How do you predict a match?

[nikyadryana]

Hei sweeties,

In my latest snooker video about the China Open I did some predictions and tried to discuss some matches. But how do you guys do this?
Do you let your personal favorites win. Or do you look at past performances. How high a player is in the rankings. Pot success... scores... uhm... or in what flow the player is currently in...

And what do you do when you don't know a player? For example; Ding Junhui is up against Ben Woollaston.... Never seen him play, sorry. How can you best review this match?

Okee, love to hear what you think about this.

Bye, Niky
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[Terry Davidson]

niky:

All you can do is take your best shot and hope you have more right than wrongs. For instance in your example you would have to go with Ding based on his past record (I don't know who won the match and if it's been played) however to cover your butt a bit you can also say in your prediction that Ben has had a few successes lately and has been playing well but you still give Ding the nod.

The best bet, if you can, is to look at a player's performance over the past 3 months or so but this is what snooker is all about, you just never know so always couch your predictions in a way that says you favour one player but that anything could happen

Terry

[nikyadryana]

Thank you so much Terry for your kind answer, this is already really helpful. Have a nice day! Bye, Niky

[sealer]

Hi, sometimes it is good to analizye circumstances, like the place they play in, or any ilnesses they were going through which is not that rare after all, or the rank of the tournament. With this example ding is playing home which should give him advantage, also good players take proper tournaments seriously and usually when there is more frames in a match like WC it is less likely for a favourite to lose. Just couple of ideas.