Movistar Riders vs. Sangal Preview & Prediction- Free 4/26 CS: GO
This Tuesday, the rivals will cross paths at the group stage (Group A) of the ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe tournament. The event has a prize pool of $50,000 and the group stage is played in the GSL best-of-three format. The best team in the tournament will be awarded $20,000 plus a spot at the ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference.
Movistar Riders Team Stats and Latest Results
Movistar Riders is ranked #12 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 26 weeks. The Spanish team finished 5-8th at the ESL Pro League Season 15 and received $42,500 plus a spot at the ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe tournament. The team finished 9-12th at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In and won the RTP Arena Spring Cup 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier. The team is also part of the upcoming BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe and will play its first match against Astralis on April 28, 2022. Meanwhile, they won 8 out of their last 10 games and managed a win rate of 57.9% over the past 3 months.
Map win statistics over the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Inferno (71.4%), Mirage (66.7%), and Ancient (60.0%). On the flip-side, the team failed to impress on Nuke (50.0%), Overpass (50.0%), and Vertigo (25.0%). Their current line-up consists of alex (1.08 player rating), mopoz (1.06), DeathZz (1.01), SunPayus (1.16), and dav1g (0.90).
Sangal Team Stats and Latest Results
Sangal is ranked #59 in the world ranking. The team qualified for this event after finishing 3-4th at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe Relegation. The team has a 3-match losing streak and managed a win rate of 50.0% over the past 3 months. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 25-32nd at the Pinnacle Cup III, 2nd at the ESEA Advanced Season 40 Europe, and 15-16th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B. Sangal also won 4 out of their last 10 games.
Map win statistics in the past 3 months show a decent performance on Mirage (66.7%-win rate) and Inferno (62.5%). On the flip-side, the team failed to impress on Vertigo (50.0%), Overpass (45.5%), Ancient (40.0%), and Dust2 (25.0%). Their current line-up consists of kyuubii (0.99 player rating), kory (1.03), ScrunK (0.93), S3NSEY (1.00), and Soulfly (1.06).
Movistar Riders vs. Sangal H2H Record
Head-to-head shows 5 meetings between the opponents. By this time, Movistar Riders has won 3 times while Sangal has managed 2 wins. Their last encounter was at the 2021 ESEA Season 37 Premier Division – Europe on June 02, 2021, and Riders won with a score of 2:1.
Movistar Riders vs. Sangal Betting Preview
Before losing their last matchup at the ESL Pro League Season 15, Movistar Riders won 8 consecutive matches. On the other hand, Sangal lost all its last 3 games. Map performance shows that Movistar Riders has an advantage on Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient while Sangal leads on Dust2 and Vertigo. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Movistar Riders.
The Pick: Movistar Riders to win.
