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Legacy vs Falcons — match prediction & analysis

21 August at 15:55 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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

Our call: Falcons to win — 66% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

Legacy won 2–0. ❌ Our call was wrong — we said Falcons at 66%.

Mirage — 13–7

Dust2 — 7–5

Ancient — –

Legacy

✅ Inferno strength: 88% winrate over 8 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Strong recent form: 10 wins in last 17 (63%) shows momentum

❌ Only 40% winrate on Ancient over 5 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Practically never plays Anubis (94% banned), reducing veto flexibility

❌ Weak head-to-head (38% versus Falcons) undermines matchup confidence

Falcons

✅ Anubis strength: 80% winrate over 5 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Dust2 (64% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 11 wins in last 14 (75%) shows momentum

❌ Only 29% winrate on Mirage over 7 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Practically never plays Cache (100% banned), reducing veto flexibility

Head to head

Legacy and Falcons have met 8 times in the period we track — Legacy 3, Falcons 5.

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.

LegacyFalcons
67%6 maps Mirage 29%7 maps
57%7 maps Dust2 75%12 maps
40%5 maps Ancient 60%5 maps
88%8 maps Inferno 60%5 maps
40%5 maps Nuke 75%4 maps
-0 maps Anubis 80%5 maps

The maps

Mirage — Legacy's pick

Dust2 — Falcons's pick

Ancient — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Series — Falcons to win 2-1

🎯 Legacy to win Mirage

🎯 Falcons to win Dust2

🎯 Falcons to win Ancient

More on these teams

All Legacy predictions and results
All Falcons predictions and results

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