Luca Brecel vs Junhui Ding: Prediction for the Match on April 26, 2025

Luca Brecel vs Junhui Ding: Prediction and odds on the Match on 26 April 2025

The round of eight in the snooker World championship will be against 7th place Luca Brecel and 10th place Junhui Ding facing each other. All action will be held at the prestigious Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Both players are coming off a win in their last match with the same level of record also in their last five matches. Who will win this next round of Snookers? At Telecom Asia, we look at the match’s preview and offer free betting opportunities.

Luca Brecel: Form and Statistics

The performance that Luca Brecel has shown in his recent tournament has not been really impressive. His last match ended in a victory with a score margin of 10-7 which was in the round of 16 against Ryan Day. In recorded a lone victory came against Joe Perry in the first round of the World Grand Prix. He lost out of the Welsh Open Semi finals to Mark Selby by a score margin of 3-6. Luca Brecel will try to turn things around, as we feel that he will be confident of snatching a tough win over Ding for the second time in his career. In 2023 at the World championship tournament, He faced Si and completed what was one of the most incredible comebacks in the history of the crucible. When the score was 14-5, Luca Brecel had an incredible run to turn the match on its head and win it. Si managed to claw back and get within two frames of victory for himself, but Brecel managed to sneak in the one frame. Although he has had in previous times six attempts that were fruitless in this competition, with a chance to advance to the next round, the Belgian will hope to give a top-class performance as he is the underdog.

Luca Brecel Strength

Luca Brecel plays with so much craft and confidence He is Phenomenal and absolutely fearless. There is no doubt in his ability to win the championship. His strategy is in his ability to cut to the middle pocket and play away. Although his pot is probably the best on the circuit, his safety game has always been poor, and his cue ball control too. So far, he has improved his cue ball control in this tournament. But it can still be improved and his safety game by a big margin. He's also very close to be world number one if he gets nice results this season, he's so close in the rankings. So far, in Crucible history, only 2 players were close to that by reaching the final the following year : Ken Doherty losing 18-12 to Higgins (1998) and Joe Johnson losing to Steve Davis 18-14 (1987).

Junhui Ding: Form and Statistics

Junhui Ding showed a super par performance in the quarterfinals of the World Tour championship game against Kyren Wilson. His victory was not an easy one but tough but he established himself on the front foot with a 1-6 early. Wilson tried to come from behind to get a win but only added 4 points extra to keep the score final margin at 5-6. He took part in the World Tour championship in 2025 and faced Mark Williams in the round of 16. In that encounter, Junhui Ding had a 3-5 lead after the first part and then scored five points in the second part while Williams struggled. Yet, despite his amazing game, He struggled prior to this tournament. Ding Junhui the first man in history to score a maximum 147 twice at snooker's Masters tournament. He has won only one of his last four matches, where he lost to fellow countrymate Xu Si and then against Shaun Murphy and Mark Williams. Ahead of this game, Junhui Ding has won twice in his last three meetings against Selby and will eye a similar result. Ahead of this game, He is ranked 10 among the global snooker players.

Junhui Ding Strength

Ding is one of the most underrated snooker players of the tour. The first Chinese, and Asian, player to ever win the Masters, and the best Chinese and Asian origin player to date on the tour. He has a unique start with his game. 

Luca Brecel vs Junhui Ding Prediction 26 April 2025

Ding has not been very consistent, and it is just not easy to fault why the bookies favour him in this game. Luca Brecel and Junhui Ding will play against one another for the tenth time, with their last meeting in december. However, since their previous encounter, a great deal has transpired, with Junhui Ding winning eight of nine. As a result, it appears that the only thing we can hope for from Junhui Ding is a win. He has our full support in this match. Luca Brecel has also been quite powerful, but history seems not to be on his side. Given the solid play of the two players, we feel confident betting on the over.

Our match prediction: is a Under 22.5 2-way Total frames with odds at 1.72 on 1Xbet.

Our betting tip: is a 13-9 correct score win for Junhui Ding with odds at 9.50 on Bet365.

Our last match prediction: is Junhui Ding is under 2.5 2-way player centuries with odds at 1.60 on Betway.