Match Info

Players Championship - 1/8-finals

Date: 17 February 2026, Tuesday 🏁 Finished

Location: Telford International Centre (Telford) 🌤️ ...

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	Chris Wakelin		Guodong Xiao

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Chris Wakelin
40.3%

Guodong Xiao
59.7%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

41.4%

58.6%

Our Initial ML Estimation

39.9%

60.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Chris Wakelin has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.1%)

Guodong Xiao has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.1%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Chris Wakelin than the current prediction. (-0.4%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Guodong Xiao than the current prediction. (+0.4%)

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Wakelin is ranked World Ranking: 15. Xiao is ranked World Ranking: 10.

The recent form of both competitors has been shaky.

Xiao could have a small edge in this match.

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Wakelin won 4 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 28:19. (average 5.6:3.8).

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Chris Wakelin
Snooker
06.02.26	Chris Wakelin - Zhao Xintong	4:5 ✺
05.02.26	Chris Wakelin - Elliot Slessor	5:4 ✺
04.02.26	Chris Wakelin - Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5:0 ✺
26.01.26	Chris Wakelin - Ishpreet Chadha	4:5 ✺
14.01.26	Neil Robertson - Chris Wakelin	6:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 5 LWWLL
- Guodong Xiao
Snooker
07.02.26	Guodong Xiao - Zhao Xintong	3:6 ✺
06.02.26	Si Jiahui - Guodong Xiao	2:5 ✺
05.02.26	Guodong Xiao - Ronnie O`Sullivan	5:3 ✺
03.02.26	Guodong Xiao - Kyren Wilson	5:2 ✺
30.01.26	Judd Trump - Guodong Xiao	5:3 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 11.3 LWWWL

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

Chris Wakelin - Guodong Xiao