Movistar Riders vs. Copenhagen Flames, Preview, & Prediction - Free 10/09 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe this Saturday. They clash at the 5th-8th Place Decider Bracket where the winner will fight for the 5th place.

Movistar Riders Team Stats and Latest Results

Movistar Riders is ranked 24th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 1 week. The Spanish side qualified for the ongoing IEM Fall 2021 Europe after finishing 1-8th at the Closed Qualifier. At the group stage of the IEM Fall 2021 Europe, they finished second at Group B after winning 3 out of their 5 matches and progressed to the playoffs. Meanwhile, their match with NIP at the quarter-finals didn’t go well and they lost 2-1. Considering their performance in other events, they finished 13-15th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 1 and 13-14th at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe. In the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 63.6%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (77.8%), Nuke (73.3%), and Vertigo (62.5%). They attained an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Mirage (20.0%), Ancient (20.0%), and Dust2 (0.0%). Their line-up includes alex (1.09), mopoz (1.06), DeathZz (1.03), SunPayus (1.16), dav1g (0.90).

Copenhagen Flames Team Stats and Latest Results

Copenhagen Flames is ranked 19 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 9 weeks. The Danish team won all their matches at the group stage of the IEM Fall 2021 Europe but lost to Vitality (2-0) at the quarter-finals. At the same time, they finished 1-8th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier and 3-4th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3. In the last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and hold a win rate of 75.0%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (85.0%), Vertigo (68.4%), Overpass (66.7%), Mirage (64.3%), and Nuke (60.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Inferno (45.5%) and Dust2 (0.0%). Their line-up includes HooXi (0.92), nicoodoz (1.10), roeJ (1.19), jabbi (1.04), and Zyphon (1.06).

Movistar Riders vs. Copenhagen Flames H2H Record

There is 1 head-to-head meeting between the opponents and this will be their first encounter.

Movistar Riders vs. Copenhagen Betting Preview

In this matchup, we believe Copenhagen is the better side to win based on the fact that they have a better win rate, have a better position in the world ranking, and have a relatively better line-up. Copenhagen has an advantage on Ancient, Vertigo, Overpass, and Mirage while Movistar Riders leads on Inferno and Nuke. For this reason, we believe Copenhagen will win.

The Pick: Copenhagen to win.