During the long hiatus before the start of The International, which is late this year, there are quite a few interesting events taking place on the network. One of the most interesting is OGA Dota Pit Season 5: China.
Not many tournaments today will be able to boast of a line-up of participants, where 5 out of 8 teams will play at The International. All the more interesting it is for us to watch the battles.
The truth is, we will not always be able to watch TI-players. This case is just such a "time".
Royal Never Give Up vs. RNG. We are figuring out who will improve their tournament situation and get an important victory for themselves.
RNG form
Following a good tradition, we will begin the analysis of the fight with the form of the nominal favorite of the meeting. In our case, this will be the RNG.
We can agree with this, since already at OGA Dota Pit Season 5: China RNG showed a very decent game, imposing a fight on Aster and outplaying IG. Against this background, SAGs look less formidable opponents.
Royal Never Give Up Latest matches
- Lost to Invictus Gaming with a score of 0-2
- Lost to PSG.LGD with a score of 0-2
- Lost to VG 0-2
- Defeat from Team Aster with a score of 1-2
- Defeat Invictus Gaming 2-1
As we can see, while the matches against the obvious giants of China are difficult for RNG, but the work is visible. After losing in the closed qualifiers for TI10 from China, RNGs continue to play and fight, which is good news.
Sparking Arrow Gaming Form
Sparking Arrow Gaming will be the absolute outsider. The team missing stars from the sky in the 2021 season.
After dropping out of the elite division in the second season, DPC SAG was replaced in the roster of two players, but this did not entail any positive changes: in the closed qualifiers for TI 10, the team took 5-6 place.
SAG Latest Matches Results
- Lost to VG 0-2
- Defeat Phoenix Gaming 2-1
- Lost to EHOME 0-2
- Lost to MagMa 0-2
- Defeat to Team Aster with a score of 2-0
If RNGs are constantly fighting with the Chinese elite, giving them a fight in places, in the case of Sparking Arrow Gaming things are a bit different. They beat Phoenix Gaming with battles and lose to MagMa (which, however, were quite convincing in the closed qualifiers).
Personal meeting history
Previously, the teams managed to play a good pool of official games with each other. For the last 5 matches, Royal Never Give Up is in the lead with a score of 3-2.
The outcome of the fight
At OGA Dota Pit Season 5: China, teams like to experiment and have fun with might and main, but this is more likely the sin of the teams that have already got to TI. RNG and SAG should show a stable Dota, as victory is extremely important.
In this match, I don’t see why SAGs can beat well-played RNGs. That's why I bet on clean 2-0 in favor of RNG.
Result: 2-0 in favor of RNG.
