Aurora Gaming vs Astralis – 2025 Starladder Budapest Major CS2 Match

Aurora Gaming vs Astralis Counter-Strike 2 match ended 1 - 2 in favour of Astralis and was played on Dec 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2025 Starladder Budapest Major Swiss Stage - Swiss Stage.

Breakdown of the match

• Aurora Gaming won Game 1 with 13 -  11 on Nuke
• Astralis won Game 2 with 13 -  8 on Train
• Astralis won Game 3 with 13 -  11 on Mirage

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was XANTARES with 53 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by HooXi with 19 assists.

Head-to-head stats

Aurora Gaming and Astralis had previously played each other 8 times . Aurora Gaming had won 4 times , Astralis had won 4 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Oct 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM in 2025 Starladder Budapest Major where Aurora Gaming won 2 - 1 .

Match prediction

Strafe users believed it would be a close match, and predicted Aurora Gaming to win with 57.5% of the votes in their favor and 42.5% of the votes for Astralis .

Where to watch

The Aurora 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 2025 Starladder Budapest Major , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.