Movistar Riders vs. OFFSET, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/19 CS:GO
Movistar Riders should have an easy job on Tuesday when they face OFFSET in the semi-finals at the ESL Masters Spain Season 10. You should know that there is no final at this tournament because the finalists will automatically receive tickets for the LAN Finals.
Movistar Riders Team Stats and Latest Results
Movistar Riders are easily the highest-ranked team at this tournament and the only one in the top 20, while OFFSET is just #165 in the world, so the Spanish team is rightfully a massive favorite in this one. They booked a ticket for the ESEA Premier S39 following victories over Nemiga and Enterprise, which came as a response to the loss against Virtus.pro at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021. Movistar Riders won nine of the last 11 matches.
Galder 'bladE' Barcena’s team displayed fine performances on Inferno (80.0% win rate) and Nuke (75.0%) in the last three months, while they lost the only appearance on Dust2 and failed to impress on Mirage (14.3%). alex (1.09 rating), mopoz (1.11), DeathZz (1.01), SunPayus (1.18), and dav1g (0.98) will represent Movistar Riders on Tuesday.
OFFSET Team Stats and Latest Results
OFFSET will play its first game in a week after losing to OPAA at the William Hill Cup 2021 Closed Qualifier. They enter this duel as huge underdogs, and I don’t think they are good enough to make a potential surprise here. The Portuguese team failed to get consecutive victories in the last three months, losing nine of the previous 11 games.
Vertigo (75.0%) is the only map on which OFFSET has over 50.0% of winning percentage in the last three months. On the other hand, they are without a win on Overpass, Mirage, and Dust2, so don’t be surprised if Movistar Riders choose one of these three maps in Tuesday’s matchup. Coach Vasco 'vsk' Santos will rely on RIZZZ (0.92), EasTor (0.89), NOPEEJ (1.09), shellzi (0.93), and snapy (0.91) to get a positive result against Movistar Riders.
Movistar Riders vs. OFFSET H2H Record
These rivals have met on two occasions before. Interestingly, OFFSET won both duels, both in a maximum of three maps.
Movistar Riders vs. OFFSET Betting Preview
A lot of things have changed since the previous encounter of these teams, and I am not talking about Movistar Riders’ name. The Spanish side is a much better team in every aspect of the game, and it would be shocking not seeing them at the LAN Finals. Still, betting on them to win at miserable -1111 odds is out of the question, so I am going with a -1.5 map handicap at more respectable odds.
The Pick: Movistar Riders Map Handicap -1.5 (-227 @GGBET)
