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2026-07-25 11:00 UTC

Thunderpick World Championship 2026 Europe Series 2

PredictionHigh confidence

Our model gives Inner Circle Academy a 70% chance to beat Lazer Cats at Thunderpick World Championship 2026 Europe Series 2. Bookmakers price Lazer Cats at 2.39 and Inner Circle Academy at 1.55 (implied 39% vs 61%).

Lazer Cats

2.39odds

Inner Circle Academy

1.55odds

Our read30%

70%

Market39%

61%

median decimal odds · 7 books

FormatBO3Form15-24 · 17-14PistolsINN 53%Likely mapsAncient · Dust2 · Anubis

Model read: track record · HLTV rank · firepower · form, weighted by sample size. All figures respect the data-range filter.

Recent form

Head-to-head

past meetings & common opponents

◂ LAZ fared bettervs 1 shared opponentINN fared better ▸

SINNERS#430-20-2

Lazer Cats vs SINNERS

Feb 17LAncient8-13Dust26-13

Inner Circle Academy vs SINNERS

Apr 25LOverpass5-13Nuke5-13

Lazer Cats 0-2combined map recordInner Circle Academy 0-2even

Firepower

roster ratings

Lazer Cats · avg 1.03 · top +0.08

Player	Mp	K-D	ADR	KAST	HS	Rating
Magic	96	1.15	72	71.1%	40%	1.11
Kiy0o	96	0.94	75.7	70%	60%	1.08
nikitea	96	0.94	71.5	72.6%	54%	1.05
edixenn	27	0.87	67.6	69.3%	57%	0.99
yab0ku	96	0.78	61.1	67.2%	52%	0.91

Inner Circle Academy · avg 1.12 · top +0.04

Player	Mp	K-D	ADR	KAST	HS	Rating
L1seYoung	73	1.05	79.8	71.8%	67%	1.16
NaYz	73	1.17	76	72.4%	35%	1.16
3ippoch	73	0.96	74.8	70.5%	59%	1.09
Tamefear	44	0.97	69	71.1%	61%	1.09
n0rths	73	0.99	72.4	72.5%	53%	1.09

Projected veto

likely picks & bans

Veto read

Neither side's habitual bans cleanly remove the other's best maps. The veto is live.

Plays: Ancient · Dust2 · Anubis · Removed: Overpass · Inferno · Nuke · Mirage every map shows both teams' win% (LAZ / INN)

