Alfred Burden vs Ian Burns Prediction: Burden can not be written off yet

The English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, will host the World Championship Qualification encounter between Alfred Burden and Ian Burns. The two Englishmen will come into this game hoping for a win. How will this game unfold? I preview this game and offer predictions below.

Alfred Burden

Alfred Burden will hope to turn the tables after a poor performance in the first part. In the meantime, his recent performances have not ended with good results. However, Alfred Burden has won four times in his last seven matches while losing his last two. In that run, Alfred Burden lost to Barry Hawkins, Joe O’Connor, and Sanderson Lam. Yet, the professional picked up wins over Paul Deaville, Steve Maguire, Jamie Jones, and Mostafa Dorgham.

Ian Burns

Ian Burns has been amazing in this game and will hope to get things right to the end. Ahead of this game, Ian Burns defeated Nutcharut Wonharuthai in a 10-4 contest in this game. However, that win was his second in eight consecutive matches, with the first against Mostafa Dorgham in the Welsh Open qualification. In the matches he lost, Ian Burns played Jak Jones, Ma Hailong, John Higgin, Robbie Williams and Jamie Jones. While he is the favourite heading into this game, he has to show quality, as the chances of Allen Burden overturning the scores are also still high.

Expert Betting Tips

The result of this matchup has been surprising but the odds do not suggest Ian Burns has run away with this. While Alfred Burden has shown weakness lately, he has also been the better player in this fixture in the last four years. Yet, I am not convinced he can easily turn this around and with how the two players have played, I will rely on Burns to win at full time.

Our first option is under 12.5 total frames with odds at 1.62 on 1Xbet

Our second option is handicap W2 (-7.5) with odds at 1.61 on Bet365

Our last option is frame foul (yes) with odds at 1.61 on Betway