OGA Dota PIT S5 China betting picks – August 10, 2021

ESB’s free Dota 2 betting predictions for Tuesday, August 10 focus on two OGA Dota PIT S5 China bouts. Here are our best bets for Vici Gaming vs Aster.Aries and Invictus Gaming vs Team Aster, with odds courtesy of the top esports bookmakers for gamblers in United States.


Vici Gaming and Aster.Aries both suffered losses in their opening matches of the tournament. Vici lost against their arch-rivals PSG.LGD (1-2), whereas Aries proved to be no match for Elephant (0-2).

These teams last met in March during FMWH Dota2 Championship Season 3, where Aster.Aries stunned Vici and won 2-0. It was, however, a somewhat undeserved win, so we wouldn’t put too much weight on that result.

Aster.Aries enter this match as +543 underdogs, which seems fair since they’re an academy roster and a significantly weaker team than Vici; however, they seem disrespected in the first blood market. Aries like to play with a bit more aggression, especially when faced with tougher opposition, so we have to take a shot with the outsiders to get their name on the board first.


Team Aster made a strong start to the tournament, winning 2-1 against Royal Never Give Up on Saturday and then adding a 2-0 sweep against Sparking Arrow Gaming a day later. Invictus Gaming, meanwhile, suffered a devastating reverse-sweep loss (1-2) against RNG on Sunday.

These two sides last met in May during the first season of i-League. Team Aster won the first match 2-0 but couldn’t emulate that success four days later when IG secured a 2-1 revenge win.

Aster are 4-2 up in the head-to-head stakes this year and 3-1 across their last four outings. We expect them to do well on Tuesday as well, but it won’t be a one-sided affair.