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Hossein Vafaei vs Matthew Selt

Northern Ireland Open 2026 · Last 64 · Best of 7 · Sun 18 Oct, 15:00 UK time (estimated) · Waterfront Hall, Belfast

Hossein Vafaei
60%
Form Rating 1561 · #14
Matthew Selt
40%
Form Rating 1490 · partial record

Result: Matthew Selt won 4–3. The Form Rating favoured Hossein Vafaei, so the prediction was wrong.

Hossein Vafaei is the Form Rating favourite at 60%, against 40% for Matthew Selt. They have met once since June 2025, and Matthew Selt leads 1–0. Matthew Selt won the last meeting 4–1 in the last 64 of the 2026 English Open. Hossein Vafaei is 6–6 this season with 8 centuries.

We hold only part of Matthew Selt's record (matches against the players we track), so this number is less certain. Across all matches in our back-test the favourite won 60.8%.

Head-to-head

1–4 2026 English Open · Last 64 · 8 September 2026

Scores read Hossein Vafaei first.

Recent form

Last five results

Hossein Vafaei

  • L 1–5 v Shaun Murphy 2026 Shenzhen Open, Last 32
  • W 6–1 v Cheung Ka Wai 2026 International Championship, Last 128
  • L 1–4 v Matthew Selt 2026 English Open, Last 64
  • L 1–4 v John Higgins 2026 British Open, Last 128
  • L 3–5 v Neil Robertson 2026 Wuhan Open, Last 32

Matthew Selt

Only matches against the players we track.

How the prediction works

The percentages come from the Century Radar Form Rating, a margin-of-victory Elo over the last 12 months. We back-tested it on 408 matches of best-of-7 or longer played between 30 May 2026 and 4 October 2026, using only the ratings each player had before the match. The favourite won 60.8% of them, and 71.1% of the 90 where we held both players' full records. Best-of-7 matches are short, so upsets are common.

Draw and times: Wikipedia: 2026 Northern Ireland Open (draw, format, prize money) · snooker.org order of play (times). Checked 10 October 2026.