Match Info

Northern Ireland Open - 1/32-finals

Date: 19 October 2026, Monday 🏁 Finished

Where to Watch on TV:

Country	Kick-Off	TV Channels
Denmark	22:00	Eurosport 1, HBO Max
Finland	23:00	Eurosport 1, HBO Max
Greece	23:00	Eurosport 1
Hungary	22:00	Eurosport 1
Poland	22:00	Eurosport 1
Sweden	22:00	Eurosport 1, HBO Max
Turkey	23:00	Eurosport 1
United Kingdom	21:00	HBO Max, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports 4


	John Higgins		Liam Highfield

	1	2
	1.40	3.00	Watch
	1.45	2.75
	1.31	3.09	Watch
	1.36	2.95
	1.37	2.92	Watch
	1.37	3.05
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.38 ↑ (1.36)	2.96 ↓ (3.2)

The most likely Over/Under: 5.50

The best margin for this event is 4.8%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

John Higgins
68.3%

Liam Highfield
31.7%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

70.2%

29.8%

Our Initial ML Estimation

65.6%

34.4%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

John Higgins has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.9%)

Liam Highfield has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.9%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for John Higgins than the current prediction. (-2.7%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Liam Highfield than the current prediction. (+2.7%)

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Preview

Higgins is ranked World Ranking: 6., and Highfield is ranked World Ranking: 63..

Both players have shown inconsistent performances in recent matches.

Bookmakers give the edge to Higgins for this game.

In the last 2 head-to-head meetings, Higgins has recorded 2 wins, 0 draws, and 0 losses, with a goal aggregate of 9:3 (averaging 4.5:1.5 goals per game).

Last Results with these Odds

John Higgins - the odds 1.36 are the expected chance of winning is 70.18%, but this team recently wins 80% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- John Higgins
Snooker
28.09.26	John Higgins - David Grace	4:5 ✺
18.09.26	John Higgins - Craig Steadman	6:2 ✺
03.09.26	Stan Moody - John Higgins	4:2 ✺
03.09.26	John Higgins - Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon	4:3 ✺
02.09.26	Noppon Saengkham - John Higgins	3:4 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 3.6 LWLWW
- Liam Highfield
Snooker
28.09.26	Barry Hawkins - Liam Highfield	5:3 ✺
22.09.26	Liam Highfield - Yao Pengcheng	1:4 ✺
17.09.26	Ben Mertens - Liam Highfield	3:6 ✺
16.09.26	Jiang Jun - Liam Highfield	1:4 ✺
14.09.26	Liam Highfield - Phil OKane	4:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 4.8 LLWWW

Latest Head to Head

Snooker
15.03.26	John Higgins - Liam Highfield	5:3
15.09.17	Liam Highfield - John Higgins	0:4

Upcoming Matches

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- John Higgins
Snooker
31.10.26	Haotian Lyu - John Higgins	✺
- Liam Highfield
Snooker
01.11.26	Liam Highfield - Kyren Wilson	✺

John Higgins - Liam Highfield