David Gilbert vs Sijun Yuan Prediction: This match could go either way

In this round of matches for the World Championship League, David Gilbert and Sijun Yuan will square off against one another at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. The two players' most recent encounter ended in a loss, and as we move on to this competition, we anticipate an improved performance from both of them.

David Gilbert's play has been all over the place of late, but even his less than stellar efforts in recent games have not been disastrous. Even though he was defeated by Stuart Bingham in round 1/16 of the World Championship in a match that finished 10-4, the Englishman will absolutely hope for a win here and will do anything it takes to prevent a defeat. If we look at David Gilbert's performance over the course of his most recent five matches, we can see that he has three victories. These victories were against Jones Jak, Barry Pinches, and Matthew Stevens in matches that ended 2-4, 10-3, and 7-10, respectively.

The Chinese player Sijun Yuan is coming into this match in low form, as he has lost three of his last four matches before this one. In fact, his most recent two matches, one against Kyren Wilson in the WST Classic and one against Scottish Scott Donaldson in the World Championship Qualification, both ended in defeat for him with scores of 7-10 and 4-3, respectively. Although Sijun Yuan's sole victory in his most recent four encounters came against Andy Lee, he will come into this one with the hope that he can turn things around and produce a better result, as he wants to halt his current losing streak.

Both times that these two players competed against one another in previous years, Sijun Yuan emerged victorious. The Chinese, on the other hand, are the underdog in this competition, just like he was the first two times he faced David Gilbert, and it would not be shocking to see Yuan win yet another match if they faced each other again. In the meantime, despite the fact that we anticipate David Gilbert to be in his best form in this match, we believe that the Englishman is not in the ideal physical shape to play against a formidable opponent. Therefore, a wager on Sijun Yuan to come out on top. Also, despite the fact that he is not playing at his best, we anticipate that Sijun Yuan will win the Highest Breakouts here since this game is likely to include a number of fantastic point conversions from the Chinese.