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

BIG vs paiN Gaming Counter-Strike 2 match ended 1 - 2 in favour of paiN Gaming and was played on Jul 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM . 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

• BIG won Game 1 with 13 -  7 on Ancient
• paiN Gaming won Game 2 with 13 -  3 on Nuke
• paiN Gaming won Game 3 with 13 -  11 on Inferno

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was JDC with 49 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by tabseN with 24 assists.

Head-to-head stats

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

The prior match between them was played on Dec 6, 2024 at 8:00 AM in 2025 Intel Extreme Masters Cologne where paiN Gaming won 2 - 1 .

Match prediction

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

Where to watch

The BIG vs paiN Gaming live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the CS2 match calendar .

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