It’s a case of David and Goliath within the Playoffs of ESL Professional League Season 17 for certain, however can Movistar be capable of check G2’s shaken resolve?
Earlier than this match, anybody and everybody would have been completely certain that G2 would wipe the ground with Movistar Riders. This may occur but, however the Spanish facet has skilled a little bit of a second wind whereas the German group has lastly revealed a slice of mortality, as exploited by Cloud9 and later, to a far lesser extent, Fnatic. G2 nonetheless go in as heavy favorites, however as everyone knows, something’s potential in CSGO. It doesn’t take one to usually bet on CSGO to need to learn previews and predictions — when you love the sport, you’ll take pleasure in this.
G2 Esports
Nonetheless ranked no 1 by an enormous margin, G2 are undoubtedly essentially the most formidable facet on this planet proper now. Their nerves appear to be a lot stronger, and their workforce chemistry is great. Nevertheless, just a few chinks of their previously seemingly impenetrable armor have revealed themselves, with Cloud9 changing into the primary workforce to beat them at a big-ticket LAN occasion since December of final 12 months. G2 may need to revisit some methods in the event that they need to keep on with their profitable methods.
Gamers
Nemanja “huNter-” Kovač
- HLTV Score: 1.12
- Impression Score: 1.22
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 72.1%
- Common Harm Spherical: 84.4
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.77
Justin “jks” Savage
- HLTV Score: 1.07
- Impression Score: 1.05
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 72.2%
- Common Harm Spherical: 77.3
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.70
Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov
- HLTV Score: 1.22
- Impression Score: 1.24
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 74.1%
- Common Harm Spherical: 79.3
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.78
Nikola “NiKo” Kovač
- HLTV Score: 1.15
- Impression Score: 1.30
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 71.2%
- Common Harm Spherical: 86.0
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.79
Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen
- HLTV Score: 0.86
- Impression Score:0.86
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded:66.8%
- Common Harm Spherical: 67.3
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.57
Participant to Watch
Given simply how good most of G2’s gamers are, it’s practically inconceivable to select one, however we’re going to go together with AWPer extraordinaire m0NESY.
Movistar Riders
The Spanish facet had been in shambles coming into this match, however the type of performances they’ve been capable of churn out with their backs in opposition to the wall are what takes a workforce from being good to true greatness. Nonetheless a younger workforce with not a lot expertise enjoying collectively, there’s so much that Riders may unlock inside themselves. They’ll solely hope that one in all these is the important thing to defeating the juggernaut that’s G2. Regardless of their low rank, Riders have the possibility of a lifetime to ship shockwaves by way of the CSGO scene.
Gamers
Alejandro ”mopoz” Fernández-Quejo Cano
- HLTV Score: 0.99
- Impression Score:1.07
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 71.3%
- Common Harm Spherical: 76.6
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.69
Alejandro ”ALEX” Masanet Candela
- HLTV Score: 1.03
- Impression Score: 0.98
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 71.1%
- Common Harm Spherical: 70.6
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.66
Pere “sausol” Solsona Saumell
- HLTV Score: 1.05
- Impression Score: 1.03
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 69.5%
- Common Harm Spherical: 75.6
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.69
David ”dav1g” Granado Bermudo
- HLTV Score: 0.92
- Impression Score: 0.86
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 68.1%
- Common Harm Spherical: 65.6
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.57
Antonio “Martinez” Martinez Sánchez
- HLTV Score: 1.09
- Impression Score: 1.10
- Kill/Help/Survived/Traded: 70.6%
- Common Harm Spherical: 71.0
- Kills Per Spherical: 0.72
Participant to Watch
With most of G2’s riflers capable of outgun their Riders’ counterparts, we’ll go together with Martinez because the topper for Riders.
ESL Professional League Season 17 Playoffs: G2 vs Movistar Riders Predictions
As a lot as we love fairy tales, this one will almost certainly grow to be a 2-0 for G2.
Maps
We’re guessing Riders will go together with Inferno whereas G2 chooses Nuke after Anubis will get banned. As for the final map, it’ll in all probability be Vertigo.
Rating
Map 1: G2 to win with Riders <9.
Map 2: G2 to win with Riders >12.
High Fragger
As soon as once more, we’ll go together with the most popular prodigy on the scene, m0NESY.
Match Hyperlinks
The match is slated to go stay on ESL’s Twitch or YouTube channels at 10:30 ET/09:30 CST/08:30 PT.
