2016 World Snooker Championship last 16: Trump to take baize battle with Ding

Although the head-to-head record is level at half a dozen wins apiece, Trump has two out of two when clashing with the Chinese sensation at the Crucible in Sheffield – a venue where Junhui has struggled to make an impact.

The Juddernaut thus starts as an odds-on 8/15 match favourite to take this first to 13 frames encounter, and better to cover the handicap of 2.5 at 10/11. He dumped Ding out of the World Snooker Championship last year in the quarter-finals, and that is why his Oriental opponent is a 6/4 outsider to advance.

Junhui was blown away by Trump’s brand of Naughty Snooker 12 months ago, losing 13-4, and a repeat scoreline is a 20/1 chance. In their last couple of meetings, the Juddernaut has raced into handsome leads, making odds of 11/5 to hold a 3-1 lead going into the first mid-session interval attractive.

Pistol will whip Wilson into shape

Although eliminating Allen en route to that sensational Shanghai Masters triumph earlier this season, Wilson starts as a 6/4 outsider to repeat that result as the Northern Ireland potter has come out and beaten him twice since.

Nicknamed the Pistol, Allen is also 8/15 to reach the Crucible quarter-finals, and certainly possesses wider experience of longer frame formats like the World Snooker Championship.

In both of his victories over Wilson, Allen has held a 5-3 advantage after eight frames, and odds of 14/5 say that will be how the first of three scheduled sessions ends here.

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Coral’s top tip: Allen appeals at a fantastic 14/5 price to be 5-3 up on Wilson after eight frames.