Match Info

Welsh Open - 1/32-finals

Date: 23 February 2026, Monday

Where to Watch on TV:


Czech-republic	Eurosport 1, Oneplay


	Stephen Maguire		Ricky Walden

	1	2
	1.67	2.2	Watch
	1.7	2.05
	1.62	2.13	Watch
	1.67	2.2
	1.69	2.09
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.67 ↑ (1.65)	2.13 ↓ (2.16)

The best margin for this event is 5.3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Stephen Maguire
56.1%

Ricky Walden
43.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

56.7%

43.3%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

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

Ricky Walden has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.6%)

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Preview

Maguire is ranked World Ranking: 25. Walden is ranked World Ranking: 50.

Maguire may face physical challenges compared to their opponent, as they have played more matches in recent days.

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

In the last 3 head-to-head matches, Maguire won 3 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 0 matches, and goals 16:12. (average 5.3:4).

Last Results with these Odds

Stephen Maguire - the odds 1.65 are the expected chance of winning is 56.65%, but this team recently wins 14% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Stephen Maguire
Snooker
10.02.26	Stephen Maguire - Sanderson Lam	5:1 ✺
03.02.26	Yuelong Zhou - Stephen Maguire	5:2 ✺
08.01.26	Stephen Maguire - Gao Yang	4:5 ✺
15.12.25	Stephen Maguire - Chang Bingyu	2:4 ✺
11.12.25	Stephen Maguire - Farakh Ajaib	14:49 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 1.2 WLLLL
- Ricky Walden
Snooker
10.01.26	Ricky Walden - Liam James Davies	4:2 ✺
08.01.26	Ali Carter - Ricky Walden	5:2 ✺
07.01.26	Ricky Walden - Liam Pullen	5:1 ✺
12.12.25	Liam Highfield - Ricky Walden	55:52 ✺
10.12.25	Ricky Walden - Ryan Davies	48:34 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 5.1 WLWLW

Latest Head to Head

Snooker
26.01.16	Stephen Maguire - Ricky Walden	3:1
01.07.15	Stephen Maguire - Ricky Walden	5:4
06.09.14	Ricky Walden - Stephen Maguire	7:8

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