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Just Players vs ENCE: CS2 match prediction · CCT 2026 Europe Series 9
JUS
Just Players
World #126 · 42-37
VS
2026-09-22 11:00 UTC
CCT 2026 Europe Series 9 · Best of 3
ENCE
World #120 · 34-32
CCT 2026 Europe Series 9 · Best of 3
63%37%
58%
1.592.18Market · 2 books
42%The call
Just Players are favoured: our model gives them 63% against ENCE. Bookmakers lean Just Players at 58%. Strength slightly favours Just Players, firepower slightly favours Just Players, head-to-head slightly favours ENCE.
Likely mapsMirage · Nuke · 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.
Just PlayerspullENCE
Team strength1552
148265/35 JUS
Track record42–37
34–3251/49 JUS
Recent formWLWLW
WLLWW52/48 JUS
Roster rating1.13
1.0967/33 JUS
Head-to-head1 maps
2 maps60/40 ENC
Bookmakers imply 58% for Just Players (1.59 / 2.18); we land 5 points higher at 63%: that gap is where we think the value is. This read is 97% our own signal (192 maps of Just Players, 146 of ENCE). Head-to-head they've met 1 time: ENCE leads 1–0.
Bottom line: Just Players to beat ENCE, but it's closer than it looks. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Firepower
roster ratingsJust Players · avg 1.13 · star gap +0.14iStar gap: the best player rates 0.14 above the team average. A big gap means the team leans on one star; a small one means the firepower is spread out.
| Player | K-D | ADR | KAST | HS | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bl1x1★ | 1.21 | 79.6 | 75.3% | 66% | 1.27 |
| sstiNiX | 1.12 | 82.5 | 72.1% | 63% | 1.21 |
| sm3t | 1.03 | 77.2 | 70.3% | 58% | 1.1 |
| h1te | 1.08 | 70.2 | 70.5% | 34% | 1.06 |
| Temny Prince | 0.87 | 69.8 | 72.7% | 65% | 1 |
ENCE · avg 1.09 · star gap +0.03iStar gap: the best player rates 0.03 above the team average. A big gap means the team leans on one star; a small one means the firepower is spread out.
Recent form
Just Players
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponents
Nemiga#390-20-2
Just Players vs Nemiga
Sep 12LAncient6-13Cache3-13ENCE vs Nemiga
Jan 29LDust29-13Ancient11-13
Nuclear TigeRES#470-21-2
Just Players vs Nuclear TigeRES
Aug 4LDust211-13Anubis9-13ENCE vs Nuclear TigeRES
Jan 17LAncient9-13Anubis13-6Dust23-13
WBT#700-20-2
Just Players vs WBT
Jul 10LDust24-13Mirage10-13ENCE vs WBT
Aug 16LNuke8-13Anubis6-13
CYBERSHOKE#870-22-3
Just Players vs CYBERSHOKE
Jul 23LDust24-13Mirage11-13
Black Phoenix#894-20-2
ENCE vs Black Phoenix
Sep 16LAnubis11-13Cache9-13EX-ex-RUBY#1041-42-3
LAVLavked#1053-24-1
MOUZ NXT#1360-21-2
Just Players vs MOUZ NXT
Aug 13Lseries0-2ENCE vs MOUZ NXT
Aug 15LCache13-10Mirage9-13Nuke7-13Map lab
ENCE54%to win the Bo3 · most likely Just Players 2-1
If the veto goes
Just Players 46%how the series ends54% ENCE
14%2-032%
33%2-122%
Just Players58%33-20vsENCE42%19-16
62%Win54%
60%CT54%
47%T51%
51%Pistol54%
83%Conv83%
Just Players24%10-20vsENCE76%16-9
33%Win64%
48%CT59%
42%T52%
45%Pistol46%
63%Conv91%
Just Players60%8-4vsENCE40%11-9
67%Win55%
50%CT51%
56%T53%
63%Pistol48%
73%Conv84%
Pistol, eco & sides
who wins pistols, what happens next, which side each team ownsCT side / T side rounds won on that side · Pistol opening pistol rounds won · After win won the round right after taking the pistol · After loss won the round right after losing it. Colour is the value against the league average on that map: above average below, and the tick marks the average.
Just PlayersMirageENCE
60%CT side54%
47%T side51%
51%Pistol54%
83%After win83%
21%After loss6%
Just PlayersNukeENCE
48%CT side59%
42%T side52%
45%Pistol46%
63%After win91%
27%After loss22%
Just PlayersAnubisENCE
50%CT side51%
56%T side53%
63%Pistol48%
73%After win84%
11%After loss5%
Pistol rounds51% · 50% · level, no edge
After a won pistol76% · 86% · ENCE keep the momentum more often
After a lost pistol22% · 11% · Just Players fight back and win the next round more often
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, Just Players 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.
MapJUSENC
InfernoJUS bann/a0g50%7-7
Just Players on Inferno
no recent maps
Dust2ENC ban41%15-2238%6-10
MirageJUS pick62%33-2054%19-16
NukeENC pick33%10-2064%16-9
CacheJUS ban25%2-650%4-4
AncientENC ban61%25-1637%7-12
Anubisdecider67%8-455%11-9
Each team's usual first ban: Just Players Inferno · ENCE Dust2.
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
Just Players
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i42/97 (43%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 97 maps they won, 42 (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 Black PhoenixMiragefrom 8 downvs Spirit AcademyMiragefrom 8 downvs SAWAnubisfrom 7 downvs Endless JourneyMiragefrom 6 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i29/91 (32%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 91 maps they lost, 29 (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 NAVI JuniorMirageled 5 · lost 22-25vs eLITenergyAncientled 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) · OTi35% · 19Close maps (≤3) · OT35% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 19 went to overtime.vs yngodsAnubis16-14vs OlyBetAncient14-16vs SPARTAOverpass22-20vs TrickedMirage16-13vs TrickedNuke13-16
ENCE
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i23/74 (31%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 74 maps they won, 23 (31%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 31% of their wins were comebacks, not 31% of all games.vs EntropyAncientfrom 7 downvs eLITenergyNukefrom 5 downvs fnaticAncientfrom 5 downvs 100 ThievesAnubisfrom 5 downvs HonvédDust2from 5 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i28/72 (39%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 72 maps they lost, 28 (39%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs fnaticOverpassled 10 · lost 14-16vs WBTNukeled 8 · lost 8-13vs illwillMirageled 7 · lost 13-16vs illwillAnubisled 6 · lost 9-13vs JiJieHaoOverpassled 6 · lost 11-13
Biggest comebackifrom 7 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs EntropyAncientfrom 7 down · won 16-14
Biggest lead blowni10 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs fnaticOverpassled 10 · lost 14-16
Avg map margini5.2 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi31% · 18Close maps (≤3) · OT31% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 18 went to overtime.vs PARIVISIONAnubis20-22vs fnaticAncient19-17vs illwillMirage13-16vs CYBERSHOKEDust213-16vs fnaticOverpass14-16