paiN Gaming vs Passion UA – 2026 ESL Pro League Season 23 CS2 Match

paiN Gaming vs Passion UA Counter-Strike 2 match ended 2 - 1 in favour of paiN Gaming and was played on Mar 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 ESL Pro League Season 23 Stage 1 - Stage 1.

Breakdown of the match

• paiN Gaming won Game 1 with 13 -  7 on Inferno
• Passion UA won Game 2 with 13 -  8 on Overpass
• paiN Gaming won Game 3 with 13 -  9 on Mirage

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was piria with 47 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by Snow with 17 assists.

Head-to-head stats

paiN Gaming and Passion UA had previously played each other 1 times . paiN Gaming had won 1 times , Passion UA had won 0 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Nov 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM in 2026 ESL Pro League Season 23 where paiN Gaming won 2 - 0 .

Match prediction

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

Where to watch

The paiN Gaming vs Passion UA 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 Pro League Season 23 , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.