Team Liquid vs. Movistar Riders Preview & Prediction- Free 3/25 CS: GO

The rivals will play their third round of the group stage in the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament this Friday. By this time, both teams have won their first matches at the group stage. This event is one of the most-awaited and features 24 of the best teams battling for the top prize of $823,000. Group Stage is composed of four groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format with the best-of-three series.

Team Liquid Stats and Latest Results

Liquid is ranked #31 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 129 weeks. They defeated BIG (2:0) at the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament and have also won 5 out of their last 10 games. Their last achievement was 13th place in the IEM Katowice 2022 tournament which ended on February 27, 2022, and they were awarded $10,000. Additionally, the team finished 4th at the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 and 2nd place at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR NA Open Qualifier 1. They have attained a win rate of 45.5% over the last 3 months.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Dust2 (100.0%-win rate) and Mirage (66.7%). They managed an average performance on Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (25.0%) and Ancient (0.0%). The team’s line-up consists of nitr0 (0.94 player rating), NAF (1.15), EliGE (1.16), shox (0.95), and oSee (1.08).

Movistar Riders Team Stats and Latest Results

Movistar Riders is ranked #23 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 22 weeks. The Spanish team is coming to this tournament on a 4-match win streak and has won 5 out of their last 10 games. They defeated GODSENT with a score of 1:2 at the first round of the group stage. Considering their performance in past events, 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. The team won 5 out of their last 10 games and has a win rate of 50.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Inferno (75.0%), Mirage (66.7%), and Nuke (57.1%). On the other hand, there was a dismal performance on Overpass (33.3%), Ancient (33.3%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team’s roster consists of alex (1.08 player rating), mopoz (1.06), DeathZz (1.02), SunPayus (1.16), and dav1g (0.90).

Team Liquid vs. Movistar Riders H2H Record

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Team Liquid vs. Movistar Riders Betting Preview

Movistar Riders is the favorite in this upcoming matchup. They have an advantage on the roster, have a better position in the world ranking, and also dominate the maps. Movistar Riders lead on 4 maps while Liquid has an advantage in only 1 card. Besides, Movistar Riders won their last 4 matches while Team Liquid has won 4 out of their last 5 matches. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Movistar Riders and a possibility of over 2.5.

The Pick: Movistar Riders to win/ Over 2.5 maps.