Group Stage
Format: BO3
The fifth season of the Chinese OGA Dota PIT kicks off on Saturday, August 07. Rounding out the opening game day will be a clash between PSG.LGD and Vici Gaming. With what attitude will the winner of the Kyiv majors start?
OGA Dota PIT S5: China is a Chinese Dota 2 tournament that will brighten August, specifically from the 07th to the 16th. The tournament will see the eight strongest teams in the region competing for $150,000. The group stage will take place from August 07 to 10, and the play-offs will start on August 11.
PSG.LGD: Does the International favourite need this tournament?
The PSG.LGD team is now a formidable LAN machine that is almost a major contender to win The International 10. In both majors, the boys have finished the prizes, and the last one in Kyiv they even won.
The teams will cheat, not show their best Dota, because The International ten is ahead. Before October, Valve should still release another patch, which should at least slightly change today’s meta. Therefore, strategies will not all work. The only unclear thing is the state in which the teams are approaching this tournament. It is evident that PSG.LGD, after the information about the postponement of the main tournament and in connection with the victory in the Majors, are likely to continue to play casually. Like it was in the play-offs of i-League 2021, where the guys made uncharacteristic mistakes.
Of course, the PSG.LGD phenomenon cannot be written off, these guys do not lose games, but I do not expect miracles. Priority is different, and the mood is different from that of their opponents. And if you look at the whole year 2021, PSG.LGD in the Chinese scene is always extremely difficult.
Vici Gaming: Another attempt to win something for VG
Vici Gaming continue to play steadily, picking methinks drafts and hardly experimenting. If we talk about trophies, the VG team has not seen them for a long time, since May 2020, so the team plays highly motivated and attentive every tournament.
Yes, the VG team is inferior to almost any top team in China, be it PSG.LGD or Aster, but they give considerable problems in games even to them.
Vici Gaming’s goal for this tournament is to win! They obviously can’t do otherwise, but their effort alone is not enough. It is essential to understand the spirit with which the leaders will play, and here PSG.LGD may give them a map or even two, depending on how VG will be in the game themselves. Their attitude was demonstrated at i-League 2021, where they reached the Grand Final but only became the vice-champion.
Expert Betting Tips
This match will please us with three maps, so I recommend betting on Total Over 2.5 maps for 2.98.
I dare to suppose that VG will have a higher motivation than the favourite, and the underdog of this encounter will even win for 2.40.
The exact score of the match is 1-2 in favour of Vici Gaming; odds on that are 4.20.
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