Joe O`Connor vs Kyren Wilson Prediction: Kyren Wilson to advance to next round

Joe O`Connor and Kyren Wilson will battle it out in the 1/16 rounds of the Welsh open competition. Both of these players have shown promise up to this point, and they will enter this match with the expectation of advancing to the subsequent rounds with a victory. In their last match head-to-head, it ended in a win for Kyren Wilson with the score 6-13. Heading into this game the tension is rightly built. Who keeps things going?

Joe O’Connor

Joe O'Conor is on two consecutive wins. He celebrated a win over R. Evans and H. Lyu. The score line for each was 4-0 respectively. He was defeated with a score of 3-2 to Judd Trump and Thomas Ford. The start of 2025, was impressive with a back-to-back win. These victories were against top players like Jak Jones, Jimmy Robertson, Mark Selby and Jackson Page. After that he suffered four consecutive defeats in a row. Those losses were to Stuart Bingham (3-0), Matthew Selt (3-2), Mark Selby (1-3) and Jak Jones (3-1).

Kyren Wilson

The German Masters competition began with Kyren Wilson facing off with Kai Wai Cheung, which ended in a 5-3 scoreline. He then competed against Yuelong Zhou in the 1/16 finals and won. He is seeking gold, and victory is expected for the world-ranked number two. Just in 2025, the world champion has had to compete 13 times, winning 11. The two losses came against Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy. He was able to find his winning streak in style with victories over Ronnie O'Sullivan, Robert Milkins, Ali Carter (twice), Chris Wakelin, and Jak Jones (twice). His recent matches have been in the championship league. Although his performance has not been smooth, especially after losing his last fight to M. Selby, Wilson has recorded wins over Judd Trump and Hossein Vafaei.

Expert Betting Tips

Expert Betting Tips

Due to the fact that both competitors have a chance of winning, we anticipate a very challenging competition. Even though we continue to be of the opinion that Joe O’Connorwill have a difficult time scoring a win in this competition, we continue to be of the opinion that at the very least he will be able to cover the enormous odds. A wager on "over" should also be considered, despite the fact that Kyren Wilson is the favorite. Wilson has won three of their four encounters.

Our first prediction is Kyren Wilson to win 4-1 for 4.00 in 1xbet

Our second prediction is Under 5.5 total frames for 2.10 odds in Bet365

Our third prediction is 1 century - 2.62 odds in Betway