Match preview · BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 Finals

paiN vs Astralis — match prediction & analysis

31 July at 18:05 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Every call we publish goes up before the match and stays up afterwards, right or wrong. This is the reasoning behind paiN vs Astralis at BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 Finals.

Our call: Astralis to win — 52% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

Astralis won 1–2. ✅ Our call was right — we said Astralis at 52%.

Nuke — 13–10

Inferno — 17–19

Mirage — 14–16

Head to head

paiN and Astralis have met 4 times in the period we track — paiN 2, Astralis 2.

The maps

Nuke — paiN's pick

Inferno — Astralis's pick

Mirage — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Series — Astralis to win 2-1

🎯 paiN to win Nuke

🎯 Astralis to win Inferno

🎯 Astralis to win Mirage

More on these teams

All paiN predictions and results
All Astralis predictions and results

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Statistical model estimates, published for entertainment. Match data: HLTV.org.