“Look for Luke Humphries to get his Premier League campaign back on track with a victory over Michael van Gerwen on Thursday night. The world number one Humphries suffered just his fourth defeat of the season last Thursday, losing 6-4 to Luke Littler. However, ‘Cool Hand’ will be quietly confident about his chances of getting the better of MVG this week.

Humphries has already defeated the Dutchman in this year’s Premier League, claiming a 6-5 win in Belfast back on Night 1. That means the Newbury ace has now triumphed in each of his last six Premier League showdowns with van Gerwen.

While the ‘Green Machine’ got his play-off push back on track with a win over Nathan Aspinall last week, it would be fair to say that he has not been firing on all cylinders of late. That was plain to see when van Gerwen was put to the sword 6-1 by Gerwyn Price last Thursday.”

“It’s hard to look past Luke Littler to hit the most 180s in his quarter-final tie with Nathan Aspinall on Thursday night. The teenage sensation has been hitting 180s for fun in this year’s Premier League, racking up no fewer than 70 maximums across the first six stops on the 17-week roadshow.

Last week in Nottingham, Littler hit more 180s than each of his three opponents, ending the night with an overall tally of 16. That means ‘The Nuke’ has unfurled the most 180s in each of his last six Premier League assignments.

One of those matches was against Nathan Aspinall in Brighton a fortnight ago, with Littler landing five 180s to Aspinall’s two. What’s more, Littler took top honours on the 180 front by the exact same scoreline when the pair crossed paths in Exeter on Night 4. It’s also worth noting that Littler tallied the most 180s when the duo met at the World Darts Championship at the beginning of the year.”