Match Prediction: Movistar Riders - Vitality | CS2 (CS:GO)
ESL Pro League Season 18Let's move on to the confrontation between Team Vitality and Movistar Riders in the final of the top grid of Group A at ESL Pro League Season 18. Both teams have already guaranteed their place in the play-offs. A win or a loss will only determine seeding for the final stage. The winner will advance to the quarter-finals, while the loser will go to Round of 12. The format of the match is bo3. Which of the participants will be stronger? Let's find out.
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, as well as how this match will end.
Team Vitality uniforms
Team Vitality have not had the best start to the season. The European team started this year with 1-3rd place at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, followed by 5th-8th place at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 and ESL Pro League Season 17. But then ZywOo and his teammates were able to pick up their form and win the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, earning a combined $600,000 in prize money at those two events. In BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, Team Vitality finished in second place at the tournament and won $85,000. BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 finished in 4th-6th place for Vitality, which earned them $17,500 in prize money and a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. ZywOo and his team also competed in the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 where they finished in 3rd-4th place and won $80,000.
The last championship where Team Vitality competed was Gamers8 2023, a LAN event in Saudi Arabia. The tournament organisers invited Team Vitality to compete in the $1,000,000 event. The draw determined the first opponent for ZywOo and the Brazilian team from MIBR. The Brazilian team could not oppose the European club. The victory with the score 2:0 (Anubis - 16-7, Inferno - 16-8) took Team Vitality to the quarter-finals of the championship. After defeating Natus Vincere on two maps in a row (Mirage - 16-2, Nuke - 16-11), the European club advanced to the semi-finals. The full bo3 series against G2 Esports ended with Vitality's victory. Team Vitality outplayed ENCE 2-1 (Anubis - 7-16, Mirage - 16-12, Nuke - 16-9) in the decisive confrontation of the tournament. The win at Gamers8 2023 earned Vitality $400,000 in prize money.
As a result of the seeding of the group stage of ESL Pro League Season 18, Team Vitality was placed in Group A. ZywOo and team won their first match in the quarter-finals of the top set against Polish mix ORKS with a score of 2:0. The semi-final ended with Team Vitality defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas on two maps in a row (Mirage - 16-3, Nuke -16-9). Thus ZywOo and his teammates reached the finals of the upper grid.
Statistics of Team Vitality's latest results:
- Victory over Ninjas in Pyjamas with a score of 2:0
- 2:0 win over ORKS
- Victory over ENCE 2:1
- 2:1 win over G2 Esports
- 2:0 win over Natus Vincere
Movistar Riders uniform
The Spanish team 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 the qualifiers. 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. In the next game Movistar Riders also defeated GamerLegion with the same result (Anubis - 16-12, Ancient - 19-16).
Movistar Riders recent results statistics:
- A 2-0 victory over GamerLegion
- 2:0 win over FURIA Esports
- Defeat by ZenGaming with the score 12-16
- 16-14 win over Team Spirit
- 16-6 win over Team OWL
Match History of Team Vitality - Movistar Riders
The participants of this match have not played against each other on the professional scene since the beginning of this year.
Predicted result of the match Team Vitality - Movistar Riders
Team Vitality are in a very good shape right now. Yes, their opponent reached the final of the grid without losing a single game, but ZywOo and his teammates have more chances to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament. Let's bet on the victory of Team Vitality.
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Bookmakers & Statistics
According to leading bookmakers predictions, the team Vitality are the favorite with average odds 1.074 at the moment. Respectively, bookmakers consider Movistar Riders to be the outsider of the match with odds on a victory in the sum of about 8.662.
How the teams played in the last matches
Last Matches | Movistar Riders | Vitality |
5 matches (wins) | 3 | 5 |
10 matches (wins) | 4 | 8 |
Gamblers will definitely be interested in the statistics of personal meetings between the teams. The teams played 4 matches with each other before. And Movistar Riders won 3 times while Vitality correspondingly became the winner 1 times.