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GenOne vs Giant Pandas: CS2 match prediction · HyperX Retake Season 12
GenOne
World #56 · 75-57
VS
2026-09-18 08:00 UTC
HyperX Retake Season 12 · Best of 3
Giant Pandas
World #– · 1-1
HyperX Retake Season 12 · Best of 3
62%38%
The call
GenOne are favoured: our model gives them 62% against Giant Pandas. No odds yet. Strength slightly favours GenOne, record slightly favours GenOne, form slightly favours Giant Pandas, firepower slightly favours GenOne.
Likely mapsDust2 · Ancient · 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.
GenOnepullGiant Pandas
Team strength1591
149570/30 GEN
Track record75–57
1–162/38 GEN
Recent formLLLWL
WL64/36 GIA
Roster rating1.12
1.0368/32 GEN
No odds on this match yet, so the model stands on its own data here. This read is 59% our own signal (313 maps of GenOne, 5 of Giant Pandas; thin sample, treat it as a lean, not a lock).
Bottom line: GenOne to beat Giant Pandas, but it's closer than it looks. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Firepower
roster ratingsGenOne · avg 1.12 · star gap +0.1iStar gap: the best player rates 0.1 above the team average. A big gap means the team leans on one star; a small one means the firepower is spread out.
Giant Pandas · avg 1.03 · star gap +0.41iStar gap: the best player rates 0.41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| edixenn★ | 1.26 | 91.9 | 71.9% | 67% | 1.44 |
| squizy | 1.02 | 75.4 | 70.9% | 68% | 1.15 |
| Hawwk | 0.82 | 63.4 | 62.6% | 46% | 0.88 |
| shadowloss | 0.85 | 68.6 | 66.2% | 64% | 0.85 |
| kusetsu | 0.68 | 61.7 | 61.1% | 51% | 0.81 |
Recent form
GenOne
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponents
Betclic#482-30-2
Giant Pandas vs Betclic
Aug 7LDust26-13Nuke1-13Map lab
GenOne56%to win the Bo3 · most likely GenOne 2-0
If the veto goes
GenOne 56%how the series ends44% Giant Pandas
29%2-021%
26%2-123%
GenOne55%62-33vsGiant Pandas45%1-1
65%Win50%
53%CT74%
57%T33%
51%Pistol75%
87%Conv100%
GenOne53%33-31vsGiant Pandas47%0-1
52%Win0%
56%CT50%
47%T33%
54%Pistol0%
85%Conv–
GenOne53%30-26vsGiant Pandas47%0-1
54%Win0%
54%CT–
48%T–
58%Pistol0%
88%Conv–
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.
GenOneDust2Giant Pandas
53%CT side74%
57%T side33%
51%Pistol75%
87%After win100%
22%After loss0%
GenOneAncientGiant Pandas
56%CT side50%
47%T side33%
54%Pistol0%
85%After win–
14%After loss50%
GenOneNukeGiant Pandas
54%CT side–
48%T side–
58%Pistol0%
88%After win–
19%After loss0%
Pistol rounds53% · 38% · GenOne win more of them, a small head start
After a won pistol87% · 100% · Giant Pandas keep the momentum more often
After a lost pistol19% · 20% · both bounce back about the same
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, GenOne 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.
Giant Pandas habitually bans Anubis, GenOne's strongest maps (Dust2, Anubis all ≥60%). That's a standing habit (Anubis 2/3), not an opponent read, so expect GenOne to fight the veto for Dust2.
MapGENGIA
MirageGEN bann/a0g100%1-0
GenOne on Mirage
no recent maps
Giant Pandas on Mirage
WAogiri13–81mo agoCacheGIA ban33%2-4n/a0g
GenOne on Cache
Lex-RUBY11–1319d agoL
HOTU6–131mo agoW
Enjoy16–122mo agoLex-RUBY9–132mo agoL
1win9–132mo agoW
Entropy13–62mo agoGiant Pandas on Cache
no recent maps
Dust2GEN pick65%62-3350%1-1
AncientGIA pick52%33-310%0-1
InfernoGEN ban44%16-20n/a0g
GenOne on Inferno
W
Acend13–118d agoL
STATE3–1320d agoW
ex-RUSTEC13–524d agoL
ex-Zero Tenacity5–1325d agoL
BIG4–131mo agoWGalactik rebels13–51mo agoL
Sashi8–131mo agoW
JiJieHao13–92mo agoGiant Pandas on Inferno
no recent maps
AnubisGIA ban67%18-9n/a0g
GenOne on Anubis
WAcend13–818d agoWSTATE13–520d agoW
Nordic Partners16–1221d agoWex-RUSTEC13–824d agoW
Echo13–111mo agoWlafox13–31mo agoWNordic Partners13–111mo agoWSashi13–111mo agoGiant Pandas on Anubis
no recent maps
Nukedecider54%30-260%0-1
Each team's usual first ban: GenOne Mirage · Giant Pandas Cache.
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
GenOne
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i51/171 (30%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 171 maps they won, 51 (30%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 30% of their wins were comebacks, not 30% of all games.vs Galactik rebelsAncientfrom 10 downvs Galactik rebelsInfernofrom 8 downvs AaBNukefrom 7 downvs BET-MInfernofrom 6 downvs UrsaDust2from 5 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i51/142 (36%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 142 maps they lost, 51 (36%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs KOLESIEAncientled 9 · lost 12-16vs BIG AcademyOverpassled 9 · lost 11-13vs SPARTADust2led 7 · lost 9-13vs BetBoomNukeled 6 · lost 19-22vs NemesisDust2led 6 · lost 13-16
Biggest comebackifrom 10 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs Galactik rebelsAncientfrom 10 down · won 13-3
Biggest lead blowni9 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs KOLESIEAncientled 9 · lost 12-16
Avg map margini5.7 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi26% · 27Close maps (≤3) · OT26% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 27 went to overtime.vs BetBoomNuke19-22vs fnaticDust216-14vs 1winInferno20-22vs NemesisDust213-16vs BetclicNuke17-19
Giant Pandas
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i1/2 (50%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 2 maps they won, 1 (50%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 50% of their wins were comebacks, not 50% of all games.vs AogiriMiragefrom 4 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i0/3 (0%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 3 maps they lost, 0 (0%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.none in the sample
Biggest comebackifrom 4 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs AogiriMiragefrom 4 down · won 13-8
Biggest lead blowni0 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.none in the sample
Avg map margini7.8 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi0% · 0Close maps (≤3) · OT0% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 0 went to overtime.none in the sample