Barry Hawkins vs Mark Selby Prediction 14 December 2021
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Barry Hawkins vs Mark Selby prediction. On Tuesday, December 14, the 1/16 matches of the World Grand Prix will take place at the Coventry Building (Coventry, England). We would like to draw your attention to our variant of the optimal choice of a bet on the confrontation at the table of Barry Hawkins and Mark Selby.
Personal meetings of the opponents
These rivals know each other well - there are 32 matches in the history of their head-to-head confrontations. Overall statistic - 16 Hawkins wins and 16 Selby wins. It is worth noting that since October 2019, Hawkins has been the main winner - he has 5 wins in the last 6 head to head meetings.
Barry Hawkins: player overview
Barry Hawkins (No. 10 in the world ranking) in the fall of 2021 performs well below his capabilities. Eliminated in 1/32 of the Northern Ireland Championship, did not pass qualification Herman Masters, elimination in 1/16 ENGLISH Open, defeat 0: 4 in the qualification of the Scottish Championship. Moreover, all these defeats were from opponents who are an order of magnitude lower in the rating than Barry himself. True, there was also the semifinals of the British Championship, but there Hawkins was frankly lucky with the grid - until the semifinals he played with opponents with a rating of 35+.
Mark Selby: player overview
Mark Selby is the No. 1 world-class reigning world champion. After the May triumph, Selby was not very stable - 1-2 wins followed by a defeat. Moreover, to whom did Mark lose in August-November? These were not only representatives of the top 25 ratings Carter, Gilbert and Yan - on November 28 Selby lost 2: 6 to Wafay (No. 63 of the rating).
At the recent championship of Scotland, 3 rounds passed, in 1/8 he lost 3: 4 to McGill (No. 13).
Hawkins' results in the fall of 2021 indicate that he is not psychologically ready to face serious opponents right now. Mark Selby is definitely one of the rivals that Hawkins is unlikely to be able to cope with at the moment. So we definitely put P2.