20

W vs Sangal — 2–0 12 October at 12:00

L vs 3DMAX — 1–2 22 September at 18:45

L vs EYEBALLERS — 10–13 18 September at 20:05

Across everything we have covered: Inner Circle won 6 of 13, and our own call was right in 7 of 13.

Nemesis — recent form

5 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

W vs Nuclear TigeRES — 2–1 19 October at 16:00

W vs EYEBALLERS — 2–1 18 October at 16:00

W vs Nuclear TigeRES — 2–1 2 October at 15:00

W vs HOTU — 2–1 1 October at 18:00

W vs fnatic — 2–1 27 September at 13:00

Across everything we have covered: Nemesis won 14 of 17, and our own call was right in 14 of 17.

Head to head

No meeting between Inner Circle and Nemesis in our records yet — this is the first one we cover.

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.

Inner CircleNemesis
67%6 maps Cache 80%10 maps
33%6 maps Dust2 57%21 maps
57%7 maps Mirage 30%10 maps
-0 maps Inferno 86%14 maps
40%5 maps Nuke 67%12 maps
57%7 maps Ancient 62%21 maps
33%6 maps Anubis -0 maps

How they veto

The maps each side removes most often. Two teams that ban the same map hand the series to a third one neither wanted.

Inner Circle ban most often: Inferno 77%, Ancient 38%, Nuke 33%

Nemesis ban most often: Anubis 97%, Mirage 22%, Dust2 18%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Inner Circle
onic onic0.95
Dawy Dawy1.06
zeRRoFIX zeRRoFIX1.01
★ headtr1ck headtr1ck1.14
cptkurtka023 cptkurtka0231.10
Nemesis
tex1y tex1y1.12
★ Sdaim Sdaim1.14
r3salt r3salt1.10
SELLTER SELLTER0.99
mag1k3Y mag1k3Y1.11

Also at Stake Ranked Episode 5 that day

magic vs BIG 27 October at 12:00

When the prediction goes up

Our call publishes before kickoff, never after — that is the whole point of keeping a public record. When it does, this page fills in with the probability for each team, the per-map calls once the veto is done, and afterwards the result and whether we were right.

More on these teams

All Inner Circle predictions and results
All Nemesis predictions and results

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