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Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Liquid — match preview

16 October at 10:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Best of 3 (LAN)

Ninjas in Pyjamas come in ranked #26 in the world, Liquid #27.

Ninjas in Pyjamas meet Liquid at Stake Pulse Beat III. 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.

Ninjas in Pyjamas — recent form

2 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Aurora — 0–2 15 October at 10:35

L vs Falcons — 0–2 14 October at 14:20

W vs Inner Circle — 2–0 12 October at 15:20

W vs Betclic — 2–1 12 October at 12:15

L vs Sangal — 4–13 2 October at 15:00

Across everything we have covered: Ninjas in Pyjamas won 10 of 22, and our own call was right in 16 of 22.

Liquid — recent form

4 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs 100 Thieves — 1–2 13 October at 15:20

W vs BBL — 2–1 13 October at 12:00

W vs Wildcard — 2–0 28 September at 00:45

W vs M80 — 2–0 26 September at 23:00

W vs NRG — 2–0 26 September at 00:45

Across everything we have covered: Liquid won 13 of 20, and our own call was right in 12 of 20.

Head to head

No meeting between Ninjas in Pyjamas and Liquid 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.

Ninjas in PyjamasLiquid
40%15 maps Cache 73%11 maps
33%9 maps Dust2 38%8 maps
47%15 maps Mirage 78%9 maps
64%11 maps Inferno 100%6 maps
79%19 maps Nuke 58%12 maps
65%17 maps Ancient -1 maps
67%3 maps Anubis 75%12 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.

Ninjas in Pyjamas ban most often: Anubis 56%, Dust2 53%, Inferno 26%

Liquid ban most often: Ancient 92%, Dust2 39%, Inferno 24%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Ninjas in Pyjamas
sjuush sjuush1.00
★ stavn stavn1.12
xKacpersky xKacpersky1.09
adamb adamb1.10
Krimbo Krimbo1.09
Liquid
Jorko Jorko1.09
malbsMd malbsMd1.12
NAF NAF1.16
★ EliGE EliGE1.25
JT JT1.00

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 Ninjas in Pyjamas predictions and results
All Liquid predictions and results

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