Luke Humphries to Win v Michael van Gerwen

Look for Luke Humphries to get his Premier League campaign back on track with a victory over Michael van Gerwen on Thursday night. World number one Humphries suffered just his 4th 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, which doesn’t augur well ahead of a clash with Humphries.

Luke Littler to Win & have the Highest Checkout v Nathan Aspinall

Luke Littler has two wins from two against Nathan Aspinall in this year’s Premier League and he can make it a hat-trick of wins in Cardiff on Thursday night. With the teenage trailblazer too short to support as a single selection, instead look to him to win alongside delivering the highest checkout of the match.

Littler had the crowd up on their feet in Nottingham last week, taking out 164 against Luke Humphries before wrapping up a leg with a roof-raising 167 finish in his subsequent match with Rob Cross.

It’s also worth noting that the Warrington wonderkid hit the highest checkout of the game in each of his two aforementioned victories over Aspinall in this season’s Premier League, one of which was a 130. On top of all that, this combination clicked in five of the six meetings between the pair in last year’s Premier League, and that only adds to the appeal of siding with the same formula in the Welsh capital on Thursday night.

Gerwyn Price to Win v Rob Cross

Fresh off the back of his second nightly win in this year’s Premier League, Gerwyn Price can pocket another couple of points by overcoming Rob Cross on Thursday night. ‘The Iceman’ continues to show flashes of his explosive best form, most notably defeating Luke Littler 6-3 in emphatic fashion during last week’s final.

With Price carrying momentum and sure to benefit from having a ferocious hometown support behind him this week, he has to be fancied to see off Cross. Only Luke Littler (10) and Luke Humphries (nine) have won more matches than Price (seven) in this year’s Premier League.

Cross, on the other hand, has posted just four wins across the opening six weeks of the season, losing on six occasions. What’s more, three of Cross’ four wins in this year’s Premier League have come against players currently housed 4th or below in the Premier League table, suggesting 3rd-placed Price should prove too strong here.