Movistar Riders vs. Nemiga, Preview, & Prediction - Free 10/15 CS: GO

Movistar Riders and Nemiga will meet at the upper bracket-opening round in the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe Relegation. The winner advances to the Upper semi-finals while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket-lower round 1.

Movistar Riders Team Stats and Latest Results

Movistar Riders is ranked 14th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 2 weeks. The team is also part of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 where they are fighting for the top prize of $30,000 plus a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021. The team managed 3 wins out of their 4 matches at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe and finished 13-14th. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 7 matches and hold a win rate of 63.3%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent performance on Inferno (77.8%), Nuke (73.3%), and Vertigo (66.7%). They had an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Ancient (42.9%), Mirage (0.0%), and Dust2 (0.0%). They have a line-up that consists of alex (1.09), mopoz (1.06), DeathZz (1.02), SunPayus (1.17), and dav1g (0.90).

Nemiga Team Stats and Latest Results

Nemiga is ranked 36th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 39 weeks. The Belarusian team finished second at the Advanced S38 and got a spot at the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe Relegation. Meanwhile, the team finished 7-8th at the IEM Fall 2021 CIS and 6-8th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 2 Regionals. At the ongoing Pinnacle Fall Series 2, Nemiga has won 2 out of their 3 matches. Out of their last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and currently hold a win rate of 60.5%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent performance on Mirage (73.3%), Nuke (71.4%), and Inferno (56.5%). They attained an average performance on Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to impress on Dust2 (33.3%) and Overpass (28.6%). The team has a line-up that consists of Jyo (1.07), boX (1.04), lollipop21k (1.14), iDISBALANCE (1.11), and 1eeR (0.88).

Movistar Riders vs. Nemiga H2H Record

Both teams have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head encounter.

Movistar Riders vs. Nemiga Betting Preview

We expect a tight matchup when these two teams meet because they both have impressive stats. Movistar Riders won 7 out of their last 8 matches while Nemiga won 6 after playing 8 matches. When we compare their performance on the maps, Movistar Riders have an advantage on 5 maps while the opponent leads on 2 maps. Hence, we would advise that Movistar Riders is the better side to pick here.

The Pick: Movistar Riders to win.