THE UNIT vs The KnockoutX – 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 52: Asia-Pacific Cup #3 CS2 Match

THE UNIT vs The KnockoutX Counter-Strike 2 match ended 0 - 2 in favour of The KnockoutX and was played on Oct 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 52: Asia-Pacific Cup #3 Bracket - UB Quarterfinal.

Breakdown of the match

• The KnockoutX won Game 1 with 13 -  9 on Mirage
• The KnockoutX won Game 2 with 13 -  10 on Ancient

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was KLRoxy with 44 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by z1ayr with 15 assists.

Head-to-head stats

THE UNIT and The KnockoutX had previously played each other 1 times . THE UNIT had won 0 times , The KnockoutX had won 1 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Sep 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM in 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 52: Asia-Pacific Cup #3 where The KnockoutX won 2 - 0 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a clear favorite in this match, and predicted The KnockoutX to win with 75.4% of the votes in their favor and 24.6% of the votes for THE UNIT .

Where to watch

The THE UNIT vs The KnockoutX 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 52: Asia-Pacific Cup #3 , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.