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EAC vs Just Players: CS2 match prediction · CCT 2026 Europe Series 8
EAC
World #67 · 24-25
VS
2026-09-09 14:00 UTC
CCT 2026 Europe Series 8 · Best of 3
Just Players
World #96 · 37-34
57%43%
54%
1.72Market · 2 books
46%The call
EAC are favoured: our model gives them 57% against Just Players. Bookmakers lean EAC at 54%. Every factor is level between the two sides.
Likely mapsAncient · Mirage · Nuke
How the model gets there
One number from the signals below. Each row shows which side it pulls toward and how hard; the weights are learned from every match in our history (team strength and roster rating do most of the work), and the blend is shrunk toward the betting market based on how much data backs it, so a thin sample can never read as a lock.
EACpullJust Players
Team strength1537
151954/46 EAC
Track record24–25
37–3452/48 JUS
Recent formWLLWL
WLLLL56/44 EAC
Roster rating1.11
1.1154/46 EAC
Bookmakers imply 54% for EAC (1.7 / 2); we land 3 points higher at 57%: that gap is where we think the value is. This read is 96% our own signal (116 maps of EAC, 174 of Just Players).
Bottom line: EAC to beat Just Players, but it's closer than it looks. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Recent form
EAC
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponents
Sashi#530-21-2
EAC vs Sashi
Jul 30Lseries0-2Just Players vs Sashi
Aug 1LCache5-13Dust213-11Ancient14-16
GenOne#550-40-4
OG#641-40-2
Just Players vs OG
May 30LMirage14-16Overpass9-13
SAW#690-41-2
Just Players vs SAW
Jul 1LAnubis13-9Ancient9-13
Bushido Wildcats#732-10-2
EAC vs Bushido Wildcats
Sep 2WMirage13-7Nuke9-13Anubis13-11Just Players vs Bushido Wildcats
May 23LDust211-13Mirage6-13
Black Phoenix#802-02-2
EAC vs Black Phoenix
Jul 24Wseries2-0
QUAZAR#820-20-2
EAC vs QUAZAR
Aug 27LNuke10-13Mirage9-13Just Players vs QUAZAR
Jul 18LMirage6-13Cache9-13
Rune Eaters#930-20-2
EAC vs Rune Eaters
May 23LMirage8-13Ancient12-16Just Players vs Rune Eaters
May 22LMirage2-13Dust211-13Firepower
roster ratingsEAC · avg 1.11 · top +0.1
Projected veto
likely picks & bansihow this projection works
A hypothetical veto for this matchup, projected from how each team has picked and banned before (Bo3, EAC vetoes first). It's a guide to the likely map pool and each side's win% on those maps, not a guarantee: teams adapt to the opponent and the event.
Neither side's habitual bans cleanly remove the other's best maps, so the veto could realistically go several ways.
MapEACJUS
Dust2EAC ban0%0-140%14-21
InfernoJUS ban30%3-7n/a0g
EAC on Inferno
W
UNiTY13–81d agoW
SINNERS13–36d agoLOG7–1321d agoW
Fortress13–621d agoLSAW9–131mo agoLSAW10–131mo agoL
G2 Ares6–131mo agoL
Alliance7–133mo agoJust Players on Inferno
no recent maps
AncientEAC pick48%11-1261%22-14
MirageJUS pick48%12-1360%29-19
AnubisEAC ban54%7-660%6-4
CacheJUS ban67%6-329%2-5
Each team's usual first ban: EAC Dust2 · Just Players Inferno.
Map lab
Three ways the map pool could fall: each side's best-case Bo3 and the most likely draw. Pick a card to load its series odds and the map-by-map head-to-head underneath.
