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Bushido Wildcats vs NAVI Junior: CS2 match prediction · CCT 2026 Challengers Europe Series 6
Bushido Wildcats
World #69 · 40-37
VS
2026-09-08 13:45 UTC
CCT 2026 Challengers Europe Series 6 · Best of 3
NAVI Junior
World #121 · 10-11
62%38%
67%
1.372.78Market · 2 books
33%The call
Bushido Wildcats are favoured: our model gives them 62% against NAVI Junior. Bookmakers lean Bushido Wildcats at 67%. Strength slightly favours Bushido Wildcats, form slightly favours NAVI Junior, firepower clearly favours NAVI Junior.
Likely mapsDust2 · Mirage · Anubis
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.
Bushido WildcatspullNAVI Junior
Team strength1557
148765/35 BUS
Track record40–37
10–1156/44 BUS
Recent formLWLLL
WWLLW67/33 NAV
Roster rating1.11
1.175/25 NAV
Bookmakers imply 67% for Bushido Wildcats (1.37 / 2.78); we land 5 points lower at 62%: that gap is where we think the value is. This read is 91% our own signal (191 maps of Bushido Wildcats, 45 of NAVI Junior).
Bottom line: Bushido Wildcats to beat NAVI Junior, but it's closer than it looks. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Recent form
Bushido Wildcats
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponents
UNiTY#1051-20-2
Bushido Wildcats vs UNiTY
Aug 29LInferno3-13Dust213-6Mirage10-13NAVI Junior vs UNiTY
Aug 7LAnubis5-13Ancient10-13
Fire Flux#1432-10-2
Bushido Wildcats vs Fire Flux
Aug 2WCache13-6Nuke11-13Dust213-8NAVI Junior vs Fire Flux
Jun 19LNuke4-13Anubis11-13
MOUZ NXT#1563-31-0
NAVI Junior vs MOUZ NXT
Jul 27Wseries13-5
MASONIC#2043-31-2
Bushido Wildcats vs MASONIC
Feb 16WNuke11-13Anubis13-10Overpass25-22Feb 5LNuke5-13Anubis13-11Inferno7-13NAVI Junior vs MASONIC
Jan 19LOverpass3-13Mirage13-9Inferno3-13
ALGO0-21-2
Bushido Wildcats vs ALGO
Jan 13LTrain5-13Nuke14-16NAVI Junior vs ALGO
May 25LMirage13-6Nuke5-13Inferno6-13
HEROIC Academy2-02-1
Bushido Wildcats vs HEROIC Academy
May 31WOverpass13-10Inferno13-7NAVI Junior vs HEROIC Academy
Mar 7WMirage13-8Ancient2-13Inferno13-7MAIMai Tai2-02-0
Bushido Wildcats vs Mai Tai
Aug 2WNuke13-5Dust213-7NAVI Junior vs Mai Tai
Sep 6Wseries2-0Firepower
roster ratingsBushido Wildcats · avg 1.11 · top +0.08
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, Bushido Wildcats 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.
MapBUSNAV
AncientBUS ban0%0-133%3-6
Bushido Wildcats on Ancient
L
SPARTA6–132mo ago
NukeNAV ban43%15-2020%1-4
Dust2BUS pick65%32-1760%3-2
MirageNAV pick56%22-1788%7-1
InfernoBUS ban41%9-1333%2-4
CacheNAV ban56%5-4n/a0g
Bushido Wildcats on Cache
W
Nordic Partners13–98d agoW
Honvéd13–1014d agoL
benched gods5–1316d agoL
Noir Verse6–1316d agoWHonvéd13–417d agoLHonvéd6–1319d agoW
ex-MANA13–1126d agoLex-MANA9–131mo agoNAVI Junior on Cache
no recent maps
Anubisdecider50%11-1129%2-5
Each team's usual first ban: Bushido Wildcats Ancient · NAVI Junior Cache.
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.
