Moon Esports vs. xNova Preview & Prediction- Free 5/18 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at the group stage of the 2022 ESL Challenger League Season 41 Asia-Pacific this Wednesday. The 2022 ESL Challenger League Season 41 Asia-Pacific is an online CS: GO league powered by ESEA which also provides a prize pool of $50,000. The regular season format is played on a two-round-robin, best-of-three series.

Moon Esports Team Stats and Latest Results

Moon Esports is ranked #213 in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking and has a CQ.Score of 1395. At the ongoing ESL APAC tournament, the team has won 1 out of its 3 matches and also managed 3 wins from the last 10 games. The team was part of the ESEA Season 39: Open Division - Asia-Pacific which ended on December 19, 2021, and lost to BITE (2:0) in the final. Over the last month, the team has played 3 matches, won 1 of them, and climbed 773 positions in the ranking. Their all-time win rate currently stands at 38%.

The team’s best-played map is Dust2 (57%-win rate). They maintained an average performance on Inferno (50%) and Overpass (50%) but have been dismal on Vertigo (40%), Mirage (33%), and Nuke (0%).

xNova Team Stats and Latest Results

xNova is ranked #197 in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking and has a CQ.Score of 1400. The team has only played 2 matches since the beginning of the year and holds a win rate of 50.00 %. At the ongoing ESL APAC tournament, they won 1 and lost 1 match. The team's last match took place at the ESL APAC tournament on May 11, 2022, and xNova lost to the OS E-sport with a score of 2:1.

The team’s best-played map is Vertigo (100%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Mirage (50%) and Dust2 (0%).

Moon Esports vs. xNova H2H Record

The rivals have never crossed paths in any tournament and this will be their first encounter.

Moon Esports vs. xNova Betting Preview

Both teams are currently struggling to win matches and we should expect an entertaining matchup when they cross paths. xNova has been inactive for the better part of the year and is eager to show some progress at the ongoing tournament. On the other hand, Moon Esports has a 38%-all-time win rate and hopes to reach the average win rate. Therefore, we are predicting over 2.5 maps in this match.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.

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