Match preview · 1win Private Club Season 2

Liquid vs magic — match prediction & analysis

20 October at 14:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Barely anything separates these two in the ranking, and that is usually where a series is decided in the veto rather than on aim. We looked at which maps each side can actually steer to.

Liquid come in ranked #27 in the world, magic #26.

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Liquid

✅ Inferno strength: 86% winrate over 7 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Anubis (61% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 19 wins in last 29 (61%) shows momentum

❌ Only 38% winrate on Dust2 over 8 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Practically never plays Ancient (93% banned), reducing veto flexibility

magic

✅ Cache strength: 75% winrate over 8 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Ancient (77% pick rate)

❌ Only 33% winrate on Mirage over 9 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Practically never plays Nuke (92% banned), reducing veto flexibility

Recent form

LiquidLLWLW2 of 5 won

magicLLLWW2 of 5 won

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.

Liquidmagic

62%13 maps Cache 75%8 maps

38%8 maps Dust2 44%9 maps

80%10 maps Mirage 33%9 maps

86%7 maps Inferno 60%5 maps

54%13 maps Nuke -0 maps

-1 maps Ancient 55%20 maps

75%12 maps Anubis 40%5 maps

The maps

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Our picks

Per-map picks publish automatically the moment the map veto is done.

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Liquid

Jorko1.08

malbsMd1.10

NAF1.14

★

EliGE1.24

JT0.97

magic

★

lattykk1.21

sFade80.90

MaSvAl1.05

AW1.00

tenzy1.10

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