Imperial vs ShindeN, head-to-head

Imperial and ShindeN have met 7 times in the last 12 months of tracked play: ShindeN lead 4 - 3. Latest meeting: Aug 31, 2026 at ESL Challenger League Season 52: South America - Cup 1.

Recent meetings

Head-to-head record

Across 7 meetings in the last 12 months, Imperial won 3 and ShindeN won 4, over 18 decided maps.

Opening map

Imperial won the first map 3 times and ShindeN won it 4 times. Imperial went on to win all 3 of those series. ShindeN went on to win all 4 of those series.

Pistol rounds

Imperial won 24 and ShindeN won 12 of the 36 pistol rounds across the 18 maps with round data, which is 66.7% to 33.3%. Overtime pistols are not counted.

Dominance

Imperial average 0.4 more rounds per map than ShindeN across 18 maps. Large numbers mean blowouts, small ones mean close maps.

Recency edge

Weighting each win by how recent it is, with the weight halving every 90 days, the split is 60.4% to Imperial and 39.6% to ShindeN.

Map record in these meetings

Common opponents

Both teams have played 23 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Against all of them combined, Imperial are 45 - 23 and ShindeN are 40 - 30.

The eight they have played most are listed; 15 further shared opponents are counted in the combined record above but not shown.

Where these teams differ

Imperial are strongest on Cache 76.9% from 13 plays, Anubis 75% from 16 plays, Nuke 66% from 47 plays.

Over their last 8 matches Imperial faced ranked opposition averaging world number 63.4.

ShindeN are strongest on Inferno 73.2% from 41 plays, Nuke 63.9% from 61 plays, Dust II 62.2% from 45 plays.

Over their last 8 matches ShindeN faced ranked opposition averaging world number 40.7.

Map rates cover the last 12 months against all opponents, not just this matchup. A map played fewer than 4 times is left out of it.

Imperial match history, ShindeN match history, team rankings