The Premier League Darts roadshow heads to Exeter this Thursday evening for Night 4 of the season.
Gerwyn Price is fresh from Dublin delight last week and will have to show his best to take out Luke Humphries, while Stephen Bunting squares off against world champion Luke Littler.
Michael van Gerwen and Rob Cross get things underway, while the remaining quarter-final at the Westpoint Arena is between Chris Dobey and Nathan Aspinall.
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Premier League Darts – Night 4 Tips
- Gerwyn Price to beat Luke Humphries – 6/4
- Michael van Gerwen -1.5 legs vs Rob Cross – 4/5
- Luke Littler most 180s vs Stephen Bunting – 1/2
- Over 6.5 180s in Chris Dobey vs Nathan Aspinall – 11/10
Price to lord it over Humphries again
Price battled to victory in Dublin last week, ensuring we’ve had three different nightly winners so far after success for Humphries and Littler in Belfast and Glasgow respectively.
Humphries had to dig deep for his wins over Dobey and Price in week two, but he had no answer to the Iceman in Dublin, as he hit checkouts of 116, 120 and a magical 170 on his way to a 6-3 victory.
Price had earlier averaged 102 in dispatching Littler, his fifth consecutive victory over the world champion.
The 2021 world champ reeled off legs of 14, 13, 14 and 13 darts in defeating Aspinall in the final and if he’s in the same mood, he can send Humphries packing in Exeter.
MVG to surge past Cross
Cross averaged nearly five points more than Aspinall in Dublin but his finishing was poor, with just three darts from 22 attempts finding their target for a 13.64 per cent checkout rate.
Van Gerwen, by comparison, was at nearly 55 per cent in hitting his six doubles from just 11 attempts in his opener against Dobey before he lost his way against Aspinall, having his throw broken four times.
Cross has just one win in three attempts so far this season and his recent good record against MVG, with five wins in the last six, may come to an end here.
Littler to shine against Bunting
Bunting’s return to the Premier League hasn’t gone well. The Liverpudlian has lost all three matches so far and has the lowest checkout percentage of all eight players.
He’s also got the lowest scoring average and has managed just eight 180s in his three games.
The Nuke ran into an inspired Price last week but still rattled in five 180s, taking his tournament tally to 22 already, more than anyone despite the early bath in the Irish capital.
He should have little trouble condemning Bunting to another loss and he can top the 180 count in doing so.
Fireworks likely in mid-table clash
Dobey and Aspinall have made the sort of starts we might expect. They have taken some scalps and both reached a nightly final, but Dobey was undone 6-1 against Humphries in Belfast and Aspinall outclassed 6-3 by Price in Dublin.
Both will sense a chance in this quarter-final, which is tough to call. The line for 180s is set at 6.5 and the overs look good.
The Asp picked things up last week with 14 maximums in his three matches. Dobey lost out to MVG in Dublin in his opener, going down 6-4, but still fired a healthy tally of five 180s.
In that mood, this pair can get over the 6.5 barrier between them in Exeter.
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