BETMGM PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS NIGHT 11 PREVIEW & TIPS: LITTLER ON FOR HAT-TRICK?
The 2024 BetMGM Premier League Darts heads to Birmingham following last week’s trip to Manchester, which saw Luke Littler pick up his second consecutive nightly win.
A win over Gerwyn Price in the Manchester final saw Littler move into first place ahead of Luke Humphries. Former leader Humphries suffered his second consecutive quarter-final defeat after his run of three nightly wins in a row, with the world number one losing out 6-3 to Michael Smith. Nathan Aspinall now sits in third place ahead of Michael van Gerwen and made the semi-final at the AO Arena before coming unstuck against Littler.
Rob Cross continued his disappointing run of form with a quarter-final defeat to Aspinall while Peter Wright was defeated again, this time by Price. The Welshman also became the first player in the 2024 BetMGM Premier League Darts to hit a nine-darter with a perfect leg in the semi-final against Smith on his way to victory.
Night 10 in Manchester was a night packed full of explosive action, with Littler coming out on top as the 2024 BetMGM Premier League Darts saw yet more twists and turns. Before we share our picks for our acca as well as our weekly specials, let’s take a run-through of the Night 11 fixtures as the tournament arrives in the West Midlands.
BetMGM Premier League Darts Night 11 Fixtures
Peter Wright gets the evening underway with his quarter-final against Luke Humphries, in what seems a little bit of a mismatch based on this year’s tournament. Wright has really struggled to get going and has just two match wins to name, while Humphries, despite exiting at the quarter-final stage in the last two weeks, sits in second place in the table and has shown some blistering form.
Next up, Nights 9 and 10 winner Luke Littler is up against Rob Cross in the second quarter-final. Littler comes to Birmingham on the back of successive victories and will be looking for a hat-trick. Cross has struggled of late having not won a Premier League game since Night 6, has slipped to sixth in the standings and remains without a nightly win in this year’s tournament.
Littler, meanwhile, leads the way in top spot and can become the third player to win three nights in a row in the 2024 Premier League should he be victorious in Birmingham.
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The third quarter-final sees last week’s runner-up Gerwyn Price take on Michael Smith in a repeat of their semi-final in Manchester. Both men are in the bottom four of the table and need to pick up points this week to boost their chances of making Play-offs Night.
Price hit a sensational nine-dart finish on Night 10 and lost out to an in-form Luke Littler in the final while Cross is without a win since he beat Michael van Gerwen in Brighton on Night 6. The Iceman can leapfrog Voltage with a win and both players will be hoping the Midlands can be a happy hunting ground as they seek their first nightly victory of the tournament.
In the last quarter-final we have Van Gerwen vs Nathan Aspinall, with the seven-time champion on a run of just one Premier League win in six weeks. Aspinall has recovered from a poor start to the competition to now sit in third place, one spot above MVG. The Dutchman beat the Asp in the final in Newcastle, so revenge could be on the cards here as both players look to cement their spot in the top four as the 2024 BetMGM Premier League Darts turns its focus towards Play-offs Night qualification.
Night 11 quarter-finals in full: Peter Wright vs Luke Humphries; Rob Cross vs Luke Littler; Gerwyn Price vs Michael Smith; Michael van Gerwen vs Nathan Aspinall
21/2 BetMGM Premier League Darts Night 11 Accumulator
As the 2024 BetMGM Premier League Darts heads to Birmingham, our weekly accumulator is here with picks from each of the four quarter-finals from Night 11 in the West Midlands.
Getting the evening underway, Peter Wright and Luke Humphries are two players who have experienced contrasting fortunes throughout the first 10 weeks of competition. Humphries has shown some brilliant form to blow away opponents, particularly in the three consecutive nightly wins. While he has been knocked off top spot, he still leads the way for overall tournament average and 180s.
Wright, meanwhile, sits bottom of the table with just four points to his name, though he did make the final in Birmingham last year. The pair faced off in consecutive weeks in Nottingham and Dublin, with Cool Hand winning 6-1 on both occasions. He was also King of the Oche in these two matches and we’re taking the 6/4 for him to win the match, have the highest checkout and the most 180s in this one too.
The second quarter-final sees table-topping Luke Littler play a struggling Rob Cross. The 2018 world champion hasn’t made it past the quarter-final stage in the last four weeks while Littler seems to be hitting his best form at just the right time.
They have one win apiece against each other in the 2024 BetMGM Premier League, and the Nuke won the meeting between the two in the final of the Belgian Open earlier this year into the bargain. Given the recent form of the two players, Littler to win at 4/11 seems the shout.
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Runner-up in Manchester Gerwyn Price faces Michael Smith in quarter-final three, with the Welshman surely on a high following last week’s sensational nine-darter. A first final appearance since the opening week followed the perfect leg and, though he would go on to lose to Littler, Price showed moments of genuine brilliance on Night 10.
Smith has enjoyed some good form of late too – making the semi-final last week and the final on Night 8 – but is yet to add to his single nightly win so far, achieved back on the first night in Cardiff.
In an interesting match between two players having mixed tournaments, the checkouts market carries value. In addition to his nine-dart finish in Manchester, Price has checked out 160 and 170 in the competition and has had the highest checkout of the week on three occasions – the joint highest with Humphries. He has also hit a higher checkout than his opponent in 56% of matches, compared to Smith’s 44%, so we’re backing Price to have the highest checkout in this one too at 10/13.
Closing out the quarter-finals in Birmingham are Michael van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall. Sitting in fourth and third place respectively, MVG and the Asp have met just twice in the 2024 BetMGM Premier League, with the Dutchman winning on both occasions. The pair battled it out a few times in last year’s competition, with both having success, though one of the games did result in a 6-0 whitewash for Van Gerwen.
Generally their meetings have been close, with all but one of the last seven Premier League contests featuring 10 legs or more, so 10/11 for over 9.5 legs in this one is a sensible choice to complete our Night 11 accumulator.
Night 11 Accumulator
- Luke Humphries King of the Oche vs Peter Wright
- Luke Littler to beat Rob Cross
- Gerwyn Price to hit the highest checkout vs Michael Smith
- Michael van Gerwen vs Nathan Aspinall over 9.5 legs
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Night 11 Odds & BetMGM Specials
Despite Luke Littler winning the last two nights, it is Luke Humphries who goes into Night 11 as 2/1 favourite to lift the trophy and storm back to the top of the table.
Littler has looked brilliant in the last two weeks, though he did lose in the last 16 of the Players Championship 7 to Ross Smith on Monday. He is priced at 12/5 to win in Birmingham, while third favourite is Michael van Gerwen at 5/1.
Manchester finalist Gerwyn Price is 6/1, Michael Smith is 12/1 and Nathan Aspinall is available at 14/1 while Rob Cross, without a win in four weeks, is 16/1 to win and bottom-of-the-table Peter Wright is the outsider once again at 33/1.
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Night 10 in Manchester saw the first perfect leg of the competition as Price hit a magnificent nine-dart finish in his semi-final victory over Smith.
The BetMGM Premier League continues to deliver and ensure that no PDC competition has provided more perfect legs – and if you think Birmingham can make it back-to-back weeks for nine-darters, you can pick that up at odds of 9/2 for one to be hit at any point during the evening.
BetMGM has a host of other markets available before the night gets underway as well as in-play options throughout the evening, so be sure to keep an eye on the BetMGM Premier League Darts Hub over the course of Night 11.
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The 2024 BetMGM Premier League has passed the halfway stage and the battle for the top four places continues to intensify. Just six more nights stand between the players and Play-offs Night at London’s O2 in May.
It’s showtime!
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