Astralis vs paiN Gaming – 2025 Intel Extreme Masters Cologne CS2 Match

Astralis vs paiN Gaming Counter-Strike 2 match ended 2 - 1 in favour of Astralis and was played on Jul 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2025 Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Play-In - Play-In Lower.

Breakdown of the match

• Astralis won Game 1 with 13 -  4 on Nuke
• paiN Gaming won Game 2 with 13 -  8 on Ancient
• Astralis won Game 3 with 13 -  11 on Inferno

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was Jabbi with 56 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by Snow with 18 assists.

Head-to-head stats

Astralis and paiN Gaming had previously played each other 4 times . Astralis had won 3 times , paiN Gaming had won 1 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on May 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM in 2025 Intel Extreme Masters Cologne where Astralis won 2 - 0 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a favorite in this match, and predicted Astralis to win with 67.4% of the votes in their favor and 32.6% of the votes for paiN Gaming .

Where to watch

The Astralis vs paiN Gaming 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 2025 Intel Extreme Masters Cologne , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.