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HOTU vs Betclic: CS2 match prediction · 1win Private Club Season 1 Closed Qualifier
HOTU
World #28 · 61-31
VS
2026-09-08 09:00 UTC
1win Private Club Season 1 Closed Qualifier · Best of 3
Betclic
World #40 · 37-35
70%30%
66%
1.432.72Market · 12 books
34%The call · high confidence
HOTU are favoured: our model gives them 70% against Betclic. Bookmakers lean HOTU at 66%. Strength clearly favours HOTU, record slightly favours HOTU, firepower clearly favours Betclic, head-to-head clearly favours HOTU.
Likely mapsDust2 · Nuke · 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.
HOTUpullBetclic
Team strength1691
158771/29 HOT
Track record61–31
37–3561/39 HOT
Recent formLWLLW
LLWWW53/47 BET
Roster rating1.16
1.0183/17 BET
Head-to-head2 maps
0 maps75/25 HOT
Bookmakers imply 66% for HOTU (1.43 / 2.72); we land 4 points higher at 70%: that gap is where we think the value is. This read is 97% our own signal (221 maps of HOTU, 162 of Betclic). Head-to-head they've met 1 time: HOTU leads 1–0.
Bottom line: HOTU to beat Betclic, and we're comfortable saying so. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Recent form
HOTU
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponents
HOTU
Betclic
BIG#231-21-4
Inner Circle#244-12-1
Betclic vs Inner Circle
Feb 2WDust24-13Mirage13-11Overpass13-5
100 Thieves#331-20-4
HOTU vs 100 Thieves
Apr 1LNuke10-13Dust213-11Mirage6-13
FOKUS#411-21-0
HOTU vs FOKUS
Sep 5LAncient6-13Dust213-4Nuke10-13Betclic vs FOKUS
Mar 8WNuke13-7
Sashi#522-00-2
HOTU vs Sashi
May 19WNuke13-7Dust213-6Betclic vs Sashi
Aug 9LNuke8-13Anubis12-16
GenOne#532-23-2
EAC#611-22-0
HOTU vs EAC
Jul 31LAncient13-8Anubis10-13Cache17-19Betclic vs EAC
Jun 25WAncient16-14Dust213-8
INOX Division#622-12-4
HOTU vs INOX Division
May 12WNuke10-13Dust225-22Ancient13-6Firepower
roster ratingsHOTU · avg 1.16 · 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, HOTU 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.
MapHOTBET
InfernoHOT bann/a0g0%0-4
HOTU on Inferno
no recent maps
MirageBET ban57%17-1347%9-10
Dust2HOT pick65%40-2255%11-9
NukeBET pick57%16-1257%21-16
AncientHOT ban50%18-1848%12-13
Each team's usual first ban: HOTU Inferno · Betclic 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.
HOTU58%to win the seriesiMap edgesDust2: HOTU 60% · Nuke: HOTU 50% toss-up · Cache: HOTU 57%WhyHOTU hold the edge across the maps (3 of 3 lean their way).OutcomesHOTU 58%: 2-0 30%, 2-1 28% · Betclic 42%: 2-1 22%, 2-0 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
HOTU 58%It’s nearly a coin-flip. HOTU only lead because their Dust2 is strong enough that nicking just one of the close maps wins the series.42% Betclic
Dust2
HOTU60%Betclic40%
40-22record11-9
65%win55%
52%CT win52%
55%T win47%
52%pistol48%
86%convert84%
Nuke
HOTU50%Betclic50%
16-12record21-16
57%win57%
57%CT win56%
49%T win49%
52%pistol54%
76%convert75%
Cache
HOTU57%Betclic43%
12-6record3-2
67%win60%
66%CT win61%
45%T win45%
44%pistol70%
94%convert86%
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
HOTct
HOTt
BETct
BETt
HOTpistol
HOTconv
HOTeco
BETpistol
BETconv
BETeco
Dust2pool
52%313/599
55%360/656
52%112/214
47%94/199
52%65/124
86%56/65
22%13/59
48%19/40
84%16/19
19%4/21
Nukepool
57%152/267
49%144/294
56%199/355
49%191/388
52%29/56
76%22/29
12%3/26
54%40/74
75%30/40
18%6/34
Cachepool
66%113/171
45%91/202
61%33/54
45%27/60
44%16/36
94%15/16
15%3/20
70%7/10
86%6/7
0%0/3
Infernoban
n/a
n/a
31%15/48
44%14/32
n/a
n/a
n/a
38%3/8
100%3/3
20%1/5
Mirageban
53%170/319
54%157/289
54%111/207
44%86/195
57%34/60
88%28/32
15%4/26
61%23/38
61%14/23
14%2/14
Ancientban
52%200/385
46%151/331
51%143/279
46%100/219
51%37/72
81%29/36
6%2/34
52%26/50
72%18/25
21%5/24
Anubisban
56%118/212
61%141/233
51%187/365
59%185/311
60%25/42
88%22/25
12%2/17
62%41/66
85%35/41
20%5/25
colour = vs averagebelowavgabove
Pistol rounds are a tie. Both win about the same (HOTU 51%, Betclic 53%). Nobody has an edge.
Win the pistol → HOTU usually win the next round too (85% vs 79%). Lose the pistol → both fight back about the same (18% vs 17%).
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
HOTU
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i42/133 (32%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 133 maps they won, 42 (32%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 32% of their wins were comebacks, not 32% of all games.vs Gentle MatesAnubisfrom 8 downvs NemigaCachefrom 8 downvs WWDust2from 7 downvs EntropyDust2from 7 downvs 9INENukefrom 7 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i33/85 (39%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 85 maps they lost, 33 (39%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs WWNukeled 7 · lost 8-13vs NOVAQOverpassled 6 · lost 13-16vs ex-RUBYDust2led 6 · lost 11-13vs BetBoomNukeled 5 · lost 11-13vs BebopAncientled 5 · lost 26-28
Biggest comebackifrom 8 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs Gentle MatesAnubisfrom 8 down · won 16-12
Biggest lead blowni7 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs WWNukeled 7 · lost 8-13
Avg map margini5.7 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi30% · 28Close maps (≤3) · OT30% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 28 went to overtime.vs NOVAQOverpass13-16vs BetBoomAncient23-25vs SangalOverpass16-14vs Gentle MatesAnubis16-12vs ALTAYDust216-14
Betclic
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i21/81 (26%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 81 maps they won, 21 (26%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 26% of their wins were comebacks, not 26% of all games.vs EYEBALLERSAnubisfrom 6 downvs AMNukefrom 6 downvs GenOneNukefrom 5 downvs MINLATENukefrom 5 downvs AMDust2from 5 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i19/80 (24%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 80 maps they lost, 19 (24%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs EYEBALLERSAnubisled 6 · lost 10-13vs The Last ResortCacheled 6 · lost 11-13vs BIGAncientled 5 · lost 8-13vs illwillMirageled 5 · lost 12-16vs illwillAnubisled 5 · lost 11-13
Biggest comebackifrom 6 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs EYEBALLERSAnubisfrom 6 down · won 13-9
Biggest lead blowni6 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs EYEBALLERSAnubisled 6 · lost 10-13
Avg map margini5.6 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi28% · 19Close maps (≤3) · OT28% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 19 went to overtime.vs Fingers CrossedNuke12-16vs Fingers CrossedDust216-12vs GenOneNuke19-17vs UNiTYMirage14-16vs MOUZ NXTMirage16-13