Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Stuart Bingham
9th June from 1500hrs
Snooker – England – Championship League
Pick O’Sullivan To Win
Bookmaker Unibet
Odds: 21/20 odds taken 21:55 GMT, Monday 8th June
This is going to be one of the biggest matches so far to come out of the Championship League snooker tournament.
The tournament concludes on the 11th June and this is action from the second stage.
It is the Group Winners’ Stage which contains four groups of four. The winner from each of those groups will move through to the semi finals of the tournament.
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The Rocket to face a test against Bingham
More has been said about Ronnie O’Sullivan’s moustache than his return to the table. In the first round of the Championship League snooker, The Rocket swept his way to three straight wins.
Nothing less was expected really from him as he faced Chris Walkin, Kishan Hirani and Michael Georgiou in his round robin matches. O’Sullivan didn’t drop a single frame across his three matches, his highest break being 116.
So it is on to a tougher challenge now as he faces the reigning Masters champion Stuart Bingham in the final match of Group C. This is the second stage of the tournament, with Harvey Chandler and Sam Craigie in the mix as well.
So it is likely that this match up between O’Sullivan and Bingham is going to be the group decider. At least that is the way that this is expected to play itself out.
There have been 19 previous matches between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stuart Bingham. The most recent of those was in the 2019 Tour Championship quarter final when The Rocket swept to a 9-3 win.
It is a W16 L3 record that O’Sullivan holds over Bingham in the head to head. That having been said, he is only 21/20 money at the moment to win this match* (betting odds taken from Bet365 at 21:55 GMT, Monday 8th June)
Can Bingham stop the rot against The Rocket?
It is a five-match losing streak of form that Stuart Bingham is currently on against O’Sullivan. The last win he took over The Rocket was back at the 2015 World Championship Quarter Finals with a 13-9 success.
That was the season that Bingham went on to win the World Championships. This has been a big season for the former World Champion, as he collected the Masters.
Outside of that, his performance in ranking tournaments has been nothing of note across the campaign. Bingham has also won the Championship League before, taking the title in early January 2015. So he has that
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It is worth, from a betting perspective, to look at margins. In none of his last five efforts against Ronnie O’Sullivan has Stuart Bingham managed to take more than three frames.
This is a shorter format match, with only four-frames per fixture. So the drawn outcome is possible.
Because of the wider margins of victories when these two meet an O’Sullivan 3-1 correct score comes in at 47/20 with Unibet* (betting odds taken from Unibet at 21:55 GMT, Monday 8th June)
Bingham’s progress from the first round came against Ricky Walden, Jamie Clarke and Jordan Brown. Bingham drew against Walden and Brown, but topped things because of having the highest break in a head to head between him and Walden.
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Stuart Bingham Betting Advice
The match outright odds here lend plenty of value to backing Ronnie O’Sullivan for the win. He was smooth enough through those relatively easy challenges in the group stage.
That will just have helped him to get his eye into the game after a long competitive absence. Granted you never really know what frame of mood he’s going to be in, but he can win this.
Key Facts – Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Stuart Bingham Betting Tip
- Ronnie O’Sullivan leads Bingham 16-3 in the head to head
- Ronnie O’Sullivan won his three first stage matches 3-0
- Stuart Bingham posted a W1 D2 record in his first round stage matches
Bingham has had a poor season if you take that crazy 2020 Masters tournament out of the picture. With him trailing so badly in the head to head and having struggled to register against O’Sullivan in frame count, even money on the favourite is value.
The best betting odds for Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Stuart Bingham
Ronnie O’Sullivan to win: 21/20 at Bet365
Draw: 8/5 at Bet365
Stuart Bingham: 7/2 at Bet365
