Match Prediction: Heroic - Movistar Riders | Counter-Strike (CS2)

Heroic and Movistar Riders will meet as part of the opening match of group B at ESL Pro League Season 17. Perhaps, this is exactly the match in which there is no intrigue and nothing to even talk about.

First of all, the Spanish team has been in a terrible state for half a year, and even the last random wins won't make you change your mind. In other words, Movistar Riders appears to be the clear outsider of Group B, and there is an idea that the team won't win a single match at all.

As for the Danish team, the guys recently reached the finals of IEM Katowice 2023, where, although they lost, they still managed to open up during the championship and showed a decent game.

In general, I would not look for intrigue where it does not exist. Therefore, here I would take a closer look at the crushing victory of the Danish team Heroic. Moreover, it makes sense to consider the minimums on each map, since Movistar Riders from the first rounds will show that they are not ready for a big championship.

Form Heroic

The second team of the world ranking played ambiguously in the framework of the opening tournament BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023, where they managed to lose once in the group to Evil Geniuses. Nevertheless, in the Play-In the Danish team got what they needed and solved their problem.

Then Heroic went to the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023, where it began to gain momentum. And after a difficult victory over Complexity Gaming, the guys got two confident victories on their way to the playoffs.

Already here, the team was able to close NAVI without a chance, showing confidence and the ability to adapt. However, in the final Heroic failed to close G2's streak, but at least the Danes took the map away.

Heroic's latest results:

• Victory over Complexity Gaming with a score of 2:1.
• Victory over OG with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Vitality with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Natus Vincere with a score of 2:0.
• Defeated by G2 with a score of 1:3.

Best Heroic Maps:

• Overpass - 75% of wins.
• Mirage - 71% of wins.
• Inferno - 70% win rate.
• Vertigo - 50% of wins.

Let's not forget that the Danish team usually refuses the Anubis card.

Movistar Riders Uniform

The 31st team in the world ranking continued to fail in the new season. In particular, the Spanish team managed to get out of several open qualifiers and didn't make it to the closed qualifiers for the RMR tournament.

Along the way, Movistar Riders failed at CCT South Europe Series 2 and OMEN WGR Challenge 2023, and was also defeated by LDLC at ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe.

In general, the situation is deplorable, but at the recent CCT Central Europe Series Finals 1, the team even made it to the playoffs. Fortunately, everything returned to the original there, since the Spaniards quickly lost to Bad News Eagles and ENCE, deservedly taking off.

Movistar Riders latest results:

• Lost to ENCE with a score of 11:16.
• Victory over Sprout with a score of 2:0.
• Victory over Team Spirit with a score of 2:1.
• Lost to the Bad News Eagles with a score of 0:2.
• Lost to ENCE with a score of 1:2.

The best maps of Movistar Riders:

• Mirage - 40% of wins.
• Inferno - 33% of wins.
• Overpass - 33% of wins.
• Anubis - 33% of wins.
• Nuke - 29% win rate

In turn, the Spanish team stopped showing up on the Overpass map.

Heroic vs Movistar Riders match statistics

The last time the teams played each other was in 2021.

Heroic vs Movistar Riders Prediction

I believe that in a good mind to believe in the Spanish team is impossible. It doesn't even matter what maps they play on, because Movistar Riders will merge everywhere.

In general, in order not to waste letters, it is enough to get by with a simple conclusion: the Danish team has gained excellent shape in Katowice, and in a couple of weeks they will definitely not become weaker.

Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on the victory of the Heroic team with a score of 2:0.