Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Shaun Murphy: prediction & betting tips 13/01/2024

Ronnie O’Sullivan

Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Barry Hawkins (6:3) to secure his place in the Masters semi-final. It was a controversial game though. Ronnie made a lot of mistakes in the first half of the game. It seemed that he was going to fail. However, he had a splendid second part of the game, leaving no chance to his opponent. O’Sullivan is highly motivated to win this tournament, as he’s already done this on 7 occasions. Ronnie O’Sullivan is the obvious favourite.

Shaun Murphy

Despite his emotions and aggressive style of playing, Shaun Murphy confidently beat Jack Lisowski. Murphy made 2 century breaks, and 2 series over 50 to make the fans happy. Murphy has been making many century breaks recently. He’s had not the best season, but the way he’s been playing at this Masters is quite impressive. If he plays against Ronnie O’Sullivan in the way he did versus Lisowski, he can succeed.

Ronnie O’Sullivan – Shaun Murphy prediction

Both opponents like attacking and aggressive snooker. They don’t like to think over the next step for too long, making series in the short period of time. Some positions are different but it only makes the game more exciting. I think it’s going to be a very tight game without a huge gap in the score.

Betting prediction

Shaun Murphy +2,5

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Odds

61/100

Betting prediction

First frame: Shaun Murphy +17,5

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Odds

9/10