EMPIRE vs Team Aether – 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 51: North America - Cup #4 CS2 Match

EMPIRE vs Team Aether Counter-Strike 2 match ended 0 - 2 in favour of Team Aether and was played on Apr 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 51: North America - Cup #4 Bracket - Round of 16.

Breakdown of the match

• Team Aether won Game 1 with 13 -  1 on Dust II
• Team Aether won Game 2 with 13 -  5 on Ancient

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was bezymecc with 40 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by xaler with 10 assists.

Head-to-head stats

EMPIRE and Team Aether had previously played each other 1 times . EMPIRE had won 1 times , Team Aether had won 0 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Apr 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM in 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 51: North America - Cup #4 where EMPIRE won 2 - 1 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had an overwhelming favorite in this match, and predicted EMPIRE to win with 83.1% of the votes in their favor and 16.9% of the votes for Team Aether .

Where to watch

The EMPIRE vs Team Aether 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 ESL Challenger League Season 51: North America - Cup #4 , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.