Champion of Champions day four predictions and snooker betting tips

Free snooker tips, best bets and analysis for day four of the Champion of Champions in Bolton on Thursday.

Where to watch

ITV4, from 1pm Thursday

Best bet

J Higgins to beat D Junhui 4-2
1pt 4-1 Betfred

Already advised

Ronnie O'Sullivan -1.5 frames v Stuart Bingham
1pt 4-5BoyleSports

Preview

John Higgins thumped Ding Junhui 4-1 when they met in the English Open two weeks ago and can dot up again in a repeat of that tie in the Champion of Champions in Bolton.

Higgins is a 4-7 shot to take care of Ding, a player he has beaten four times in their last six meetings.

The most recent was earlier this month in the last 16 of the English Open where the Scot produced a trio of 50 breaks plus a 103 in a match where his Chinese opponent scored just 98 points in total.

Higgins looks in pretty good nick having gone on to reach the final in Milton Keynes just a few weeks after also reaching the final of the Northern Ireland Open. He lost both finals 9-8 – to Mark Allen in Belfast and Neil Robertson in Milton Keynes – having led 8-6 on each occasion.

While the 46-year-old four-time world champion is demonstrably in good form we haven't seen a lot of Ding, who skipped Northern Ireland.

The other Group Three showdown features Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world number three and three-time winner of the event, against Stuart Bingham, now down at 13 in the rankings. On current form The Rocket should win this well.

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