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INFINITE Talent vs 95 Vikings: CS2 match prediction · Tipsport Open Cup 2
INF
INFINITE Talent
World #– · 0-2
VS
2026-09-23 14:15 UTC
Tipsport Open Cup 2 · Best of 3
95 Vikings
World #– · 0-2
Tipsport Open Cup 2 · Best of 3
62%38%
74%
1.263.5Market · 11 books
26%The call
INFINITE Talent are favoured: our model gives them 62% against 95 Vikings. Bookmakers lean INFINITE Talent at 74%. Firepower clearly favours 95 Vikings.
Likely mapsDust2 · Anubis · 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.
INFINITE Talentpull95 Vikings
Team strength1479
146753/47 INF
Track record0–2
0–256/44 INF
Recent formLLLL50/50
Roster rating0.7
0.8191/9 95
Bookmakers imply 74% for INFINITE Talent (1.26 / 3.5); we land 12 points lower at 62%: that gap is where we think the value is. This read is 50% our own signal (3 maps of INFINITE Talent, 4 of 95 Vikings; thin sample, treat it as a lean, not a lock).
Bottom line: INFINITE Talent to beat 95 Vikings, but it's closer than it looks. Everything below is the data behind that call.
Firepower
roster ratingsINFINITE Talent · avg 0.7 · star gap +0.2iStar gap: the best player rates 0.2 above the team average. A big gap means the team leans on one star; a small one means the firepower is spread out.
95 Vikings · avg 0.81 · star gap +0.55iStar gap: the best player rates 0.55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deoz★ | 1.08 | 90.4 | 67.8% | 45% | 1.36 |
| Greku | 0.76 | 62.4 | 63.5% | 52% | 0.84 |
| NeroF | 0.57 | 59.9 | 58.5% | 48% | 0.67 |
| allannissan | 0.53 | 51 | 52.3% | 31% | 0.62 |
| Kalafi0r | 0.37 | 44.8 | 50.7% | 48% | 0.56 |
Recent form
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponentsNo prior meetings or shared opponents in the sampled window.
Map lab
INFINITE Talent50%to win the Bo3 · most likely INFINITE Talent 2-0
If the veto goes
INFINITE Talent 50%how the series ends50% 95 Vikings
25%2-025%
25%2-125%
INFINITE Talent50%0-1vs95 Vikings50%0-1
0%Win0%
0%CT13%
8%T50%
0%Pistol50%
–Conv100%
INFINITE Talent50%0-1vs95 Vikings50%0-1
0%Win0%
25%CT17%
0%T40%
0%Pistol0%
–Conv–
INFINITE Talent50%0-0thin95 Vikings50%0-0
–Win–
–CT–
–T–
–Pistol–
–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.
INFINITE TalentDust295 Vikings
0%CT side13%
8%T side50%
0%Pistol50%
–After win100%
0%After loss0%
INFINITE TalentAnubis95 Vikings
25%CT side17%
0%T side40%
0%Pistol0%
–After win–
0%After loss0%
INFINITE TalentCache95 Vikings
–CT side–
–T side–
–Pistol–
–After win–
–After loss–
Pistol rounds0% · 25% · 95 Vikings win more of them, a small head start
After a lost pistol0% · 0% · 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, INFINITE Talent 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.
MapINF95
NukeINF bann/a0gn/a0g
INFINITE Talent on Nuke
no recent maps
95 Vikings on Nuke
no recent maps
Inferno95 ban0%0-1n/a0g
INFINITE Talent on Inferno
L
OG4–136mo ago95 Vikings on Inferno
no recent maps
Dust2INF pick0%0-10%0-1
INFINITE Talent on Dust2
LOG1–136mo ago95 Vikings on Dust2
L
Fortress7–134mo agoAnubis95 pick0%0-10%0-1
INFINITE Talent on Anubis
L
9INE3–136mo ago95 Vikings on Anubis
L
STATE4–134mo agoAncientINF bann/a0g0%0-2
INFINITE Talent on Ancient
no recent maps
Mirage95 bann/a0gn/a0g
INFINITE Talent on Mirage
no recent maps
95 Vikings on Mirage
no recent maps
Cachedecidern/a0gn/a0g
INFINITE Talent on Cache
no recent maps
95 Vikings on Cache
no recent maps
Each team's usual first ban: INFINITE Talent Nuke · 95 Vikings Inferno.
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
INFINITE Talent
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i0/0 (0%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 0 maps they won, 0 (0%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 0% of their wins were comebacks, not 0% of all games.none in the sample
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 0 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.none in the sample
Biggest lead blowni0 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.none in the sample
Avg map margini10.3 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
95 Vikings
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i0/0 (0%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 0 maps they won, 0 (0%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 0% of their wins were comebacks, not 0% of all games.none in the sample
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i0/4 (0%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 4 maps they lost, 0 (0%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.none in the sample
Biggest comebackifrom 0 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.none in the sample
Biggest lead blowni2 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.none in the sample
Avg map margini8.2 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