paiN Gaming vs Astralis – 2026 BLAST Bounty Summer CS2 Match

paiN Gaming vs Astralis Counter-Strike 2 match ended 1 - 2 in favour of Astralis and was played on Jul 31, 2026 at 4:09 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 BLAST Bounty Summer Bracket - Quarterfinal.

Breakdown of the match

• paiN Gaming won Game 1 with 13 -  10 on Nuke
• Astralis won Game 2 with 19 -  17 on Inferno
• Astralis won Game 3 with 16 -  14 on Mirage

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was ryu with 60 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by HooXi with 25 assists.

Head-to-head stats

paiN Gaming and Astralis had previously played each other 8 times . paiN Gaming had won 3 times , Astralis had won 5 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Jun 8, 2026 at 11:56 AM in 2026 BLAST Bounty Summer where paiN Gaming won 2 - 0 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a clear favorite in this match, and predicted Astralis to win with 70.8% of the votes in their favor and 29.2% of the votes for paiN Gaming .

Where to watch

The paiN Gaming vs Astralis live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the CS2 match calendar .

Follow the rest of the action from 2026 BLAST Bounty Summer , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.