Imperial Esports vs paiN Gaming – 2026 PGL Masters Bucharest CS2 Match

Imperial Esports vs paiN Gaming Counter-Strike 2 match ended 2 - 1 in favour of Imperial Esports and was played on Sep 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 PGL Masters Bucharest South America - South America UB Semifinal.

Breakdown of the match

• Imperial Esports won Game 1 with 13 -  9 on Inferno
• paiN Gaming won Game 2 with 13 -  9 on Dust II
• Imperial Esports won Game 3 with 13 -  10 on Mirage

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was noway with 55 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by Snow with 24 assists.

Head-to-head stats

Imperial Esports and paiN Gaming had previously played each other 24 times . Imperial Esports had won 9 times , paiN Gaming had won 15 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Feb 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM in 2026 PGL Masters Bucharest where Imperial Esports won 2 - 0 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a favorite in this match, and predicted Imperial Esports to win with 62.9% of the votes in their favor and 37.1% of the votes for paiN Gaming .

Where to watch

The Imperial Esports 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 2026 PGL Masters Bucharest , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.