Mark Allen vs Jimmy Robertson Prediction: Mark Allen to exercise complete dominance

The round 1/16 of the World Grand Prix competition will feature the match between Mark Allen and Jimmy Robertson. Allen is coming from a 4-5 loss against David Lilley while Robertson had a 5-3 win against T Ford. Who will win this next round of snooker ? Let's dive into it together.

Mark Allen

Mark Allen is coming into this match with a loss over David Lilley. Prior to this victory, he faced a loss to S. Yuan with a score line of 4-3. He has recorded great winning runs against the likes of David Lilley 5-0), Jiahui Si (6-2), Mark Shelby (6-2), Brecel Luca (5-1) and Ronnie O'sullivan (2-4). In the encounter against Yize Wu, which was a close contest, ended in a loss by 4-5. 

Jimmy Robertson

Jimmy Robertson has been on an inconsistent run across all competitions. In the last five matches, he has recorded 3 wins and 2 losses. These losses were to T Ford (5-3) and J Page (4-2). His three wins were against Noppon Saengkham (5-3), A. Hill (5-4) and Al Taylor (4-3). Heading into this game as an underdog, just like his encounter against Wilson, we can expect Jimmy Robertson to play at his best, show character and approach this game with his best tactics.

Expert Betting Tips

Both players faced each other four times with Mark Allen winning more from the encounter. The last was in 2021 at the snooker shootout -1/64 finals which ended with a score line of 142-0. I expect that Allen will record a strong victory and advance to the next round.

Our first prediction is Mark Allen to win - 1.60 odds for 1xbet

Our second prediction is Mark Allen to win 5-2 - 6.00 odds for bet365

Our third prediction is under 7.5 Total Frame 2 way - 1.80 odds for betway