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Sashi vs 9INE — match prediction & analysis

25 September at 20:20 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 Sashi vs 9INE through.

How it ended

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Sashi

✅ Inferno strength: 71% winrate over 7 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Cache (65% pick rate)

✅ Head-to-head edge: 67% versus 9INE historically gives veto and psychological advantage

❌ Only 38% winrate on Dust2 over 13 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Heavy Mirage ban usage (84% bans) limits their map bargaining

9INE

✅ Cache strength: 67% winrate over 6 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Ancient (45% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 9 wins in last 15 (63%) shows momentum

❌ Only 40% winrate on Dust2 over 5 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Heavy Inferno ban usage (87% bans) limits their map bargaining

❌ Weak head-to-head (33% versus Sashi) undermines matchup confidence

Head to head

Sashi and 9INE have met 3 times in the period we track — Sashi 2, 9INE 1.

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.

The maps

Anubis — 9INE's pick

Nuke — Sashi's pick

Cache — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Series — Sashi to win the series

🎯 Sashi to win Nuke

More on these teams

All Sashi predictions and results
All 9INE predictions and results

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