PGL Astana 2025Group StageTier A

NIP vs HOTU

NIP
20Finished
HOTU

NIP win the series 2-0

Start time
Format
Best of three
Tournament
PGL Astana 2025, Group Stage
Setting
LAN, Kazakhstan

Maps

  1. Map 1NIP53 min
  2. Map 2NIP40 min

Recap

NIP took the series 2-0 against HOTU. It was a clean sweep: NIP did not lose a map.

Form and rating going into this match

NIP

R1GG rating 1558 to 1572 pts+14 pts

LLWWWLLWWW

60% win rate · 57% of maps won

HOTU

R1GG rating 1481 to 1467 pts-14 pts

WLLWWWWWWL

70% win rate · 70% of maps won

How the rating works

The 90 days before this match

NIPHOTU
Series23-13 (64%)12-4 (75%)
BO3 series15-10 (60%)10-3 (77%)
BO1 matches6-3 (67%)1-0 (100%)
At LAN events1-2 (33%)1-2 (33%)
Online8-3 (73%)–
Maps47-30 (61%)26-11 (70%)
BO3 went to a third map10 of 25 (40%)4 of 13 (31%)
Average map length47 min43 min
Against the current top 201-3 (25%)0-1 (0%)

Completed series, forfeits left out. Map length counts maps with a start and end time.

Common opponents before this match

OpponentNIPHOTU
Aurora Gaming1-30-1

Teams both sides played in the 180 days before the match, with each side's series record against them.

Last 5 results before this match

NIP

  1. Lvs Aurora GamingPGL Astana 20251-2
  2. Lvs SpiritPGL Astana 20250-2
  3. Wvs Virtus.proPGL Astana 20252-1
  4. Wvs SharksFRAG Las Vegas 20253-0
  5. Wvs NRGFRAG Las Vegas 20252-1

HOTU

  1. Wvs GamerLegionPGL Astana 20252-0
  2. Lvs Aurora GamingPGL Astana 20251-2
  3. Lvs paiNPGL Astana 20250-2
  4. Wvs JiJieHaoPGL Astana: Asian Closed Qualifier 20253-0
  5. Wvs Rare AtomPGL Astana: Asian Closed Qualifier 20252-0

Lineups

NIP

Registered for this event

  • arrozdoce
  • ewjerkz
  • r1nkle
  • sjuush
  • Snappi

Same lineup as at PGL Astana: European Qualifier 2025.

HOTU

Registered for this event

  • dukefissura
  • kade0
  • lampada
  • mizu
  • youka

Head to head before this match

NIP and HOTU have not played each other in our records.

Schedule checked 10/15/26, 6:10 AM

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