Acend's 81% Mirage record (13W-3L) against Sharks' 40% on the same map is a 41-percentage-point gap, and that single fact shapes the entire series before a round is played. Acend pick Mirage first, they go in as heavy favourites on it, and the opening map is effectively theirs. The veto structure does the rest of the work. Acend have no Nuke maps in their recent form, so they ban it, and that immediately neutralises Sharks' strongest map (71%, 10W-4L). Sharks' one genuine weapon is off the table before the series starts. The remaining pool of Inferno, Ancient and Anubis sits balanced or slightly in Acend's favour, meaning Sharks have no obvious route to a comfortable decider. Layer in that Acend lead Sharks on every individual stat tracked, ADR (78.8 vs 77.1), rating (1.17 vs 1.12) and kills per round (0.78 vs 0.69), and the consistent marginal edge compounds across maps. The price mismatch comes from a market built on only two soft books with no sharp input. That reference line reflects thin information, and the map-pool reality described above is a concrete, data-backed reason Acend are undervalued on this slate. We're on Acend at Duel at 2.34.