1LAZER CATS BAN Overpassproj. removed

LAZ n/a 0g

INN 75% 6-2

Lazer Cats on Overpass

no recent maps

Inner Circle Academy on Overpass

Honvéd 13–7 2mo ago W

Nyxon 13–5 2mo ago L

SINNERS 5–13 3mo ago W bond1e 13–8 3mo ago W rottweilers 16–12 4mo ago L

magic 9–13 4mo ago W M1X KS 13–3 4mo ago W Legends 13–5 5mo ago

2INNER CIRCLE ACADEMY BAN Infernoproj. removed

LAZ 41% 7-10

INN 0% 0-1

Lazer Cats on Inferno

AM 8–13 2mo ago W

SPARTA 13–11 2mo ago L

ALGO 8–13 2mo ago W

Ursa 13–10 2mo ago L

Alliance 8–13 4mo ago L

Nemesis 6–13 5mo ago L

Leo 10–13 5mo ago W

OlyBet 13–2 5mo ago

Inner Circle Academy on Inferno

BIG Academy 4–13 10d ago

3LAZER CATS PICK Ancient

LAZ 68% 17-8

INN 50% 6-6

Lazer Cats on Ancient

GenOne 13–8 1mo ago L

KOLESIE 5–13 2mo ago W

AM 13–5 2mo ago L

TNC 1–13 2mo ago W Just Players 13–9 2mo ago W

SPARTA 13–6 2mo ago W

Leo 13–5 2mo ago L

ALGO 11–13 2mo ago

Inner Circle Academy on Ancient

INOX Division 4–13 today W Subtop De France 13–8 8d ago W

ex-MANA 13–8 8d ago L

BIG Academy 2–13 10d ago W

Vexar 13–3 11d ago W

SAW 13–8 26d ago L

BASEMENT BOYS 7–13 2mo ago W

MASONIC 13–8 2mo ago

4INNER CIRCLE ACADEMY PICK Dust2

LAZ 23% 5-17

INN 57% 12-9

Lazer Cats on Dust2

GenOne 7–13 1mo ago W

KOLESIE 13–11 2mo ago L

AM 7–13 2mo ago L Just Players 12–16 2mo ago L

SPARTA 4–13 2mo ago L

Leo 5–13 2mo ago L

Ursa 10–13 2mo ago L

Alliance 4–13 4mo ago

Inner Circle Academy on Dust2

Endless Journey 8–13 3d ago W

ROUNDS 13–4 4d ago W

Entropy 13–3 7d ago W Subtop De France 13–3 8d ago W

ex-MANA 13–7 8d ago W

DONSTU 16–14 9d ago L

BRUTE 11–13 10d ago W

BIG Academy 16–14 10d ago

5LAZER CATS BAN Nukeproj. removed

LAZ 36% 4-7

INN 30% 3-7

Lazer Cats on Nuke

TNC 13–10 2mo ago L

HAVU 7–13 4mo ago W

los kogutos 13–10 5mo ago L

Nemesis 4–13 5mo ago L

KOLESIE 8–13 5mo ago W

Sashi 16–13 5mo ago L

Phantom 13–16 5mo ago L

CSDIILIT 14–16 5mo ago

Inner Circle Academy on Nuke

INOX Division 5–13 today L

BRUTE 9–13 10d ago L

BRUTE 11–13 11d ago L

Honvéd 10–13 18d ago W

BASEMENT BOYS 13–8 2mo ago L

MASONIC 7–13 2mo ago W

BASEMENT BOYS 13–7 2mo ago W

Nyxon 13–6 2mo ago

6INNER CIRCLE ACADEMY BAN Mirageproj. removed

LAZ 33% 4-8

INN 70% 7-3

Lazer Cats on Mirage

KOLESIE 4–13 2mo ago L

TNC 8–13 2mo ago L Just Players 8–13 2mo ago W

Ursa 13–10 2mo ago L

HAVU 7–13 4mo ago W

MOUZ NXT 13–10 4mo ago W

aimclub 13–9 4mo ago L

NOVAQ 6–13 5mo ago

Inner Circle Academy on Mirage

Endless Journey 13–8 3d ago W

Entropy 13–5 7d ago W

BRUTE 13–5 11d ago L

Honvéd 6–13 18d ago W

Honvéd 13–11 2mo ago W rottweilers 13–3 4mo ago L

UNiTY 11–13 4mo ago W M1X KS 13–10 4mo ago

7DECIDER Anubisleft over

LAZ 33% 3-6

INN 60% 6-4

Lazer Cats on Anubis

GenOne 5–13 1mo ago L

Leo 10–13 2mo ago W

ALGO 16–13 2mo ago L

KOLESIE 7–13 5mo ago W

Phantom 13–9 5mo ago L

Fuzos 15–19 5mo ago L

kONO 6–13 5mo ago W

Leo 16–14 5mo ago

Inner Circle Academy on Anubis

INOX Division 13–10 today L

Endless Journey 9–13 3d ago W

DONSTU 13–5 9d ago W

Misa 13–10 22d ago W

MASONIC 16–13 2mo ago W

ESC 13–10 4mo ago L okura 5–13 4mo ago W

B8 Academy 13–7 4mo ago

Projected from each team's veto habits (BO3), assuming Lazer Cats vetoes first. Usual first ban: Lazer Cats Overpass · Inner Circle Academy Inferno.

Map lab

pick the 3 maps · per-map H2H + prediction

layout

Pick 3 maps ✓

Best-case draws · each side’s strongest realistic Bo3 · tap to load

The veto swings it: Lazer Cats 62% on their maps vs Inner Circle Academy 86% on theirs. Whoever shapes the pool is favoured. Overpass (50%) is the closest to a toss-up.

Inner Circle Academy69%to win the seriesclear pickiMap edgesAncient: Lazer Cats 67% clear · Dust2: Inner Circle Academy 80% clear · Anubis: Inner Circle Academy 71% clearWhyInner Circle Academy hold the edge across the maps (2 of 3 lean their way).OutcomesLazer Cats 31%: 2-1 17%, 2-0 14% · Inner Circle Academy 69%: 2-1 43%, 2-0 27%
series odds add up every way a team can win, not just one scoreline

Lazer Cats 31%69% Inner Circle Academy

Inner Circle Academy are the clearer side here: the most likely result is Inner Circle Academy 2-1.

