Match Prediction: Movistar Riders - GamerLegion | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18The second match day of ESL Pro League Season 18 will feature Movistar Riders and GamerLegion. The match is scheduled for the semi-finals of the top grid of Group A. The winner will advance to the winner final, while the loser will be relegated to the middle grid. The format of the match is bo3. Will the Spaniards be able to reach the play-offs of the tournament? We will find out very soon.
In this betting tipNNEW you will find out how the participants of this match are performing this year, how they did in their previous professional tournament and how this match will end.
Movistar Riders uniform
Spanish outfit Movistar Riders have been very active on the professional scene this season, with a low level of achievements. MR missed almost all major tournaments and did not achieve much in qualifying. The first good performance of Movistar Riders was the fourth place at CCT Central Europe Malta Finals, which brought the players $10,000 in prize money. The 3-4th place at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023 provided ALEX and his teammates with $1,500. ESL Pro League Season 17 was the biggest tournament so far, which was attended by the Spanish club players. But 13-16th place can hardly be called a good result, although the team earned $20,000 there. The main achievement of Movistar Riders is the performance at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023. The only win of the entire season earned $50,000 in prize money. The ESL Masters España Season 13: Online Stage finished in 3rd-4th place, while a 5th-8th place finish at the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023 allowed players to earn $1,000.
Before travelling to ESL Pro League Season 18, Movistar Riders attempted to qualify for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 through the European Open Qualifiers. In the first qualifier, the Spaniards first defeated PANOWIE on the Nuke map by a score of 16-14, followed by Ledge and Dynamo Eclot to advance to the second qualifier. At Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023: European Open Qualifier #2 ALEX and team were able to advance a little further. Along the way Movistar Riders defeated teams like FALKE Esports by a score of 16-9 on Nuke, Team OWL by a score of 16-6 on the same map, and Team Spirit in a competitive match on Vertigo by a score of 16-14. The match on Anubis against ZenGaming was the last one for Movistar Riders. The defeat with the result 12-16 deprived the Spanish club of the chance to travel to IEM Sydney 2023.
At ESL Pro League Season 18 Movistar Riders were placed in Group A, where in the first match ALEX and their teammates played against FURIA Esports. A 2-0 victory over the Brazilians ensured Movistar Riders place in the semi-finals of the top flight.
Movistar Riders latest results stats:
- A 2-0 win over FURIA Esports
- 12-16 defeat to ZenGaming
- 16-14 win over Team Spirit
- 16-6 win over Team OWL
- A 16-9 win over FALKE Esports.
GamerLegion Form
GamerLegion started the current playing year in a measured manner and gradually gained momentum. The first achievement of the team was the 3-4th place at CCT South Europe Series #2. After not so successful qualifications at IEM Rio and another tournament from CCT Gamer Legion won Thunderpick Bitcoin Series #2, earning $32,000. This was followed by qualifying for BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where the team finished in second place and earned a slot in the only Major event of the year. In addition, neaLan and his teammates won silver at CCT West Europe Series #1, RES Western European Masters: Spring 2023 and CCT North Europe Series #4, earning another $20,000. Also in March, the team won the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023, which earned them $12,500. The main achievement in the history of GamerLegion was the second place at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and a record $170,000 in prize money for the team. 7th-8th place in the standings at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 provided GL with $24,000.
Prior to travelling to ESL Pro League Season 18, the GamerLegion squad competed at Gamers8 2023, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As a result of the draw, the first opponent of the European club was Apeks. A 2-0 victory (Mirage - 22-20, Overpass - 16-13) allowed to pass to the quarter-finals of the championship. The full bo3 series against Heroic ended in defeat for GamerLegion in the Single-Elimination grid. The team took 5th-8th place and earned $35,000.
The start of ESL Pro League Season 18 was extremely successful for GamerLegion. In the first match of Group A neaLaN and his teammates defeated Grayhound Gaming with the score 2:0.
Statistics of the latest results of GamerLegion:
- Victory over Grayhound Gaming with a score of 2:0
- 1:2 defeat to Heroic
- 2:0 win over Apeks
- 1:2 defeat by Cloud9
- 2:1 win over Fnatic
Movistar Riders - GamerLegion Match History
The participants of this match have played against each other only once in the current gaming year. In the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023, GamerLegion defeated Movistar Riders in the play-offs semi-finals with a score of 2:0 (Nuke - 16-10, Inferno - 16-12).
Predicted result of Movistar Riders vs GamerLegion
Two factors are in GamerLegion's favour: the victory over Movistar Riders this year with a convincing margin, as well as the silver medal at the last Major tournament in CS:GO. Let's bet on the victory of GamerLegion team.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team Movistar Riders as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.889. GamerLegion chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 3.009 by bookmakers.
Team statistics in recent matches
Last Matches | Movistar Riders | GamerLegion |
5 matches (wins) | 2 | 3 |
10 matches (wins) | 3 | 6 |
We will also remind you of the statistics of matches that the teams played with each other. The teams played 9 matches with each other before. In these matches Movistar Riders won 4 times, GamerLegion active consisits of 5 wins.