Movistar Riders vs. MOUZ Preview & Prediction- Free 5/02 CS: GO

The sides will meet at the upper bracket quarter-final in the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier tournament this Monday. The DreamHack Masters Dallas features sixteen of the best teams in the world for a large-scale arena tournament, with a $250,000 prize pool. In this event, 2 teams will book a spot at the upcoming spots at IEM Dallas '22. The match will be played in the best-of-three series.

Movistar Riders Team Stats and Latest Results

Movistar Riders is ranked #12 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 27 weeks. The team’s last match took place at the BLAST tournament on April 28, 2022, and Movistar Riders lost to the Astralis with a score of 2:0. Meanwhile, the team has won 7 out of its last 10 games and attained a win rate of 59.1% over the past 3 months. Considering the team’s performance in past events, they finished 5-8th at the ESL Pro League Season 15 and 5-8th at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe. Since the beginning of the year, Movistar Riders has played 24 matches.

Map performance over the past 3 months shows that their best-played cards are Mirage (71.4%-win rate), Inferno (70.0%), and Nuke (54.5%). They performed averagely on Ancient (50.0%) and Overpass (50.0%) but were dismal on Vertigo (20.0%). They have maintained their line-up for the past 8 months which consists of alex (1.08 player rating), mopoz (1.05), DeathZz (1.01), SunPayus (1.16), and dav1g (0.90).

MOUZ Team Stats and Latest Results

MOUZ is ranked #18 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 61 weeks. The German team is currently on a 2-match losing streak and has managed a win rate of 52.6% over the past 3 months. The team received $16,000 for finishing 9-12th at the IEM Katowice 2022 and $19,000 for finishing 13-16th at the ESL Pro League Season 15. They also finished 9-11th at the recently concluded PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A. Additionally, the team won 6 out of their last 10 games.

Map win statistics in the past 3 months show an impressive win rate on Ancient (83.3%), Nuke (77.8%), and Vertigo (60.0%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Inferno (42.9%), Dust2 (33.3%), and Mirage (14.3%). MOUZ has a line-up that consists of dexter (0.95 player rating), torzsi (1.09), Bymas (1.04), frozen (1.12), and JDC (0.99).

Movistar Riders vs. MOUZ H2H Record

Teams had no previous encounters and this will be their first H2H meeting.

Movistar Riders vs. MOUZ Betting Preview

MOUZ is the favorite in this matchup. They managed 7 wins from their last 10 matches while Movistar Riders managed 6 wins from 10 matches. Considering their performance on the maps, Movistar Riders leads on Mirage, Inferno, and Overpass while MOUZ has an advantage on Dust2, Inferno, and Overpass. Encounters with common opponents (in the past 60 days) show that MOUZ has an advantage of 1 win while Movistar Riders is yet to win.

The Pick: MOUZ to win.