Match Info

Tour Championship - 1/8-finals

Date: 31 March 2026, Tuesday

Location: Manchester Central (Manchester)


	Mark Williams		John Higgins

	1	2
	2.3	1.62	Watch
	1.96	1.52	Watch
	2.2	1.67
	2.12	1.67
	2.18	1.66
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.15 ↑ (1.96)	1.63 ↑ (1.52)

The best margin for this event is 5.2%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Mark Williams
43.1%

John Higgins
56.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

43.7%

56.3%

Our Initial ML Estimation

38.8%

61.2%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Mark Williams has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.6%)

John Higgins has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.6%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Mark Williams than the current prediction. (-4.3%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for John Higgins than the current prediction. (+4.3%)

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Preview

Williams is ranked World Ranking: 4. Higgins is ranked World Ranking: 6.

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Williams won 3.

Each of the players is struggling with stability in their game.

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

In this match, both players have almost equal chances to win.

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Williams won 10 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 10 matches, and goals 88:84. (average 4.4:4.2).

Last Results with these Odds

John Higgins - the odds 1.52 are the expected chance of winning is 56.32%, but this team recently wins 69% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Mark Williams
Snooker
18.03.26	Hossein Vafaei Ayouri - Mark Williams	5:2 ✺
17.03.26	Ricky Walden - Mark Williams	2:5 ✺
26.02.26	Mark Williams - Barry Hawkins	2:4 ✺
25.02.26	Mark Williams - Martin O`Donnell	4:1 ✺
23.02.26	Mark Williams - Michael Holt	4:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 3.7 LWLWW
- John Higgins
Snooker
17.03.26	John Higgins - Stan Moody	4:5 ✺
15.03.26	John Higgins - Liam Highfield	5:3 ✺
28.02.26	John Higgins - Jack Lisowski	5:6 ✺
27.02.26	Yuelong Zhou - John Higgins	0:5 ✺
26.02.26	Anda Zhang - John Higgins	2:4 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 4.9 LWLWW

Latest Head to Head

Snooker
30.04.25	John Higgins - Mark Williams	12:13
04.03.24	Mark Williams - John Higgins	2:4
07.02.23	Mark Williams - John Higgins	Canceled
13.01.22	Mark Williams - John Higgins	6:5
14.10.21	John Higgins - Mark Williams	4:3
24.04.21	John Higgins - Mark Williams	7:13
01.04.21	John Higgins - Mark Williams	3:1

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