Match preview · Stake Pulse Beat II

Virtus.pro vs BBL — match prediction & analysis

22 September at 12:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Every call we publish goes up before the match and stays up afterwards, right or wrong. This is the reasoning behind Virtus.pro vs BBL at Stake Pulse Beat II.

Our call: Virtus.pro to win — 59% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

BBL won 0–2. ❌ Our call was wrong — we said Virtus.pro at 59%.

Nuke — –

Mirage — –

Ancient — –

Virtus.pro

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

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Dust2 (69% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 17 wins in last 23 (75%) shows momentum

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

❌ Heavy Inferno ban usage (83% bans) limits their map bargaining

BBL

✅ Nuke strength: 68% winrate over 19 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Nuke (78% pick rate)

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

❌ Heavy Dust2 ban usage (86% bans) limits their map bargaining

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.

Virtus.proBBL

50%8 maps Nuke 68%19 maps

67%12 maps Mirage 57%7 maps

88%8 maps Ancient 50%8 maps

62%8 maps Cache 50%6 maps

76%17 maps Dust2 -0 maps

-0 maps Inferno 38%8 maps

38%8 maps Anubis 50%8 maps

The maps

Nuke — BBL's pick

Mirage — Virtus.pro's pick

Ancient — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Virtus.pro to win Mirage

🎯 Virtus.pro to win Ancient

More on these teams

All Virtus.pro predictions and results
All BBL predictions and results

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