Movistar Riders vs. Wisla Krakow, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/25 CS: GO

Movistar Riders and Wisla Krakow play at the group stage of the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe tournament this Wednesday. So far, Movistar Riders lost their first round to GamerLegion. On the other hand, Wisla Krakow will be playing their first round against Movistar Riders.

Movistar Riders Stats and Latest Results

Movistar Riders is ranked 66th on the world ranking. They won the RTP Arena Cup 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier in July and booked a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021. At the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe, they failed to progress to the playoffs after winning 4 out of their 8 matches at the group stage. At the REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 1, they finished 7-8th. Considering the team’s performance in the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and lost 3. At the moment, Movistar Riders has a win rate of 56.2%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that they have achieved a decent performance on Nuke (100.0%). On the other hand, they attained an average win rate on Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (33.3%), Inferno (0.0%), and Overpass (0.0%). The team line-up consists of alex (1.08), mopoz (1.05), DeathZz (0.94), SunPayus (1.07), and dav1g (0.78).

Wisla Krakow Stats and Latest Results

Wisla Krakow is ranked 60th on the global ranking. They finished 5-8th at the Domination League Season 2 tournament which concluded in July. In this tournament, Wisla Krakow won 3 out of their 6 matches. At the previous ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe, the Polish team narrowly missed progressing to the playoffs after winning 4 out of their 8 matches. They defeated LDLC, Apeks, ALTERNATE aTTaX, and SAW but lost to BIG, Nemiga, forZe, and BLINK. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and lost 2. They have attained a win rate of 53.6% over the last 3 months.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that they have been impressive on Ancient (80.0%), Overpass (77.8%), Inferno (60.0%), Train (60.0%), Nuke (57.1%), and Mirage (53.8%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent performance on Vertigo (33.3%) and Dust2 (30.0%). Their line-up includes SZPERO (0.99), Markoś (1.12), phr (1.07), jedqr (1.10), and Goofy (1.14).

Movistar Riders vs. Wisla Krakow H2H Record

Both teams have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head meeting between the opponents.

Movistar Riders vs. Wisla Krakow Betting Preview

Wisla Krakow has a 4-match win streak while Movistar Riders won 2 out of their last 4 matches. Considering their map performance, Movistar Riders leads on Mirage, Nuke, and Vertigo. On the other hand, Wisla Krakow has a huge lead on Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient. This match can go either way based on the fact that the two teams have almost equal stats. For this reason, we will avoid the winning side and go for over 2.5. We predict that the teams will play 3 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.