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ZOTIX vs B8 Academy: CS2 match prediction · ESEA Advanced Season 58 Europe
ZOTIX
World #– · 1-5
VS
2026-09-09 17:30 UTC
ESEA Advanced Season 58 Europe · Best of 3
B8 Academy
World #173 · 3-4
49%51%
43%
2.141.61Market · 3 books
57%The call
Too close to call. Our model has it 49–51. Bookmakers lean B8 Academy at 57%. Record slightly favours B8 Academy, form clearly favours B8 Academy.
Likely mapsAncient · Inferno · Cache
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.
ZOTIXpullB8 Academy
Team strength1467
149957/43 B8
Track record1–5
3–461/39 B8
Recent formLLLWL
WWLLW75/25 B8
Roster rating1.01
1.0753/47 B8
Bookmakers imply 43% for ZOTIX (2.14 / 1.61); we land 6 points higher at 49%: that gap is where we think the value is. This read is 80% our own signal (16 maps of ZOTIX, 16 of B8 Academy).
Bottom line: B8 Academy to beat ZOTIX, barely: a coin flip with a lean. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Recent form
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponentsNo prior meetings or shared opponents in the sampled window.
Firepower
roster ratingsZOTIX · avg 1.01 · top +0.09
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, ZOTIX 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.
MapZOTB8
NukeZOT ban0%0-1100%2-0
ZOTIX on Nuke
LBanger Gang7–133mo agoDust2B8 ban67%2-10%0-3
AncientZOT pick50%2-2100%1-0
B8 Academy on Ancient
W
ReThink16–143mo agoInfernoB8 pick50%1-1100%3-0
MirageZOT ban0%0-267%2-1
AnubisB8 ban50%1-10%0-4
Cachedecidern/a0gn/a0g
ZOTIX on Cache
no recent maps
B8 Academy on Cache
no recent maps
Each team's usual first ban: ZOTIX Nuke · B8 Academy Overpass.
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.
B8 Academy56%to win the seriesiMap edgesAncient: B8 Academy 53% toss-up · Inferno: B8 Academy 60% · Cache: B8 Academy 50% toss-upWhyB8 Academy hold the edge across the maps (3 of 3 lean their way).OutcomesZOTIX 44%: 2-1 25%, 2-0 19% · B8 Academy 56%: 2-0 32%, 2-1 25%
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
ZOTIX 44%It’s nearly a coin-flip. B8 Academy only lead because their Inferno is strong enough that nicking just one of the close maps wins the series.56% B8 Academy
Ancient
ZOTIX47%B8 Academy53%
2-2record1-0
50%win100%
54%CT win50%
60%T win50%
63%pistol50%
100%convert100%
Inferno
ZOTIX40%B8 Academy60%
1-1record3-0
50%win100%
58%CT win66%
65%T win63%
50%pistol67%
50%convert75%
Cache
ZOTIX50%B8 Academy50%
thin sample, read with caution
0-0record0-0
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–CT win–
–T win–
–pistol–
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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
ZOTct
ZOTt
B8 ct
B8 t
ZOTpistol
ZOTconv
ZOTeco
B8 pistol
B8 conv
B8 eco
Ancientpool
54%21/39
60%24/40
50%6/12
50%6/12
63%5/8
100%5/5
0%0/3
50%1/2
100%1/1
0%0/1
Infernopool
58%14/24
65%11/17
66%19/29
63%20/32
50%2/4
50%1/2
50%1/2
67%4/6
75%3/4
50%1/2
Cachepool
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Nukeban
38%3/8
33%4/12
63%12/19
54%13/24
100%2/2
100%2/2
n/a
50%2/4
100%2/2
0%0/2
Dust2ban
59%20/34
44%16/36
45%13/29
31%10/32
50%3/6
67%2/3
33%1/3
17%1/6
100%1/1
0%0/5
Mirageban
25%6/24
27%3/11
50%18/36
36%9/25
0%0/4
n/a
0%0/4
17%1/6
100%1/1
0%0/5
Anubisban
47%9/19
54%13/24
39%13/33
35%17/48
75%3/4
67%2/3
0%0/1
50%4/8
50%2/4
0%0/4
colour = vs averagebelowavgabove
B8 Academy wins more pistol rounds: 63% vs 58%. Winning a pistol usually wins you the next few rounds too, so this is a small head start.
Win the pistol → ZOTIX usually win the next round too (86% vs 80%). Lose the pistol → B8 Academy fight back to win the next round more often (33% vs 20%).
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
ZOTIX
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i1/6 (17%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 6 maps they won, 1 (17%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 17% of their wins were comebacks, not 17% of all games.vs SNITKODust2from 6 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i3/10 (30%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 10 maps they lost, 3 (30%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs Falcons ForceAncientled 6 · lost 9-13vs VexarAnubisled 4 · lost 9-13vs WBTOverpassled 3 · lost 11-13
Biggest comebackifrom 6 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs SNITKODust2from 6 down · won 16-14
Biggest lead blowni6 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs Falcons ForceAncientled 6 · lost 9-13
Avg map margini5.4 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi31% · 2Close maps (≤3) · OT31% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 2 went to overtime.vs SNITKODust216-14vs Falcons ForceInferno13-16
B8 Academy
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i2/8 (25%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 8 maps they won, 2 (25%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 25% of their wins were comebacks, not 25% of all games.vs LFO 7Miragefrom 5 downvs ReThinkAncientfrom 4 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i2/8 (25%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 8 maps they lost, 2 (25%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs ReThinkAnubisled 6 · lost 20-22vs DONSTUDust2led 3 · lost 12-16
Biggest comebackifrom 5 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs LFO 7Miragefrom 5 down · won 16-14
Biggest lead blowni6 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs ReThinkAnubisled 6 · lost 20-22
Avg map margini5.6 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi19% · 5Close maps (≤3) · OT19% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 5 went to overtime.vs XINuke16-12vs ReThinkAncient16-14vs ReThinkAnubis20-22vs DONSTUDust212-16vs LFO 7Mirage16-14