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Helsinki International Snooker Cup Preview: Kyren Wilson vs Mark Allen Odds, Tips and Prediction

Date: Saturday 17th May 2025 Start time: 8 pm local time (GMT+3) Venue: Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland Last meeting: March 17, 2025, Players Championship, Kyren Wilson 6-3 Mark Allen Kyren Wilson and Mark Allen go head-to-head at the invitational Helsinki International Snooker Cup. Kyren Wilson and Mark Allen go head-to-head at the invitational Helsinki International Snooker Cup. This exciting fixture sees two serial ranking event winners face off in Finland’s capital, with both playing a first-to-four-frame encounter. Will we see some electric snooker on display from both players?

Henry Cheal
Henry Cheal

Last Updated: 2025-05-14

Chad Nagel

4 minutes read

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SportsBoom has crafted together a comprehensive preview of this fixture ahead of time, focusing on previous head-to-head meetings, their respective current form, before offering our value bets and conclusions on who will prevail. 

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Pre-Game Odds and Win Probability

  • Mark Allen: 11/10 (2.10) – 47.6%
  • Kyren Wilson: 4/5 (1.80) – 55.6%
  • Forecast odds – Betting available on 1Win closer to event 

See our full 1Win sportsbook review for insights on odds accuracy and features.  

Head-to-Head Record 

Despite both players occupying places in the top ten in the world, these two have only faced off five times in the last six years. Not only would you expect more frequent matchups considering their snooker portfolios, but also the opportunity to play on the big stages time after time.

At the moment, Kyren Wilson has a two-game winning streak over Mark Allen, but Allen won three on the spin before that over a variety of different formats. 

Last Five Matches

TournamentStageScore line
2025 Players Championship Last 16Kyren Wilson 6-3 Mark Allen
2023 British Open Last 64Kyren Wilson 4-0 Mark Allen
2022 UK Championship Last 16Mark Allen 6-3 Kyren Wilson 
2021 Championship LeagueFinal – Group 1Mark Allen 3-0 Kyren Wilson
2019 Tour Championship  Quarter-FinalMark Allen 9-7 Kyren Wilson 
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Player Career Timeline

Kyren Wilson

  • Current Ranking: 2

Kyren Wilson will want to get his 2025 first-round World Championship loss out of his system as soon as possible, considering he tried to defend his Crucible crown, and there’s no better place than at an invitational tournament with less pressure.

Besides the shock defeat at the Crucible, Wilson is in the form of his life, having won five ranking titles since becoming World Champion, accounting for half his tournament winning tally. 

Last 5 Ranking Tournament Runs

  • 2025 World Snooker Championship – 1st Round
  • 2025 Tour Championship – Quarter-Final
  • 2025 Players Championship – Winner
  • 2025 World Grand Prix – 2nd Round
  • 2025 World Open – 2nd Round

Last 5 Ranking Tournament Wins

  • 2025 Players Championship 
  • 2025 German Masters
  • 2024 Northern Ireland Open
  • 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix 
  • 2024 World Snooker Championship 

Mark Allen

  • Current Ranking: 10

Mark Allen’s form is very confusing, to say the least. He endured a tough 2024/25 campaign where he reached three ranking semi-finals, and while that might sound good on paper, the Northern Irishman has failed to reach further than the second round in tournaments in 2025. 

Allen will look to put his form behind him, though, and this is an excellent opportunity to deliver the goods in this invitational matchup with a big rival.

Last 5 Ranking Tournament Runs

  • 2025 World Snooker Championship – 2nd Round
  • 2025 Players Championship – 1st Round
  • 2025 World Grand Prix – 1st Round
  • 2025 World Open – 1st Round
  • 2025 Welsh Open – 2nd Round 

Last 5 Ranking Tournament Wins

  • 2024 Players Championship
  • 2023 Snooker Shoot Out
  • 2023 World Grand Prix
  • 2022 UK Championship
  • 2022 Northern Ireland Open

Value Bets

  1. Total Frames – Over 6.5 Frames: Both players are playing in a best-of-7 frame contest, and we predict this match to go all the way to a last-frame decider. 

  2. Total Frames Even/Odd – Odd: Based on our value bet above, the only possible total number of frames would result in an odd number. 

  3. Either Player to Win Successive Frames – Kyren Wilson: Kyren Wilson is one of those players who are great to watch when they’ve put a foothold in the game, and this added momentum improves his confidence, therefore, we predict him to win successive frames. 

Prediction: Kyren Wilson to win 4-3

Our final prediction sees Kyren Wilson coming out on top, winning 4-3 in a thrilling match with Mark Allen. Both players will go toe-to-toe, but Wilson will just about edge it. 

Henry Cheal
Henry ChealSports Writer

Henry Cheal is a versatile freelance sports journalist with extensive experience in the industry. Henry has previously worked at the 2024 World Snooker Championship and earned a Multimedia Sports Journalism degree from UCFB in 2023.