One of the matches of the last stream of the first matchday of the DreamLeague Season 20 Online Championship. Fans of esrotest Dota 2 will be treated to a match between Chinese Team Aster and European club OG. For the teams, this event sttunet a great workout before the Bali Major 2023. Which of the participants is the favorite of this confrontation? Find out below.
In this betting series you will find out how the teams have fared since the beginning of the season, how they fared at the previous tournament and the likely outcome of this bo2 contest.
Team Aster form
Team Aster started the season in second place in the DPC CN 2023 Tour 1: Division I, but at the Lima Major 2023, the Chinese club finished 7th-8th. In the second round, DPC Team Aster finished in fourth place, which allowed them to travel to Berlin for the Major tournament. At ESL One Berlin Major 2023, BoBoKa and his teammates repeated the result they achieved in Lima, finishing in 7th-8th place. At the inaugural ESL Pro Tour Dota 2 2023 tournament, DreamLeague Season 19, Team Aster finished in 11th-12th place, earning $20,000.
Before DreamLeague Season 20, Team Aster played in the DPC CN 2023 Tour 3: Division I. There, the team started their performance on a series of five wins before losing two matches and being forced to play a bo3 tiebreaker against Invictus Gaming for 2-3rd place in the standings. After losing 1-2 to IG, Team Aster finished in third place, which earned the team $27,000 and 200 DPC points. The Aster will also fly to Bali.
Team Aster's latest results statistics:
- 1-2 loss to Invictus Gaming
- 0-2 loss to PSG.LGD
- 1-2 loss to Invictus Gaming
- 2-1 win over Xtreme Gaming
- 2-0 win over Aster.Aries
OG Form
It is already safe to say that 2023 is a bad year for OG. The renowned European side missed two of the three major tournaments of the season. The achievements include fifth place at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 1: Division I, fourth place at DPC WEU 2023 Tour 2: Division I and 5th-6th place at ESL One Berlin Major 2023. The previous tournament in the series, namely DreamLeague Season 19, saw OG finish in fifth place, failing to make the second group stage. For such an achievement, Yuragi and his teammates earned $52,500 in prize money.
The previous event for OG was the first division in Western Europe, DPC WEU 2023 Tour 3: Division I. There the European side did not perform to their best advantage. The 3-4 stats ensured that OG finished fifth in the league, leaving Chu and his team without a trip to the Bali Major 2023. The team was awarded $25,000 and 50 DPC points as a prize.
Recent OG results statistics:
- 2-0 win over D1 Hustlers
- 2-0 win over Entity
- 0-2 loss to Gaimin Gladiators
- 0-2 defeat of Team Liquid
- Defeat Team Secret 2:1
Team Aster vs OG match history
The last time Team Aster and OG played each other in the ESL One Malaysia 2022 Grand Final was at the end of August last year. OG won then 3-0, but given that too much time has passed since then, this result is not valid.
Predicted result of the Team Aster - OG match
If we compare the form of the teams, Team Aster is slightly stronger than OG at the moment, but the latter clearly don't intend to just give the victory to their group rivals. The teams will play a competitive game and the match will end in a draw.