Joe O`Connor vs Shaun Murphy Prediction: Shaun Murphy to advance to next round

The World Open Quarter finals between Joe O`Connorand Shaun Murphy will take place by noon on Thursday. Both of these players cruised to victories over their challengers in the round of 8, and they will enter this encounter with high expectations for themselves. 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).

Shaun Murphy

Shaun Murphy is coming into this match from a confident 5-2 victory over Junhui Ding. In front of over 200 fans, He defeated world number four, Mark Allen. He was able to pot all 15 balls, both red and black. He was able to do a comeback after a 2-0 early lead from Mark. Shaun recorded a consecutive four-frame that put him in position for a place in the finals. Before this match, he won against Australian Neil Robertson with the scoreline of 2-6 and Gary Wilson with a scoreline of 6-3. He also won the prize money for the masters tournament's highest number of breaks.

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’Connor will 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 Shaun Murphy is the favorite. Wilson has won all their three encounters.

Our first prediction is Shaun Murphy to win 5-2 for 4.750 in 1xbet

Our second prediction is Under 7.5 total frames for 1.90 odds in Bet365

Our third prediction is over 1.5 century - 1.72 odds in Betway