Bappleby17 Snooker Tips

Zhang Anda was a 5-3 winner when these two last met earlier this year. That was his third win in four h2h matches against Williams and he looks good value at 6/4 in his home country.

Stan Moody has been sensational this week including a 5-0 win vs Hawkins and 5-1 vs Zhou. Guodong has had some poor losses this year and I'm not convinced by his form this week.

Similar form for both these players, each losing 8 of their last 20. Zhang has the better h2h form though and has looked in excellent touch this week.

Zhang Anda has been playing well this week and often plays his best snooker in China. He's won 3 of his last 4 h2h matches vs Mark Williams too and I think he can edge a classic.

John Higgins has been beaten in 4 of his last 8 matches and he faces a tricky test here. Wilson has been excellent in his wins vs Murphy and Trump this week.

Gary Wilson is in superb form with wins against Trump and Murphy this week and I think he can keep this run going. He was a 6-4 winner when he last met John Higgins, at the Welsh Open.

Gary Wilson had a good 5-4 win vs world number 1 Judd Trump yesterday and he can repeat the dose here. He's potting well and can defeat John Higgins who has lost 4 of his last 8. Will be tight though.

Gary Wilson has turned a corner of late, losing just 1 of his previous 9 matches. That included a strong win against Shaun Murphy in the previous round. If he can get past Trump, who has lost 4 of 7, he could well go all the way here.

Zhang Anda is a man in form having romped to a 5-0 victory against Bingyu in the previous round. He faces Hill, ranked 35 places below him in the L16 and looks to have a favourable potential path to the final. Strong record in China.