BIG vs. Movistar Riders Preview & Prediction- Free 3/26 CS: GO

The rivals will clash at the group stage (Group C) in the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament this Saturday. This tournament is one of the most awaited events featuring 24 of the best teams battling for a prize pool of $823,000. The Group Stage is composed of four groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format with the best-of-three series.

BIG Team Stats and Latest Results

BIG is ranked #17 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 113 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament, she lost her first match to Liquid (2:0) but bounced back to defeat Party Astronauts (2:0). Considering their performance in past events, the team finished 4-6th at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022, 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2, and won the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR open qualifications stage. BIG won 5 out of their last 10 games and hold a win rate of 54.5%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Vertigo (75.0%), Dust2 (69.2%), and Nuke (57.1%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Overpass (50.0%), Mirage (25.0%), and Ancient (25.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of tiziaN (0.97 player rating), tabseN (1.14), syrsoN (1.13), faveN (1.04), and Krimbo (1.08).

Movistar Riders Team Stats and Latest Results

Movistar Riders ranks #23 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 22 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15, the team has shown an excellent performance. They defeated GODSENT (2:1) and Players (2:1). Considering their performance in past tournaments, they finished 5-6th at the ESL Challenger February 2022, 9-12th at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In, and won the RTP Arena Spring Cup 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier. Riders last 10 matches win rate is 60%. Meanwhile, they have attained a win rate of 53.3% over the last 3 months.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that their best-played cards are Inferno (80.0%) and Nuke (57.1%). They managed an average win rate on Mirage (50.0%) and Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Overpass (33.3%) and Vertigo (0.0%). Movistar Riders has maintained its roster over the last 7 months and it consists of alex (1.08 player rating), mopoz (1.06), DeathZz (1.01), SunPayus (1.16), and dav1g (0.91).

BIG vs. Movistar Riders H2H Record

There are 7 H2H records between the opponents. Movistar Riders won in 5 matches while BIG has won in 2 matches. Their last meeting was at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In and BIG won with a score of 1:0.

BIG vs. Movistar Riders Betting Preview

Movistar Riders won their last 5 matches but before this, the team performed very poorly. BIG has a better position in the world ranking and has a better win rate. Both teams have an advantage on 3 cards and good players. This match can go either way so the best prediction would be the number of rounds. Based on the presented stats, we are predicting three maps in this upcoming matchup.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.