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Chicken Coop vs EMPIRE: CS2 match prediction, odds and preview · ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1
High confidence
Our model gives Chicken Coop a 70% chance to beat EMPIRE at ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1. Bookmakers price Chicken Coop at 1.58 and EMPIRE at 2.2 (implied 58% vs 42%).
FormatBO3Form21-12 · 10-9PistolsChicken Coop 63%Likely mapsNuke · Mirage · Cache
Model read: track record · HLTV rank · firepower · form, weighted by sample size. All figures respect the data-range filter.
Recent form
Chicken Coop
Head-to-head
past meetings & common opponents
SportsBetExpert#847-72-1
Chicken Coop vs SportsBetExpert
Jul 29LDust213-5Nuke9-13Inferno5-13May 30WOverpass13-10Inferno13-5Mar 28WNuke13-10Mirage13-10+3 earlier meetings
EMPIRE vs SportsBetExpert
Mar 15WNuke13-10Mirage8-13Anubis13-11
regain#923-50-2
Chicken Coop vs regain
Jul 31LInferno18-22Dust22-13Apr 30LInferno10-13Overpass13-7Ancient3-13Jan 24WDust28-13Overpass13-4Ancient13-9EMPIRE vs regain
Apr 16LInferno13-16Dust213-16
LAG#1160-44-8
EMPIRE vs LAG
Apr 26LMirage9-13Inferno13-11Nuke10-13Apr 25LMirage13-6Inferno10-13Dust24-13Apr 2WInferno9-13Anubis13-9Overpass13-10+2 earlier meetings
Aether4-12-3
FARFarmVille1-21-2
Chicken Coop vs FarmVille
Feb 16LOverpass13-6Inferno9-13Dust211-13EMPIRE vs FarmVille
Apr 8LDust26-13Anubis2-13Inferno19-16Firepower
roster ratingsChicken Coop · avg 1.15 · top +0.09
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, Chicken Coop 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.
EMPIRE habitually bans Ancient, Chicken Coop's strongest maps (Overpass, Ancient, Mirage all ≥60%).
That's a standing habit (Ancient 17/19), not an opponent read, so expect Chicken Coop to fight the veto for Nuke.
MapCHIEMP
AnubisCHI ban 0%0-1 75%3-1
Chicken Coop on Anubis
LThird Prime8–133mo agoAncientEMP ban 73%8-3 0%0-1
NukeCHI pick 56%10-8 40%4-6
MirageEMP pick 100%2-0 67%4-2
Dust2CHI ban 29%5-12 36%5-9
InfernoEMP ban 59%10-7 50%5-5
Cachedecider n/a0g n/a0g
Chicken Coop on Cache
no recent maps
EMPIRE on Cache
no recent maps
Each team's usual first ban: Chicken Coop Mirage · EMPIRE Ancient.
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.
Chicken Coop59%to win the seriesiMap edgesNuke: Chicken Coop 63% · Mirage: Chicken Coop 55% toss-up · Cache: Chicken Coop 50% toss-upWhyChicken Coop hold the edge across the maps (3 of 3 lean their way).OutcomesChicken Coop 59%: 2-0 35%, 2-1 24% · EMPIRE 41%: 2-1 24%, 2-0 17%
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
Chicken Coop 59%It’s nearly a coin-flip. Chicken Coop only lead because their Nuke is strong enough that nicking just one of the close maps wins the series.41% EMPIRE
Nuke
Chicken Coop63%EMPIRE37%
10-8record4-6
56%win40%
51%CT win46%
49%T win48%
61%pistol35%
77%convert100%
Mirage
Chicken Coop55%EMPIRE45%
2-0record4-2
100%win67%
79%CT win49%
47%T win59%
75%pistol50%
67%convert83%
Cache
Chicken Coop50%EMPIRE50%
thin sample, read with caution
0-0record0-0
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–CT win–
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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
CHIct
CHIt
EMPct
EMPt
CHIpistol
CHIconv
CHIeco
EMPpistol
EMPconv
EMPeco
Nukepool
51%91/177
49%97/196
46%46/99
48%58/120
61%22/36
77%17/22
43%6/14
35%7/20
100%7/7
8%1/13
Miragepool
79%19/24
47%7/15
49%32/65
59%37/63
75%3/4
67%2/3
100%1/1
50%6/12
83%5/6
17%1/6
Cachepool
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Anubisban
17%2/12
67%6/9
59%23/39
41%18/44
0%0/2
n/a
50%1/2
25%2/8
100%2/2
0%0/6
Ancientban
57%65/114
57%57/100
33%4/12
17%1/6
45%10/22
100%10/10
42%5/12
0%0/2
n/a
0%0/2
Dust2ban
42%81/194
40%54/136
54%75/138
41%61/148
47%16/34
63%10/16
22%4/18
64%18/28
72%13/18
20%2/10
Infernoban
54%93/171
58%93/160
59%68/116
41%43/106
68%23/34
87%20/23
27%3/11
55%11/20
64%7/11
0%0/9
colour = vs averagebelowavgabove
Chicken Coop wins more pistol rounds: 63% vs 41%. Winning a pistol usually wins you the next few rounds too, so this is a small head start.
