Bet of the Day - 29.11.2025

The defending champion, Judd Trump, starts the 2025 UK Championship against Stephen Maguire. Still without a title in the current season, the number 1 in the WST rankings is having a very tough year, as the pressure becomes bigger and bigger.

Judd Trump making Riyadh his playground, again!
The second of back-to-back centuries to beat Mark Williams! 💯#RiyadhSeason | @riyadhseason pic.twitter.com/GaXxvEU3JY
— WST (@WeAreWST) November 20, 2025

The Ace in the Pack is only 18th in the one-year list, showing glimpses of the astonishing form he had last season. He reached two finals this season, at the Northern Ireland Open and the Champion of Champions, while also losing to the likes of Matthew Stevens and Elliot Slessor. Trump was talking about changing his cue and is constantly adding more pressure on himself.

Maguire will have a slight advantage in the fact that he already played two best-of-11 matches this week, making a 138 break in the process. He started the season by winning the Champions League, his first ranking title since the 2020 Tour Championship. The Scotsman also had a good run at the International Championship at the beginning of November, where he reached the semis.

While an explosive temper will always be the problem for Maguire, he found some form recently and was quite impressive in the qualifiers. Trump, on the contrary, feels the pressure, which is never a good thing. In the five previous matches, it's 3 to 2 in favour of Trump, but all of them were close ones. We expect this one to go the same way, and that's why our choice is Maguire +2.5 frames at 1.83.