PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS BETTING TIPS: Can Van Gerwen beat Price in Liverpool?
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We’re into week 6 of this year’s Premier League Darts andthe action returns to the M&S Arena in Liverpool with five mouth-wateringmatches, including Gerwyn Price v Michael Van Gerwen.
We’ve taken a look at all this week’s clashes, with thelatest odds and key stats…
MICHAEL SMITH V PETER WRIGHT
Most of the recent meetings between these two have beentightly contested affairs and it’s Peter Wright who is 11/10favourite to beat 9/5 shot Michael Smith.
Smith has won each of his last three Premier League matchesand in top form following his win over Van Gerwen last week. Smith now sitssecond in the table just behind Glen Durrant on leg difference.
Wright’s posted the highest average so far with 110.00 lasttime out against Nathan Aspinall and this one will be close to call. Snakebiteis 11/10 to hit the most 180s and 8/11 to score the highest Checkout.
DARYL GURNEY V GLEN DURRANT
Gurney is without a win in the Premier League this seasonand remains at the foot of the table. Meanwhile, Durrant comes in as leaderwith seven points from his five matches and is 6/5 favourite.
Despite being opposite ends of the table, the odds suggestthis one will be closer than expected with Gurney13/8 to get his first win of the campaign.
Durrant is 4/5 to have the highest checkout with GurneyEvens despite not throwing a 100+ so far this season. Duzza has had one in eachof the last three weeks and 3or more 100+ Checkouts is 5/2.
GERWYN PRICE V MICHAEL VAN GERWEN
Despite losing two ofhis last three matches, world number one MVGis 5/6 favourite against Price, who tasted defeat for the first time thisseason last week.
The Iceman has beaten Van Gerwen twice before, but he’s the9/4 underdog as both players look to bounce back with a win in Liverpool.MVG defeated the Welshman in the Ladbrokes UK Open final on Sunday and Pricewill be keen for revenge. Van Gerwen threw a nine-darter in that match and a nine-dartfinish here is 16/1.
Price is ranked world number three and this is expected tobe a game of fine margins. A draw can be backed at 10/3 with over11.5 legs 11/10.
ROB CROSS V STEPHEN BUNTING
Stephen Bunting is the selected challenger in Liverpool andwill be hoping a home crowd can get behind him at M&S Arena.
Cross is the favourite at 5/6 with Bunting furtherback at 9/4. The Bullet has lost all of his previous four meetings withCross, including a 10-8 defeat in the last 16 at the UK Open last weekend.
An over 120.5 Checkout is 10/11 with Cross1/2 to win the race to five legs. Meanwhile, Bunting has shown signs ofrediscovering his best form and he is 1/1 to hit the most 180s in the matchagainst Cross who is second bottom in the Premier League table.
GARY ANDERSON V NATHAN ASPINALL
This is the final match of the night and it looks likeanother tough one to call with Aspinall the narrow 13/10 favourite tobeat Anderson who is 3/2, with a draw 11/4.
Aspinall has won three of his five matches this season andwas unlucky to lose last week to Peter Wright, averaging above 100 for most ofthe match. He is 4/5 to score the highest Checkout with Anderson atEvens.
Anderson has the lowest checkout percentage in the leagueand is 4/5 to have his highestcheckout under 120.5. A win would put him back in contention, but a thirddefeat would see him fall further behind the leaders.
All odds and markets correct as of date of publication.
