FinalIEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 2

Monte vs paiN 2–0

Tue, Jun 9, 12:01 PM

Monte

Bo3

paiN

Monte won 2–0 at IEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 2.

Player stats

MVP · ADR from Abios; rating ≈ HLTV 1.0 (no KAST)

Monte

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%	ADR	Rating
AZUWU	39	22	8	+17	46%	75	1.44
Rainwaker	36	21	8	+15	39%	94	1.39
afro	29	19	17	+10	21%	78	1.31
GIZMY	25	30	12	-5	76%	69	0.90
Bymas	20	25	9	-5	30%	57	1.00

paiN

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%	ADR	Rating
saffee	33	29	4	+4	33%	82	1.07
Snow	28	30	6	-2	57%	65	0.94
biguzera	20	33	2	-13	50%	48	0.66
vsm	19	29	12	-10	63%	62	0.78
piria	17	28	10	-11	65%	50	0.76

Map veto

1paiN banned Ancient
2Monte banned Overpass
3paiN picked Nuke
4Monte picked Dust2
5paiN banned Inferno
6Monte banned Anubis
7Mirage was left over

Map-by-map breakdown

How Monte vs paiN played out across the maps.

Map 1Nuke13–5

Halftime 8–4

Monte 8 CT · 5 T · 1 pistolpaiN 1 CT · 4 T · 1 pistol

Monte

paiN

CT round win T round win

Map 2Dust213–11

Halftime 5–7

Monte 8 CT · 5 T · 0 pistolspaiN 7 CT · 4 T · 2 pistols

Monte

paiN

CT round win T round win

Our prediction

paiN

Odds: Monte 1.8 · paiN 2.1 (Duel)

paiN are the favourite according to the book and the best price on them is longer than that fair line. That combination doesn't come along often at a Major. We take it. The map pool case for paiN is real. On Nuke, paiN win 81% of the time across 16 maps, one of the strongest single-map records in this entire dataset. Monte sit at just 45% on Nuke across 11 maps. If Nuke gets played, this series is likely over before map three. Anubis is paiN's other weapon at 83% across six maps, while Monte are strong there too at 80%, so that battleground is more even, but it still anchors paiN's comfort zone. Monte's best map, Dust2 at 67%, is one paiN also handle competently at 56%. The public is looking at Monte's 22 ranking versus paiN at 19 and calling this a coin flip or slight paiN edge. the book agrees it's a slight paiN edge. The recreational market disagrees, offering a price that implies Monte are actually favoured. That's the mispricing. paiN's recent run of beating Astralis and FlyQuest 2-0 at this same event shows they arrived in form. Monte dropped their last three series against BetBoom, G2 and G2 again. The trajectory points one direction. Back paiN at the inflated price.

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