Luke Littler v Josh Rock EVS Bet Builder Tips & Predictions

Saturday 26 July, 20251 min read

Grant Heaney

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I've put together a double at around 6/4 for Littler v Rock. It's tough to call a winner of this one, so I've focused on the total legs and 180s markets instead.

Luke Littler v Josh Rock Bet Builder

Luke Littler v Josh Rock
PDC World Matchplay Semi-Finals
21:45

2 Selections @ 2.60

Over 29.5 Legs @ 1.90

Luke Littler’s semi-final showdown with Josh Rock has all the ingredients to be a World Matchplay classic. Both players will be going hammer and tongs to win this one and I think a minimum of 30 legs looks well within range.

Now that we’ve reached the semi-final stage, it’s a race to 17 legs, with the potential for extra-time as each match must be won by two clear legs. Basically, the proposed over 29.5 legs angle would require Littler and Rock to win a minimum of 13 legs each, and that looks well within the realms of possibility.

Littler’s quarter-final success over Andrew Gilding produced exactly 30 legs, and the teenage sensation now faces a sterner test against Northern Irish star Rock. While ‘Rocky’ impressively saw off Gerwyn Price with some room to spare on Friday night, his second round success over Michael van Gerwen went into overtime.

With both Littler and Rock two of the heaviest hitters on the PDC circuit, it's difficult to envisage a landslide victory for whoever comes out on top here.

Over 24.5 180s @ 1.80

The Winter Gardens crowd can expect an avalanche of 180s from both Luke Littler and Josh Rock on Saturday night. It will come as no surprise to learn that Littler and Rock have hit the most 180s of this year's four semi-finalists at the World Matchplay, with ‘The Nuke’ racking up a tournament-high 32 maximums, while ‘Rocky’ has unfurled 23 180s so far.

As such, each of these two serial maximum hitters have cemented their position inside the top-seven of this year's PDC 180 leaderboard, with Littler way out in front with a remarkable return of 532.

The Warrington wonderkid’s sensational scoring power was on show in his quarter-final win over Andrew Gilding, crashing in 18 maximums en route to victory, while ‘Goldfinger' chipped in with seven of his own. As for Rock, he has won the 180 battle in his respective victories over Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price, most notably hitting 10 maximums in his triumph over ‘The Iceman’.

With two of the most well-renowned 180 hitters on show, coupled with semi-final ties being played over a slightly longer format, I think there is plenty of scope for this blockbuster battle to feature a minimum of 25 180s.