Just Players59%to win the seriesiMap edgesAncient: Just Players 62% · Mirage: Just Players 62% · Nuke: EAC 57%WhyJust Players hold the edge across the maps (2 of 3 lean their way).OutcomesEAC 41%: 2-1 27%, 2-0 14% · Just Players 59%: 2-0 39%, 2-1 20%
series odds add up every way a team can win, not just one scoreline
series odds add up every way a team can win, not just one scoreline
EAC 41%It’s nearly a coin-flip. Just Players only lead because their Ancient & Mirage is strong enough that nicking just one of the close maps wins the series.59% Just Players
Ancient
EAC38%Just Players62%
11-12record22-14
48%win61%
53%CT win57%
49%T win53%
57%pistol46%
88%convert88%
Mirage
EAC38%Just Players62%
12-13record29-19
48%win60%
47%CT win59%
52%T win47%
56%pistol50%
82%convert85%
Nuke
EAC57%Just Players43%
8-12record9-18
40%win33%
52%CT win49%
47%T win43%
53%pistol44%
90%convert58%
Pistol, eco & sides
win% · convert if won · eco if lost · CT/T per mapct / t side win% (Nuke skews CT, Dust2 T)pistol won the opening pistolconv then won round 2eco lost pistol, won round 2
Map
EACct
EACt
JUSct
JUSt
EACpistol
EACconv
EACeco
JUSpistol
JUSconv
JUSeco
Ancientpool
53%138/258
49%121/248
57%197/348
53%214/405
57%26/46
88%23/26
20%4/20
46%33/72
88%29/33
33%13/39
Miragepool
47%115/246
52%143/273
59%246/420
47%261/553
56%28/50
82%23/28
14%3/22
50%48/96
85%41/48
21%10/48
Nukepool
52%108/206
47%92/195
49%151/311
43%108/249
53%21/40
90%19/21
21%4/19
44%24/54
58%14/24
27%8/30
Dust2ban
50%6/12
22%2/9
49%176/362
43%158/366
50%1/2
100%1/1
100%1/1
54%38/70
79%30/38
19%6/32
Infernoban
50%58/115
42%37/88
n/a
n/a
35%7/20
86%6/7
23%3/13
n/a
n/a
n/a
Anubisban
49%68/140
50%70/140
47%54/114
53%59/112
58%15/26
87%13/15
0%0/11
65%13/20
77%10/13
0%0/7
Cacheban
55%58/105
52%51/99
42%35/84
40%20/50
67%12/18
92%11/12
33%2/6
43%6/14
83%5/6
13%1/8
colour = vs averagebelowavgabove
EAC wins more pistol rounds: 55% vs 47%. Winning a pistol usually wins you the next few rounds too, so this is a small head start.
Win the pistol → EAC usually win the next round too (87% vs 80%). Lose the pistol → Just Players fight back to win the next round more often (26% vs 18%).
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
EAC
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i20/52 (38%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 52 maps they won, 20 (38%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 38% of their wins were comebacks, not 38% of all games.vs ex-MANAMiragefrom 8 downvs HashirasOverpassfrom 6 downvs ex-MANAAncientfrom 6 downvs BASEMENT BOYSNukefrom 6 downvs Bushido WildcatsAnubisfrom 6 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i21/58 (36%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 58 maps they lost, 21 (36%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs magicAncientled 8 · lost 7-13vs fnaticCacheled 6 · lost 13-16vs ALGONukeled 5 · lost 9-13vs magicMirageled 5 · lost 6-13vs OGMirageled 5 · lost 7-13
Biggest comebackifrom 8 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs ex-MANAMiragefrom 8 down · won 13-9
Biggest lead blowni8 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs magicAncientled 8 · lost 7-13
Avg map margini5 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi32% · 16Close maps (≤3) · OT32% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 16 went to overtime.vs megoshortAncient14-16vs Rune EatersAncient12-16vs HashirasOverpass16-12vs Noir VerseMirage16-14vs MetizportNuke26-28
Just Players
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i37/86 (43%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 86 maps they won, 37 (43%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 43% of their wins were comebacks, not 43% of all games.vs NEW VISIONAncientfrom 11 downvs SAWAnubisfrom 7 downvs Endless JourneyMiragefrom 6 downvs PsychoFaceDust2from 6 downvs TrickedAncientfrom 5 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i27/84 (32%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 84 maps they lost, 27 (32%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs eLITenergyOverpassled 7 · lost 11-13vs LavkedAncientled 7 · lost 11-13vs Lazer CatsAncientled 5 · lost 9-13vs eLITenergyAncientled 4 · lost 11-13vs CYBERSHOKEMirageled 4 · lost 11-13
Biggest comebackifrom 11 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs NEW VISIONAncientfrom 11 down · won 13-2
Biggest lead blowni7 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs eLITenergyOverpassled 7 · lost 11-13
Avg map margini5.3 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi34% · 17Close maps (≤3) · OT34% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 17 went to overtime.vs yngodsAnubis16-14vs OlyBetAncient14-16vs SPARTAOverpass22-20vs TrickedMirage16-13vs TrickedNuke13-16