Movistar Riders vs. ENCE Preview & Prediction- Free 4/07 CS: GO

The opponents will clash at the Quarter-final of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament this Thursday. Playoffs matches are played in a single-elimination bracket, best-of-three series except for the grand final which is a best-of-five. The winner of this duel will advance to the Semi-finals while the loser will leave the tournament. The best team will take $175,000.

Movistar Riders Team Stats and Latest Results

Movistar Riders is ranked #18 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 24 weeks. The Spanish team won all their 5 matches in the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament and got a bye to the Quarter-finals where they will clash with ENCE. Before this tournament, the team had finished 9-12th at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In, 9-16th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 2, and won the RTP Arena Spring Cup 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier. Over the last 3 months, the “Riders” attained a win rate of 61.1% and won 8 out of their last 10 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Inferno (71.4%), Mirage (60.0%), Ancient (60.0%), and Nuke (55.6%). They managed an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (33.3%). The team has a line-up that consists of alex (1.08-player rating), mopoz (1.06), DeathZz (1.02), SunPayus (1.16), and dav1g (0.91).

ENCE Team Stats and Latest Results

ENCE is ranked #10 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 55 weeks. Unlike their opponent, she won 4 out of their 5 matches in the group stage and finished 2nd place in Group B. For that reason, they advanced to the playoffs but started in round 1 where they trumped fnatic with a score of 2:0. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 3-4th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 and were awarded $6,000. They got an invite to the quarter-finals of the Pinnacle Cup III but lost to Copenhagen Flames (0:2). Out of their last 10 matches, the Finnish team won 8 games and hold a win rate of 66.7% (last 3 months).

Based on the team’s performance on the maps over the last 3 months, their best-played cards are Dust2 (100.0%-win rate), Nuke (90.9%), Overpass (62.5%), and Mirage (60.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Ancient (50.0%) and Vertigo (20.0%). The team has a roster that consists of dycha (1.10-player rating), hades (1.12), Snappi (0.99), Spinx (1.14), and Maden (0.99).

Movistar Riders vs. ENCE H2H Record

Head-to-head has 6 meetings between the rivals. The advantage of these confrontations is on Movistar Riders who have won 5 times and lost once. Their last encounter was at the Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI – Summer on April 26, 2021, and Movistar Riders won 2:0.

Movistar Riders vs. ENCE Betting Preview

We should expect an entertaining matchup when the rivals meet in the Quarter-final. Movistar Riders team is coming to this matchup on an 8-match win streak while ENCE has 7 wins from their last 8 matches. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that the Riders lead on Inferno, Vertigo, and Ancient while ENCE has an advantage on Dust2, Nuke, and Overpass. ENCE has never selected Inferno for the last 3 months and this technically puts them ahead of their rivals. Therefore, we are predicting a win for ENCE in this meeting.

The Pick: ENCE to win.