Mark Selby vs Mark Joyce Prediction: A tight victory expected for Selby

On day three of the 2023 UK Championship professional snooker competition, Mark Selby and Mark Joyce will compete against one another at the York Barbican in York, England. After that, let's go into the specifics of the match in greater depth. 

After suffering a loss to Ali Carter in the Champion of Champions round ⅛, Mark Selby is currently in poor form going into this match. Meanwhile, the Englishman was the favorite to win the match; however, he failed to capitalize on his opportunity and ended up losing for the third time in a row in a span of five matches. Tom Ford and Xu Si were the ones who prevailed over him in previous bouts, with scores of 3-6 and 4-5, respectively, for each of those matchups. Despite the fact that Mark Selby is the overwhelming favorite to win this match, we can be confident that he will perform at his highest level, seize the opportunities that come his way, and give this match everything he has to win.

Mark Joyce has been a dominating force in recent times, as he has triumphed in each of his three most recent matches, all of which were played in the qualification stage of this tournament. These matches were won by Mark Joyce, who triumphed over Iulian Boiko, Guodong Xiao, and Joe Perry, respectively. However, in previous matches, Mark Joyce has been defeated in a string of successive defeats that have lasted for a total of four matches. These defeats have occurred against Mark Allen, Hossein Vafaei, Chris Wakelin, and Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Taking into consideration their previous encounters as well as their most recent matches, I believe that the chances are just unfairly stacked against Mark Joyce in this situation, and it is rather severe. I anticipate that Mark Selby will be the dominant player in this battle; nevertheless, I believe that this will be a more competitive contest than could be anticipated, with Mark Joyce being anticipated to bring the odds closer to the total fames ending in over.