AncientLAZ v INN

67%

33%

17-8record6-6

68%win50%

55%CT win44%

55%T win51%

52%pistol63%

85%convert80%

Dust2LAZ v INN

20%

80%

5-17record12-9

23%win57%

47%CT win56%

40%T win50%

48%pistol50%

67%convert90%

AnubisLAZ v INN

29%

71%

3-6record6-4

33%win60%

45%CT win45%

44%T win58%

44%pistol50%

75%convert90%

Pistol, eco & sides

win% · convert if won · eco if lost · CT/T per map

ct / t side win% (Nuke skews CT, Dust2 T)pistol won the opening pistolconv then won round 2eco lost pistol, won round 2

Map

LAZct

LAZt

INNct

INNt

LAZpistol

LAZconv

LAZeco

INNpistol

INNconv

INNeco

Ancientpool

55%120/219

55%163/296

44%54/123

51%58/113

52%26/50

85%22/26

17%4/24

63%15/24

80%12/15

22%2/9

Dust2pool

47%112/239

40%89/220

56%123/219

50%113/227

48%21/44

67%14/21

4%1/23

50%21/42

90%19/21

14%3/21

Anubispool

45%45/101

44%42/96

45%48/106

58%65/113

44%8/18

75%6/8

10%1/10

50%10/20

90%9/10

0%0/10

Overpassban

n/a

55%35/64

60%56/93

n/a

69%11/16

82%9/11

0%0/5

Infernoban

45%75/168

56%110/198

33%4/12

0%0/5

65%22/34

77%17/22

17%2/12

0%0/2

n/a

0%0/2

Nukeban

51%65/128

42%48/114

48%57/119

43%38/88

59%13/22

77%10/13

33%3/9

55%11/20

64%7/11

0%0/9

Mirageban

48%55/115

36%44/122

60%72/120

52%46/88

46%11/24

73%8/11

15%2/13

55%11/20

91%10/11

11%1/9

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Pistols

Inner Circle Academy wins more pistol rounds: 53% vs 49%. Winning a pistol usually wins you the next few rounds too, so this is a small head start.

After pistol

Win the pistol → Inner Circle Academy usually win the next round too (87% vs 76%). Lose the pistol → both fight back about the same (11% vs 13%).

Mentality & map flow

comebacks, blown leads

Margins

Lazer Cats average a 5.1-round margin (21 blown, biggest 8); Inner Circle Academy average 5.4 (10 blown, 8 OTs). Hover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.

Lazer Cats

Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i11/40 (28%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 40 maps they won, 11 (28%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 28% of their wins were comebacks, not 28% of all games.vs UrsaInfernofrom 7 down vs LeoInfernofrom 6 down vs kONOAncientfrom 5 down vs ALGOAnubisfrom 5 down vs Just PlayersAncientfrom 5 down

Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i21/56 (38%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 56 maps they lost, 21 (38%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs WWInfernoled 8 · lost 14-16 vs MetizportAncientled 6 · lost 10-13 vs WHITEBIRDInfernoled 6 · lost 11-13 vs ENCE AcademyNukeled 6 · lost 19-22 vs LeoInfernoled 6 · lost 10-13

Biggest comebackifrom 7 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs UrsaInfernofrom 7 down · won 13-10

Biggest lead blowni8 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs WWInfernoled 8 · lost 14-16

Avg map margini5.1 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.

Close maps (≤3) · OTi36% · 16Close maps (≤3) · OT36% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 16 went to overtime.vs LeoAnubis16-14 vs MetizportInferno13-16 vs ex-Zero TenacityInferno14-16 vs WWInferno14-16 vs AMDust214-16

Inner Circle Academy

Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i15/41 (37%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 41 maps they won, 15 (37%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 37% of their wins were comebacks, not 37% of all games.vs bond1eDust2from 8 down vs SAWAncientfrom 7 down vs MASONICAnubisfrom 6 down vs M1X KSMiragefrom 5 down vs DONSTUDust2from 5 down

Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i10/32 (31%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 32 maps they lost, 10 (31%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs WBTAnubisled 5 · lost 11-13 vs magicOverpassled 5 · lost 9-13 vs LegendsMirageled 4 · lost 10-13 vs WBTDust2led 4 · lost 9-13 vs okuraDust2led 4 · lost 11-13

Biggest comebackifrom 8 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs bond1eDust2from 8 down · won 16-12

Biggest lead blowni5 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs WBTAnubisled 5 · lost 11-13

Avg map margini5.4 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.

Close maps (≤3) · OTi27% · 8Close maps (≤3) · OT27% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 8 went to overtime.vs rottweilersOverpass16-12 vs bond1eDust216-12 vs MASONICAnubis16-13 vs BASEMENT BOYSDust217-19 vs MisaDust219-15

Lazer Cats vs Inner Circle Academy FAQ

Who is favored to win Lazer Cats vs Inner Circle Academy?

Inner Circle Academy are favored with a 70% model win probability, and are the bookmakers' favorite too.

What are the betting odds for Lazer Cats vs Inner Circle Academy?

Bookmakers price Lazer Cats at 2.39 and Inner Circle Academy at 1.55 (implied 39% vs 61%).

When do Lazer Cats and Inner Circle Academy play?

Lazer Cats vs Inner Circle Academy is scheduled for 2026-07-25 11:00 UTC at Thunderpick World Championship 2026 Europe Series 2.