Stephen Maguire vs Luca Brecel Prediction: Maguire to outplay “struggling” Luca Brecel

Stephen Maguire vs Luca Brecel: Prediction for the match on October 21, 2025

The Northern Ireland Open - 1/32-finals will have 25th-ranked Stephen Maguire face 29th-ranked Luca Brecel. Xiao Guodong won the previous competition. Stephen Maguire comes into this match with three wins in his last five games, while Luca Brecel has lost three straight matches. At Telecom Asia, we take a closer look at the match preview and offer free betting opportunities. Who will win this exciting round of snooker?

Stephen Maguire recent form

Stephen Maguire is into the last 16 of the Snooker Wuhan Open. The Scot edged past home favourite Zhao Xintong 5-4 in a tense decider, sealing it on the final black with a fearless clearance. In the decider, an escape turns into a counter behind the black with a fluke snooker. Zhao Xintong`s escape accidentally hits a red, leading to a half-chance clearance. The final break was shaky, but he stayed focused well. Stephen Maguire suffered a 5-2 loss to Ding Junhui. He was full of confidence after his emphatic 5-0 victory over fellow Scotsman Anthony McGill. Newly minted Championship League winner Stephen Maguire continues his brilliant start to the new season. The Scot recovered from 3-2 down to oust Allan Taylor 4-3 and reach round four of the Saudi Arabia Masters. Stephen Maguire has been voted at the wpbsa players Player of the Month for July after his victory at the season-opening Championship League Snooker Ranking Event in Leicester. Two-time semi-finalist Maguire was defeated 10-3 by 20-year-old Chinese cueist Gao Yang. World Snooker Federation Champion Gao doesn't have a tour card until next season, so is technically competing as an amateur here.

Stephen Maguire Strength

Stephen Maguire is the champion of the Bet Victor Championship League Ranking Edition. He became a seven-time ranking event winner. Congratulations to Stephen Maguire on being named as July's Player of the Month on the pro snooker circuit. Maguire won his 7th ranking event title at the recent Championship League. Stephen Maguire was "over the moon" after landing the season's first ranking title. He beat Joe O'Connor 3-1 to win the Championship League and £33,000. Its his seventh career ranking title.

Luca Brecel recent form

Luca Brecel recent form

The performance that Luca Brecel has shown in his recent tournament has not been really impressive. His last match ended in a victory with a score margin of 10-7 which was in the round of 16 against Ryan Day. In recorded a lone victory came against Joe Perry in the first round of the World Grand Prix. He lost out of the Welsh Open Semi finals to Mark Selby by a score margin of 3-6. Luca Brecel will try to turn things around, as we feel that he will be confident of snatching a tough win over Ding for the second time in his career. In 2023 at the World championship tournament, He faced Si and completed what was one of the most incredible comebacks in the history of the crucible. When the score was 14-5, Luca Brecel had an incredible run to turn the match on its head and win it. Si managed to claw back and get within two frames of victory for himself, but Brecel managed to sneak in the one frame. Although he has had in previous times six attempts that were fruitless in this competition, with a chance to advance to the next round, the Belgian will hope to give a top-class performance as he is the underdog.

Luca Brecel strength

Luca Brecel plays with so much craft and confidence He is Phenomenal and absolutely fearless. There is no doubt in his ability to win the championship. His strategy is in his ability to cut to the middle pocket and play away. Although his pot is probably the best on the circuit, his safety game has always been poor, and his cue ball control too. So far, he has improved his cue ball control in this tournament. But it can still be improved and his safety game by a big margin. He's also very close to be world number one if he gets nice results this season, he's so close in the rankings. So far, in Crucible history, only 2 players were close to that by reaching the final the following year : Ken Doherty losing 18-12 to Higgins (1998) and Joe Johnson losing to Steve Davis 18-14 (1987).

Stephen Maguire vs Luca Brecel: Betting Insights, Tips & Odds

• A brilliant recovery from Marco Fu as he comes back from 3-0 down to defeat Stephen Maguire 4-3 and qualify for the TV stages of the 2025 British Open. Maguire made breaks of 78, 54 and 51 as he went 3-0 up, but Fu battled back with runs of 140, 81, 104 and 54.
• What an ugly setback for Luca Brecel. He loses during the qualification for the International Championship to the world number 123.

Stephen Maguire vs Luca Brecel Prediction

These are two skilled snooker players, and based on their past performances, I expect solid play from them. This game is likely to be close, given their previous meetings. We expect a strong performance from him and believe this will be a long match. I think Maguire will win this matchup.

Our match prediction is Stephen Maguire to win odds available at 1.90 on the 1Xbet bookmaker.

Our betting tip is 4-2 correct score with odds available at 6.00 on the Betway bookmaker.

Our last match prediction is the Luca Brecel with the highest breakout with odds at 2.30 on the Bet365 bookmaker.