Matchups set for day three at PGL Astana

G2 and GamerLegion are fighting for survival in Kazakhstan.

G2 and GamerLegion have discovered their opponents in the 0-2 pool at PGL Astana, being M80 and HOTU respectively.

The matchup pits Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa against his former side at a tough time for the Guetamalan individually in G2. After a 1.12 rating in G2 last year, he has dropped to a 1.06 in 2025 and will have a point to prove against his old team.

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GamerLegion will face a HOTU side that came dangerously close to upsetting Aurora on day two, losing 13-11 on a map three decider.

After missing the Major, the pressure is on GamerLegion to go into the summer break with a good result with just Astana and IEM Dallas left to do so.

0-2 matches

Date	Matches
PGL Astana 2025
12/05/2025	GamerLegion 11:15 HOTU	Match
12/05/2025	M80 13:10 G2	Match

In the 2-0 matches, Astralis face Spirit in the first stern test since Rasmus "⁠HooXi⁠" Nielsen's arrival after The MongolZ play Natus Vincere.

2-0 matches

Date	Matches
PGL Astana 2025
12/05/2025	The MongolZ 13:30 Natus Vincere	Match
12/05/2025	Astralis 16:00 Spirit	Match

In the 1-1 pool, which will kick off the day with four games, Aurora will hope they can warm into the tournament against an impressive Ninjas in Pyjamas side after struggling against HOTU.

We will also see two Brazilian derbies with FURIA against MIBR and paiN against ODDIK.

1-1 matches

Date	Matches
PGL Astana 2025
12/05/2025	FURIA 07:00 MIBR	Match
12/05/2025	BIG 07:00 Virtus.pro	Match
12/05/2025	paiN 08:55 ODDIK	Match
12/05/2025	Ninjas in Pyjamas 10:20 Aurora	Match