Team Spirit vs PaiN Gaming Tips & Live Stream – Team Spirit Start Their Quest for BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Title

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Team Spirit vs paiN Gaming Counter-Strike 2 betting tips for Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Round 1 of BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 3 (11:15 CDT)
Team Spirit are expected to win
paiN Gaming are in great shape and can cause damage

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Team Spirit vs paiN Gaming Predictions

Team Spirit and paiN Gaming will cross swords for the first time this season on Thursday, June 12, in the first round of BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Stage 3.

Team Spirit vs paiN Gaming Predictions
Head to Head
Where to Watch Team Spirit vs paiN Gaming Live?
Team Spirit Form
Team Spirit Squad & Team News
PaiN Gaming Form
PaiN Gaming Squad & Team News

Team Spirit enter this match as heavy favourites and one of the live candidates to win the entire event. Even though they've not accomplished as much as Vitality this season, the Russian outfit have managed to win two S-Tier tournaments and placed top four in four events.

PaiN Gaming, on the other hand, have yet to leave a lasting mark in bigger events, but they've had a promising run through Stage 2 and enter the third stage of the event in great shape.

Team Spirit are the better team, but they are a bit rusty, so it is not beyond the realms of possibilities that paiN Gaming can keep this game close.

Team Spirit are aiming for the Major title
paiN Gaming are in good form
The Brazilians can leave a dent in Spirit

Head to Head

PaiN Gaming and Team Spirit have yet to meet this season.

Where to Watch Team Spirit vs paiN Gaming Live?

Esports fans can watch the Team Spirit vs paiN Gaming game live on all prominent streaming platforms and via live streaming services offered by the best betting sites. That includes Stake, where you can find in-play BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 markets.

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Team Spirit Form

Team Spirit played their last match just under a month ago when they defeated Astralis in the PGL Astana 2025 grand finals to win their second S-Tier tournament of the season.

Despite the lack of tournament titles, Spirit have done relatively well, pacing inside the top four in six events. It is also important to note that they got eliminated from three events by either MOUZ or Team Vitality and have not shown any signs of struggle when faced with lower-rated Counter-Strike 2 teams.

This is a stacked team with some of the best players from their region, so it is fair to have high expectations of Spirit. But while the quality is there, Spirit have also not played a single game in over a month, so rust could be an issue this Thursday.

Team Spirit Squad & Team News

No roster changes for Team Spirit.

Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov
Boris "magixx" Vorobyev
Myroslav "zont1x" Plakhotja
Danil "donk" Kryshkovets
Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov

PaiN Gaming Form

PaiN Gaming have not found much success in the tournaments leading to the Major, but they had to play with their coach as a stand-in for dgt, which explains the lacklustre results.

For Stage 2 of the Major, paiN had their full lineup available, and it showed, as the Brazilian squad made it through the stage with a promising 3-1 record, beating Nemiga Gaming, FURIA, and Lynn Vision Gaming. Their only loss of the stage came against Virtus.pro.

Now back in full force, paiN Gaming look far more potent and should not be underestimated, especially after seeing them put up a fight against other elite teams earlier this season.

PaiN Gaming Squad & Team News

No changes for PaiN Gaming.

Rodrigo "biguzera" Bittencourt
Lucas "nqz" Soares
João "snow" Vinicius
David "dav1deuS" Tapia
Franco "dgt" Garcia

Verdict

Team Spirit v PaiN Gaming

This should be a fairly straightforward game for Team Spirit. They've accomplished a lot more than paiN Gaming this season and field a better and more experienced roster.

On the other side, paiN Gaming are, unlike Spirit, warmed up, and they've looked pretty solid in the second stage of the Major. While that might not be enough for any major upsets, we're getting Pain Gaming at 1.72 with a 5-round advantage, which is a very generous offer.

PaiN +5.5 Rounds

Round Handicap

@8/11 - 3 Units

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