GamerLegion vs. Movistar Riders, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/18 CS: GO

The opponents will play their first match at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe this Wednesday. In this tournament, eight teams will progress to the group stage and the winner will take the top prize of $20,000 and a chance to play at the ESL Pro League S15.

GamerLegion Stats and Latest Results

GamerLegion is ranked 41st on the world ranking. The Swedish team recently finished second at the Domination League Season 2 and were awarded $12,000. At the same time, they finished 7-8th at the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe after losing 2:0 to forZe when they met at the upper bracket opening round. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and holds a win rate of 58.6%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (87.5%), Inferno (69.2%), and Overpass (63.6%). They achieved an average performance on Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (41.7%), Ancient (33.3%), and Train (0.0%). Their line-up consists of Zero (1.05), RuStY (1.06), iM (1.13), eraa (1.06), and isak (1.02).

Movistar Riders Stats and Latest Results

Movistar is ranked 66th on the global ranking. They have qualified for the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe based on their performance at the Premier S37 where they finished 11-12th. At the same time, they won the recently concluded RTP Arena Cup 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier and finished 5-8th at the ESL National Championship Global Playoffs Spring 2021. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and lost 2. They have a 53.3% win rate.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Mirage (100.0%). The team line-up consists of alex (1.08), mopoz (1.05), DeathZz, SunPayus, and dav1g.

GamerLegion vs. Movistar Riders H2H Record

There is 1 head-to-head meeting between the two sides and GamerLegion won.

GamerLegion vs. Movistar Riders Betting Preview

Before losing to forZe at the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe, GamerLegion had 3 consecutive wins. The same applied to Movistar Riders. They won 3 matches then lost their last match to OFFSET (1-2). Considering their map performance, GamerLegion leads on Inferno, Overpass, Vertigo, and Ancient while Movistar Riders lead on Mirage and Nuke. For this reason, we believe GamerLegion is the better side to win.

The Pick: GamerLegion to win.