Win the pistol → EMPIRE usually win the next round too (92% vs 76%). Lose the pistol → Chicken Coop fight back to win the next round more often (47% vs 11%).
Mentality & map flow
comebacks, blown leadsHover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.
Chicken Coop
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i13/45 (29%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 45 maps they won, 13 (29%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 29% of their wins were comebacks, not 29% of all games.vs InControlOverpassfrom 6 downvs AetherNukefrom 6 downvs SportsBetExpertOverpassfrom 5 downvs MarsborneOverpassfrom 5 downvs regainAncientfrom 3 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i10/35 (29%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 35 maps they lost, 10 (29%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs OverKnightDust2led 6 · lost 9-13vs LAGNukeled 5 · lost 11-13vs InControlDust2led 5 · lost 10-13vs SportsBetExpertOverpassled 3 · lost 11-13vs FarmVilleDust2led 3 · lost 11-13
Biggest comebackifrom 6 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs InControlOverpassfrom 6 down · won 16-13
Biggest lead blowni6 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs OverKnightDust2led 6 · lost 9-13
Avg map margini6.1 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi25% · 4Close maps (≤3) · OT25% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 4 went to overtime.vs InControlOverpass16-13vs F5Nuke16-12vs AetherNuke22-20vs regainInferno18-22
EMPIRE
Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i8/25 (32%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 25 maps they won, 8 (32%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 32% of their wins were comebacks, not 32% of all games.vs Wanted GoonsInfernofrom 7 downvs Wanted GoonsNukefrom 4 downvs AetherAnubisfrom 4 downvs FoxtrotOverpassfrom 4 downvs LAGInfernofrom 4 down
Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i10/26 (38%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 26 maps they lost, 10 (38%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs ZomblersDust2led 7 · lost 17-19vs ZomblersNukeled 5 · lost 14-16vs LAGInfernoled 5 · lost 10-13vs Wanted GoonsDust2led 5 · lost 8-13vs regainInfernoled 4 · lost 13-16
Biggest comebackifrom 7 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs Wanted GoonsInfernofrom 7 down · won 13-11
Biggest lead blowni7 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs ZomblersDust2led 7 · lost 17-19
Avg map margini4.7 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.
Close maps (≤3) · OTi49% · 7Close maps (≤3) · OT49% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 7 went to overtime.vs ZomblersNuke14-16vs ZomblersDust222-20vs ZomblersDust217-19vs FarmVilleInferno19-16vs regainInferno13-16
Chicken Coop vs EMPIRE FAQ
Who is favored to win Chicken Coop vs EMPIRE?
Chicken Coop are favored with a 70% model win probability, and are the bookmakers' favorite too.
What are the betting odds for Chicken Coop vs EMPIRE?
Bookmakers price Chicken Coop at 1.58 and EMPIRE at 2.2 (implied 58% vs 42%).
When do Chicken Coop and EMPIRE play?
Chicken Coop vs EMPIRE is scheduled for 2026-08-27 01:00 UTC at ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1.