Ryan Searle has been playing well recently, winning the Players Championship 28 after beating Mario Vandenbogaerde 8-6 in the final in September. However, I expect Gerwyn Price to be too strong for Searle here - he's one of the favourites to win the tournament outright and his record against Searle is excellent.

Price has won all of the last six head-to-head clashes with Searle, as well as eight of the last nine. He most recently beat Searle 6-4 in a European Tour match earlier this year, while Price has also defeated Searle 6-0 and 5-0 in the past.

Price was unfortunate to lose to Luke Littler in the semi-final of the World Series in September, going down 11–10 in a fantastic game where he averaged 99.53. He's been playing well of late and I fancy him to win here.

The Green Machine is back and firing on almost all cylinders if his World Series' displays are anything to go by - MVG defeated Luke Littler 11-7 in the final while averaging just shy of a ton.

Meanwhile, Van Duijvenbode has been up and down of late, he notched a couple of good wins against James Wade and Peter Wright, but was convincingly beaten by Josh Rock, and then thumped 6-0 by Brendan Dolan in the Players Championship just a few days ago.

MVG has won six of the last eight head-to-head clashes with van Duijvenbode, including two of three clashes this year. I think Michael will be too strong for him once again here, and I'm not sure the double start will suit Dirk.