John Higgins vs Martin Gould Prediction: Higgins to make it four consecutive wins over Gould

A match between John Higgins and Martin Gould will take place on day one of the European Masters snooker event. The oddsmakers still have John Higgins as the favorite for what is shaping up to be an exciting match, but Martin Gould is keeping his fingers crossed that he can beat the Scottish competitor without suffering a loss to him this time. 

After suffering a defeat at the hands of Mark Selby in the quarterfinals of the World Championship, John Higgins is aware that he needs to perform better in this match and achieve a better outcome. John Higgins scored the first three points in a game that finished 7-13, and there is little question that he would have been optimistic about earning a better outcome if the score had been different. On the other hand, things began to change, and he noticed that Mark Selby had tied the points at 4-4. Despite this, he was unable to pull himself together and instead saw that Mark Selby was ahead of him by 10 points to his 5. In the meantime, in spite of his efforts, he could only see himself picking up a total of six points, whereas Selby already had a total of twelve. Already taking a look at John Higgins's most recent matches, we can see that he has already lost two of them, both of which were to Mark Selby. On the other hand, he has won three times against Kyren Wilson and once against David Grace.

After a string of subpar showings that have left him winless in his matches since April, Martin Gould will be expected to perform far better here. On the other hand, he has a great deal of self-assurance and the expectation that he will be able to deliver a strong performance similar to the one he had in 2022 against John Higgins. However, he is well aware that this will not be an easy one for him to win, given the fact that he has also lost on three other occasions following those victories. Martin Gould most recently defeated Alexander Ursenbach and Rory McLeod in his matches, but he also lost to Stuart Bingham, Jackson Page, and Guodong Xiao. Martin Gould also tied with Guodong Xiao and Jackson Page. In the meantime, the final scores of the matches were as follows: 4-1, 6-10, 3-0, 2-2, and 2-2. Although the Englishman is now the underdog in this match, we still anticipate that they will play better, put in a lot of effort, and do everything in their power to secure a victory.

Given how their prior matches have concluded, I have no doubt that John Higgins will emerge victorious in this competition. Despite the fact that this is shaping up to be a challenging competition, I continue to be convinced that John Higgins is simply superior to Martin Gould. In the meantime, this should be a match that will be settled early, and with John Higgins predicted to be in his best shape, this match should have a reduced number of frames.