Simon Dalton presents his prediction for the Xi'an Grand Prix snooker match.
Zhou Yuelong is much lower than Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the season rankings, because Thepchaiya played in two groups of the Championship League, and Zhou only in one. However, Yuelong played in the invitational Shanghai Masters and lost in the quarterfinals to Shaun Murphy 6-2.Both players have played a total of nine matches this season, winning five of them. I agree with the bookmakers' odds, Zhou Yuelong is a slight favorite, so I assume that in the upcoming game we will see many attempts to take a frame in one visit. Both play attacking, so there will be many chances for high breaks.Head-to-head matches between Yuelong and Thepchaiya are often tense, a year ago at the Grand Prix tournament Zhou won only in the deciding frame, so I think that in the upcoming game we will see at least eight frames.