NAVI Junior51%to win the seriesiMap edgesDust2: Bushido Wildcats 57% · Mirage: NAVI Junior 76% clear · Anubis: Bushido Wildcats 67% clearWhyBushido Wildcats are favoured on 2 of 3 maps, but only barely: the other maps are near 50/50 (Anubis & Dust2), so NAVI Junior just need to steal one (~62% to grab at least one).OutcomesBushido Wildcats 49%: 2-1 36%, 2-0 14% · NAVI Junior 51%: 2-0 33%, 2-1 18%
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
Bushido Wildcats 49%It’s nearly a coin-flip. NAVI Junior only lead because their Mirage is strong enough that nicking just one of the close maps wins the series.51% NAVI Junior
Dust2
Bushido Wildcats57%NAVI Junior43%
32-17record3-2
65%win60%
53%CT win60%
58%T win63%
55%pistol20%
92%convert100%
Mirage
Bushido Wildcats24%NAVI Junior76%
22-17record7-1
56%win88%
52%CT win66%
51%T win52%
49%pistol63%
84%convert80%
Anubis
Bushido Wildcats67%NAVI Junior33%
11-11record2-5
50%win29%
50%CT win46%
55%T win47%
64%pistol57%
82%convert75%
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
BUSct
BUSt
NAVct
NAVt
BUSpistol
BUSconv
BUSeco
NAVpistol
NAVconv
NAVeco
Dust2pool
53%243/458
58%315/543
60%32/53
63%24/38
55%54/98
92%49/53
20%9/44
20%2/10
100%2/2
50%4/8
Miragepool
52%187/358
51%218/428
66%50/76
52%44/85
49%38/78
84%32/38
3%1/40
63%10/16
80%8/10
33%2/6
Anubispool
50%121/244
55%127/233
46%32/69
47%37/78
64%28/44
82%23/28
31%5/16
57%8/14
75%6/8
33%2/6
Ancientban
42%5/12
14%1/7
42%39/93
51%44/86
0%0/2
n/a
0%0/2
39%7/18
71%5/7
18%2/11
Nukeban
51%208/405
49%162/333
40%21/53
46%25/54
56%39/70
74%29/39
19%6/31
50%5/10
60%3/5
0%0/5
Infernoban
50%115/231
48%95/200
35%19/55
52%34/66
43%19/44
84%16/19
12%3/25
33%4/12
75%3/4
25%2/8
Cacheban
49%48/97
50%43/86
n/a
n/a
50%9/18
78%7/9
22%2/9
n/a
n/a
n/a
colour = vs averagebelowavgabove
Bushido Wildcats wins more pistol rounds: 55% vs 50%. Winning a pistol usually wins you the next few rounds too, so this is a small head start.
Win the pistol → Bushido Wildcats usually win the next round too (87% vs 80%). Lose the pistol → NAVI Junior fight back to win the next round more often (40% vs 15%).
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
Bushido Wildcats
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i22/99 (22%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 99 maps they won, 22 (22%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 22% of their wins were comebacks, not 22% of all games.vs MOUZ NXTDust2from 10 downvs SPARTAAnubisfrom 9 downvs MASONICAnubisfrom 6 downvs G2 AresDust2from 6 downvs Nordic PartnersCachefrom 6 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i35/90 (39%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 90 maps they lost, 35 (39%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs SPARTAAncientled 7 · lost 6-13vs VP.ProdigyDust2led 6 · lost 8-13vs PhantomNukeled 6 · lost 14-16vs Fire FluxNukeled 6 · lost 11-13vs ex-MANACacheled 6 · lost 9-13
Biggest comebackifrom 10 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs MOUZ NXTDust2from 10 down · won 13-3
Biggest lead blowni7 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs SPARTAAncientled 7 · lost 6-13
Avg map margini5.3 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi32% · 18Close maps (≤3) · OT32% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 18 went to overtime.vs ALGONuke14-16vs BebopMirage15-19vs MASONICOverpass25-22vs LeoNuke16-19vs CSDIILITNuke19-16
NAVI Junior
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i6/18 (33%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 18 maps they won, 6 (33%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 33% of their wins were comebacks, not 33% of all games.vs LPHInfernofrom 5 downvs GamersLabNukefrom 5 downvs PrestigeMiragefrom 4 downvs GamersLabMiragefrom 4 downvs MAYBEAncientfrom 3 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i5/24 (21%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 24 maps they lost, 5 (21%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs JamAnubisled 4 · lost 11-13vs JamNukeled 4 · lost 14-16vs UNiTYAncientled 4 · lost 10-13vs GamersLabDust2led 3 · lost 12-16vs eSubaInfernoled 3 · lost 14-16
Biggest comebackifrom 5 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs LPHInfernofrom 5 down · won 13-10
Biggest lead blowni4 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs JamAnubisled 4 · lost 11-13
Avg map margini6.1 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi24% · 6Close maps (≤3) · OT24% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 6 went to overtime.vs ASTRALNuke15-19vs GamersLabDust212-16vs GamersLabMirage16-12vs eSubaInferno14-16vs JamNuke14-16