Match Info

Players Championship - Semi-finals

Date: 21 February 2026, Saturday

Location: Telford International Centre (Telford)


	John Higgins		Judd Trump

	1	2
	3.4	1.33	Watch
			Watch
	3.16	1.30	Watch
	3.3	1.33
	3.26	1.31
	3.26	1.31
Avarage Now (Initially)	3.28 ↓ (3.33)	1.32 (1.32)

The best margin for this event is 4.6%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

John Higgins
28.7%

Judd Trump
71.3%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

28.4%

71.6%

Our Initial ML Estimation

32.9%

67.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

John Higgins has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.3%)

Judd Trump has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.3%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for John Higgins than the current prediction. (+4.2%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Judd Trump than the current prediction. (-4.2%)

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Preview

Higgins is ranked World Ranking: 5. Trump is ranked World Ranking: 1.

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Higgins won 1.

In recent matches, Higgins has shown inconsistent form (last 5 games: 3 wins).

Trump is currently in excellent shape (in the last 5 games, wins – 4).

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

In this match, Trump is a strong favorite.

We predict that Trump will win today's game, with odds of 1.31.

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Higgins won 4 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 16 matches, and goals 76:119. (average 3.8:6).

Last Results with these Odds

Judd Trump - the odds 1.32 are the expected chance of winning is 71.61%, but this team recently wins 58% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- John Higgins
Snooker
19.02.26	John Higgins - Chris Wakelin	6:3 ✺
17.02.26	Neil Robertson - John Higgins	1:6 ✺
04.02.26	John Higgins - Zhao Xintong	3:5 ✺
29.01.26	Guodong Xiao - John Higgins	5:3 ✺
28.01.26	Yuelong Zhou - John Higgins	3:5 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 7.1 WWLLW
- Judd Trump
Snooker
19.02.26	Judd Trump - Mark Williams	6:3 ✺
18.02.26	Judd Trump - Yuelong Zhou	6:0 ✺
04.02.26	Judd Trump - Sijun Yuan	2:5 ✺
01.02.26	Shaun Murphy - Judd Trump	4:10 ✺
31.01.26	Judd Trump - Ali Carter	6:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 5.3 WWLWW

Latest Head to Head

Snooker
17.01.26	Judd Trump - John Higgins	5:6
24.10.25	Judd Trump - John Higgins	5:2
22.03.25	Judd Trump - John Higgins	6:4
28.11.24	Judd Trump - John Higgins	6:5
09.10.24	Judd Trump - John Higgins	5:2
02.02.24	John Higgins - Judd Trump	2:5
07.10.23	John Higgins - Judd Trump	5:6

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