Match Overview
Spirit will face off against Ninjas in Pyjamas in the quarter-final of PGL Astana 2025. One of the best teams in the world, Spirit, against the European team NiP, which went through many roster shuffles and tried to get to the top. These two teams met each other at the group stage earlier this tournament, and Spirit won with a score of 2-0.
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Last Heads-up Match Result and Players’ Statistics


Current Team and Players Form
Spirit
They’ve been in great shape for a long time already, and they’re one of the best teams in the world. The only matches they lost recently were against elite-level teams such as Vitality, Falcons, and MOUZ. ‘sh1ro’ is consistently in good form, which is important when you’re a sniper for your team. ‘Donk’ is leading the scoreboards for his team as he should be, being the number one rifler in the world, and the rest of the team is there as usual to support their stars.
Ninjas in Pyjamas
After many reshuffles they went through they’re yet to prove that they’re back to the top. It is better for them now since they won against G2 at the group stage, even though G2 is not at their best, but other than that, NiP didn’t show good results against top teams yet. ‘r1nkle’ is their star player. He usually shows consistency, while ‘Snappi’ is the in-game leader, and his huge experience on a big scene should help this team.
‘arrozdoce’ and ‘ewjerkz’, who played for Portuguese teams mostly, are trying themselves in this mix. They have also done great at this tournament so far. ‘sjuush’ is another experienced piece in this roster, and he has shown the best performance against top teams so far.
r1nkle is happy about his first arena appearance
Match Prediction
Spirit is by far the more experienced team here, and they’re better both as a team and individually. NiP has yet to show us what they’re capable of against a team of Spirit’s caliber at a playoff stage. We expect Spirit to win this match.
Can the motivation of a newly formed mix NiP beat one of the best teams in the world, or will it be Spirit to demolish their opponent? We will have to see it this Friday at 16:00 CET!
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