Match Info

Championship League

Date: 8 January 2026, Thursday

Location: Mattioli Arena (Leicester)


	Guodong Xiao		Ben Woollaston

	1	2
	1.57	2.38	Watch
	1.54	2.29	Watch
	1.5	2.6
	1.55	2.34	Watch
	1.57	2.37
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.55 ↑ (1.54)	2.4 ↑ (2.29)

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Current Win Probability

Guodong Xiao
60.8%

Ben Woollaston
39.2%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

59.8%

40.2%

Our Initial ML Estimation

61.2%

38.8%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Guodong Xiao has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1%)

Ben Woollaston has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1%)

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

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

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Preview

Xiao is ranked World Ranking: 11. Woollaston is ranked World Ranking: 36.

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Xiao won 2.

Xiao is in very good shape right now (last 5 games: 4 wins).

Woollaston is currently in poor form (in the last 5 games, wins – 1).

Woollaston may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

Xiao could have a small edge in this match.

We predict that Xiao will win today's game, with odds of 1.56.

In the last 7 head-to-head matches, Xiao won 3 matches, drew 1 match, lost 3 matches, and goals 22:18. (average 3.1:2.6).

Last Results with these Odds

Guodong Xiao - the odds 1.54 are the expected chance of winning is 59.79%, but this team recently wins 71% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Guodong Xiao
Snooker
08.01.26	Zhao Xintong - Guodong Xiao	0:3 ✺
07.01.26	Guodong Xiao - Antoni Kowalski	3:0 ✺
07.01.26	Guodong Xiao - Chris Wakelin	3:2 ✺
06.01.26	Guodong Xiao - Joe O`Connor	0:3 ✺
06.01.26	Guodong Xiao - Sijun Yuan	3:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 9.7 WWWLW
- Ben Woollaston
Snooker
08.01.26	Ben Woollaston - Matthew Selt	0:3 ✺
07.01.26	Ben Woollaston - Yuhao Lan	1:5 ✺
15.12.25	Sijun Yuan - Ben Woollaston	4:1 ✺
10.12.25	Ben Woollaston - Ben Mertens	30:55 ✺
29.11.25	John Higgins - Ben Woollaston	6:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 0 LLLLL

Latest Head to Head

Snooker
19.07.23	Guodong Xiao - Ben Woollaston	2:2
18.03.21	Ben Woollaston - Guodong Xiao	1:2
21.10.19	Guodong Xiao - Ben Woollaston	2:3
01.12.18	Ben Woollaston - Guodong Xiao	3:6
20.12.15	Guodong Xiao - Ben Woollaston	4:5
07.11.15	Ben Woollaston - Guodong Xiao	1:4
11.02.15	Ben Woollaston - Guodong Xiao	3:2

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