Jiahui Si vs Ben Woollaston: Prediction for the Match on April 26, 2025

Jiahui Si vs Ben Woollaston: Prediction and odds on the Match on 26 April 2025

The World Championship tour round of eight has begun in the world of snooker, and Chinese player Jiahui Si will face off against the Englishman Ben Woollaston. Jiahui Si is currently ranked 13th in the world, while Ben Woollaston is in the 44th spot. The venue hosting this important game is the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. With David looking more in form, are we expecting an upset in this matchup? At Telecom Asia, we look at the match’s preview and offer free betting opportunities.

Jiahui Si: Form and Statistics

Jiahui Si is currently in his weakest form in recent times, on an 8-game losing streak, and has a recent win against David Gilbert. His latest loss was at the World Tour Championship against Mark Selby, where he lost 10-6. Before that, he lost to Selby again at the Players World Championship in the round of ⅛ finals, with a score of 6-3. In the round of 16 at the World Championship, Jiahui Si faced Hossein Vafaei and lost 3-4. Earlier this year, in February, he lost to 60th-ranked Jones Jam at the Welsh Open, finishing 2-4. He participated in the Champions League winners stage, where he faced competition from Judd Trump, Hossein Vafaei, Kyren Wilson, and Matthew Selt, but lost to all of them by varying margins. However, he managed to secure a win against fellow compatriot Guodong Xiao, beating him 3-2. The two players had previously met at the German Masters, where Xiao narrowly won 5-4. Jiahui achieved a victory against Ken Doherty in the round of 32, winning with a straight 5-set score. In the world master competition, he faced an early round loss to 8th place ranked Mark Allen and lost by 6-2

Jiahui Si Strength

We have known for some years that SI is a very fine player. Then he was virtually a great player with his amazing run to the semi-finals 2 years ago at such a young age. However, we have seen patches of his brilliance - beating Judd Trump and making a 147 in China this year - but too often he seems to lack the concentration he used to have. 

Ben Woollaston: Form and Statistics

Ben Woollaston has been performing well as of late, as evidenced by the results of his most recent matchups and recent contests overall. He is on a three-game consecutive victories over Ross Muir, winning the World championship Finals by 4-10, Mark Selby with a score margin of 8-10 in the round of 16 of the World championship tour, and a 10-9 score margin finish over Mark Darvis in the semis. In the last 10 matches, he has recorded 6 wins and 4 losses. He defeated Oliver Brown in a match for the Wuhan Open Qualification by a score of 5-2. The four losses he recorded within the last ten matches were to Shaun Murphy in a 4-3 score lone loss at the round of 16 World Grand Prix, Barry Hawkins in the round of 16 world open which ended in a 4-5 score margin, Joshua Copper at the Welsh Open finals which ended in a 2-4 score line, and Barry Hawkins in the round of 16 German Masters by 3-5. Other victories Ben Woollaston achieved within that range were against Amir Sarkhosh (5-0; World Open round 32), David Gilbert (0-5; round of 32 German Masters), Simon Blackwell (5-2; World Open finals), and Wang Yuchen (5-2; German Master finals).

Ben Woollaston Strength

Ben Woollaston is coming from a huge upset victory over the world number 4, Mark Selby. He showed he has a competitive grit to come back from misplaying the pink and failing to go 2 frames up when he had a great chance -- his potting in this match was fantastic. However, he needs to improve on this cue ball control and break building, he often left chances to finish off a frame due to losing the cue ball

Jiahui Si vs Ben Woollaston Betting Tips & Odds

• Jiahui Si is really in a struggling phase of his career, and with the back-to-back losses, yet he remains a strong favourite. He was able to get a good bounce back with a victory in his last match. The 1xbet bookmaker has him to win at 1.41 odds.
• In both sides Head-to-Head, Jiahui Si has won one and drawn one. The options available is 3.50 odds on Bet365 bookmaker for (frame 1-4) Jiahui Si - Over 0.5.
• In the last five matches, Ben Woollaston has scored at least 3 points in low frame matches and 10 points in high frame matches. The option available is 1.90 odds on the Bet365 bookmaker for a +2.5 handicap Ben Woollaston.

Jiahui Si vs Ben Woollaston Prediction 26 April 2025

Considering the distance between both players' last match and this one, Jiahui Si has had more times to rest. Also he has the advantage of the Head-to-head. However, Ben Woollaston, seems to be the more in-form player among the both. He is on a wining streak of 3. Jiahui Si would have gotten the needed body recovery, training and rest that is needed to put on a show in this game. 

Our match prediction: is a win for Ben Woollaston first frame winner with odds at 2.10 on 1Xbet.

Our betting tip: is to Over 21.5 Total Frames 2-ways with odds at 1.66 on Betway.