Jamie Jones vs Liu Hongyu Prediction: Expect a close game

Jamie Jones vs Liu Hongyu will square it off at Mattioli Arena in Leicester in the ongoing World Championship League. Both players coming off a defeat will hope for a win. How will they react here?

Jamie Jones will come into this game as favorites, and the Welsh snooker player will look to secure a win. In his last matches, Jamie Jones lost to Robert Milkins, Ricky Walden and John Higgins. Despite those losses, Jamie Jones picked wins in his games against Allen Burden and Neil Robertson. Heading into this game, we can expect him to improve his performance in order to boast his place in the group standings.

Liu Hongyu has been awful in recent times, and the Chinese snooker player will need to get things right. In his last matches, Liu Hongyu has just one win in five consecutive matches, a 10-3 win over Jimmy White. However, other games saw Liu Hongyu lose to Jak Jones, Ishpreet Chadha, Junhui Ding, and Jack Lisowski. 

Jamie Jones should win this game. Liu Hongyu has not performed admirably well lately, and despite Jamie Jones not also doing well, the fact that Hongyu is way below par should be the determinant here.