Luke Littler is more than capable of hitting a 180 in each set of his quarter-final tie with Nathan Aspinall.

‘The Nuke’ has been hitting maximums like they are going out of fashion at this year’s World Darts Championship. In fact, the Warrington wonderkid has already tallied a towering 36 180s across his opening 3 Ally Pally assignments this year.

Drill deeper and Littler has landed a 180 in 14 of the overall 16 sets that he has contested up to this point of the event. He delivered a maximum in each set of the game in his round 3 win over Ian White and a repeat against Aspinall is achievable.

While ‘The Asp’ will be up against it here, he is unlikely to go down without a fight. The Stockport thrower has shown real grit and determination to make a deep run following an injury-stricken season. His ability to produce high checkouts when under pressure could be an important weapon if he is to thwart teenage sensation Littler. Aspinall has managed 3-figure outshots in each of his 3 wins en route to the last 8, so there is plenty of scope for him to deliver another against Littler.