{"id":25619,"date":"2025-05-17T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T02:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=25619"},"modified":"2025-05-17T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T18:38:35","slug":"furia-vs-spirit-semi-final-prediction-pgl-astana-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/cs2-predictions\/furia-vs-spirit-semi-final-prediction-pgl-astana-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"FURIA vs Spirit &#8211; Semi-final Prediction &#8211; PGL Astana 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Match Overview<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The second semi-final of <strong>PGL Astana 2025<\/strong> will see Brazilian team <strong>FURIA <\/strong>face off against one of the best teams in the world, <strong>Spirit<\/strong>. Both teams made it to the playoff stage confidently, and now they\u2019re here to fight for the <strong>Grand Final<\/strong>. These two teams met before at<strong> Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024<\/strong>, and <strong>Spirit <\/strong>won with a <strong>score of 13-6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/xplay.gg\/pickem?utm_source=blixgg&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=pickem_predictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xplay&#8217;s CS2 Pick&#8217;em<\/a>, make predictions for CS2 matches to get<strong> <mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Free Rewards<\/mark><\/strong>. Accurate predictions earn points, in-game currency, and skins &#8211; from AWPs to Knives and Gloves. You can participate for <strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Free <\/mark><\/strong>or in <strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Premium Mode<\/mark> <\/strong>with even more bonuses and a chance to get into the<strong> <mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Top 100<\/mark><\/strong>, where real prizes are awarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfur-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfur-1.png 346w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfur-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfur-1-150x118.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfuria.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfuria.png 706w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfuria-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfuria-150x88.png 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/spfuria-450x263.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spirit vs. FURIA &#8211; Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Team and Players Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FURIA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though they didn\u2019t have many problems making it to the playoff stage, on their way, they met mostly Brazilian teams, which they know how to play against, and it\u2019s hard to judge their real level at this point. But the addition of players <strong>\u2018molodoy\u2019 <\/strong>for the sniper role and <strong>\u2018YEKINDAR\u2019 <\/strong>already makes them look like a better team than they were before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spirit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>They didn\u2019t lose a single map so far at this tournament and completely demolished their opponents. <strong>\u2018donk\u2019 <\/strong>and <strong>\u2018sh1ro\u2019 <\/strong>were the stars to lead them most of the times but in their quarter-final match it looked like every player was at their A-Game and every <strong>Spirit\u2019s <\/strong>player ended up having a positive rating throughout the whole series which is a sign of them being in a great shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">molodoy is happy to play in front of his home crowd<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So guys, quick post from me <br><br>Qualified for Astana playoff. Happy to play in front of my home crowd. <br><br>I can promise, that we will try to show our best game! <br><br>Love you guys!<br>Let\u2019s go FURIA!<\/p>&mdash; Danil Golubenko (@tvoy_molodoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tvoy_molodoy\/status\/1922344339914490094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Match Prediction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spirit <\/strong>is clearly a favorite to win this match and this tournament overall. They\u2019re a more experienced team and have more skilled players individually. We expect <strong>Spirit to win<\/strong> this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Can <\/em><strong><em>FURIA <\/em><\/strong><em>somehow surprise <\/em><strong><em>Spirit <\/em><\/strong><em>and win against one of the best teams in the world, or will it be <\/em><strong><em>Spirit <\/em><\/strong><em>to crush another opponent on their way to the <\/em><strong><em>Grand Final<\/em><\/strong><em>? We will have to see it this <\/em><strong><em>Saturday <\/em><\/strong><em>at <\/em><strong><em>16:00 CET<\/em><\/strong><em>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t know where to bet on this match, you can check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/betting\/best-cs2-betting-sites-for-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our list of top betting sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match Overview The second semi-final of PGL Astana 2025 will see Brazilian team FURIA face off against one of the best teams in the world, Spirit. Both teams made it to the playoff stage confidently, and now they\u2019re here to fight for the Grand Final. These two teams met before at Perfect World Shanghai Major<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":25620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-25619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs2-predictions","8":"tag-cs2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25653,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25619\/revisions\/25653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}