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🎯 Luke Humphries Win v Stephen Bunting
🎯 Over 9.5 Legs in Rob Cross v Nathan Aspinall
🎯 Michael van Gerwen to Win v Chris Dobey
Luke Humphries Win v Stephen Bunting
Luke Humphries looks well placed to take top honours from the opening quarter-final tie of the night with Stephen Bunting.
The world number 1 has made a quietly impressive start to his Premier League campaign and currently leads the way at the top of the table. In fact, Humphries has won 5 of his 6 matches in this year’s Premier League, only narrowly losing out to Luke Littler in last week’s final. The Newbury ace’s average across his 6 outings is in excess of 100, not to mention only Luke Littler (17) and Michael van Gerwen (17) have hit more 180s than Humphries (15) at this juncture.
In contrast, Bunting has endured a difficult start upon his return to the Premier League this year, losing his opening 2 games with both Rob Cross and Michael van Gerwen. While it’s surely only a matter of time before Bunting gets up and running, it’s difficult to make a case for him against Humphries in Dublin this week. ‘Cool Hand’ has come out on top in 5 of the last 7 meetings between the duo and the form book certainly favours the league leader ahead of their latest encounter in the Emerald Isle.
Over 9.5 Legs in Rob Cross v Nathan Aspinall
Rob Cross’ clash with Nathan Aspinall looks the toughest of this week’s 4 quarter-final ties to call. The 2 arrowsmiths have struggled to make their mark over the opening 2 weeks of the new Premier League season. Cross’ only win so far arrived on night 1, while Aspinall is yet to get off the mark.
With neither player appealing as a standout selection to win this match, siding with over 9.5 legs looks the more attractive angle of attack. Each of Cross’ opening 3 games in this year’s Premier League have produced 10 or more legs, including last week’s 6-5 thriller with Luke Littler. While Aspinall was soundly beaten by Luke Humphries in Belfast on night 1, his game with Gerwyn Price in Glasgow last week featured over 9.5 legs.
As such, there is plenty of scope for this crunch clash to go all the way on Thursday night. It’s also worth noting that 3 of the 5 meetings between the pair in last year’s Premier League delivered 10 or more legs, with 2 of those contests requiring all 11 legs to separate the duo.
Michael van Gerwen to Win v Chris Dobey
Michael van Gerwen can get another win on the board by seeing off Chris Dobey in Dublin on Thursday night.
‘The Green Machine’ has come flying out of the traps across the opening 2 weeks of action, defeating Luke Littler 6-5 in Belfast before getting the better of Stephen Bunting in Glasgow with a resounding 6-1 success. That pair of victories were made all the more impressive by the fact that van Gerwen averaged 105 and 109 respectively. If the Dutchman can replicate those efforts this week, then he should prove too hot to handle for ‘Hollywood’.
Dobey was solid rather than spectacular when reaching the night 1 final where he lost to Luke Humphries. The pair then crossed paths again in Glasgow last week, with Humphries again proving too strong.
It was only last month that van Gerwen demolished Dobey 6-1 in set play at the 2025 World Darts Championship. The Dutchman has also won 2 of the previous 3 Premier League meetings between the pair, claiming comfortable 6-2 and 6-3 victories in their most recent 2 encounters in this competition.
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Premier League Darts Night Three Tips & Predictions
🎯 Luke Humphries to Win Night Three
📈 Odds: 3.75
Luke Humphries is setting the early pace in the Premier League table after making a strong start to his campaign across the opening 2 weeks of action. ‘Cool Hand’ was the last man standing on night 1 in Belfast before finishing as runner-up in Glasgow last week. The world number 1 will consider himself unfortunate not to have won back-to-back nights after losing a last leg decider against Luke Littler.
On current form, Humphries should have too much momentum for Stephen Bunting in the opening match of the night in Dublin this week. ‘The Bullet’ has fallen at the first hurdle in each of the opening 2 weeks of this year’s Premier League.
Thereafter, a rematch with Littler could potentially lie in wait in the first of this week’s 2 semi-final ties, which would be an opportunity for Humphries to take revenge. Humphries was enjoying a 3-match winning run over Littler before last week’s narrow loss in Scotland.
If the market plays out to expectations, Michael van Gerwen would await in the final. ‘Cool Hand’ defeated the Dutchman on the opening night, meaning that he has now triumphed in each of the last 6 Premier League meetings between the pair.
🎯 Michael van Gerwen to Win Night Three
📈 Odds: 5.50
Michael van Gerwen looks well placed to pocket all 5 points in Dublin this week. ‘The Green Machine’ has already shown enough flashes of his best over the opening 2 weeks to suggest that more impactful performances are imminent. The Dutchman brilliantly beat Luke Littler in Belfast 2 weeks ago and he was then unfortunate not to win his subsequent game with Luke Humphries.
On top of that, van Gerwen blazed his way to a 6-1 win over Stephen Bunting in Glasgow last week, averaging a whopping 109 in the process.
Given how this week’s draw has shaped up, van Gerwen would avoid a clash with either Littler or Humphries until the final game of the evening. Thus, the Dutch destroyer has to be fancied to come through his bracket, where he opens up against Chris Dobey. Should van Gerwen hit the ground running with a win over ‘Hollywood’, he would then be expected to overcome either Rob Cross or Nathan Aspinall at the semi-final stage.
A potential final with 1 of the 2 Lukes would undoubtedly represent van Gerwen’s toughest test of the night, however on current form, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that MVG emerges victorious.
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