BETMGM PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS NIGHT 16 TIPS: HUMPHRIES & PRICE JOSTLE FOR O2 POSITION
The final regular night is here and we are almost sorted for Play-offs Night.
The top four players are locked in – but the final order is not.
Luke Littler will top the league and Jonny Clayton is guaranteed a second-place finish on his BetMGM Premier League return but Luke Humphries and Gerwyn Price are set to battle it out for third and fourth.
Third spot would mean a semi-final against Clayton rather than Littler.
Stephen Bunting and Clayton get the evening underway before Price takes to the stage against Gian van Veen.
Top against bottom means Littler takes on Josh Rock, while Michael van Gerwen will hope to end another below-par BetMGM Premier League season strongly and ensure Humphries finishes fourth in the evening's final quarter-final.
Here’s the full Night 16 bracket:
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With the top four sorted, attention turns to the race for third place and discovering form ahead of finals night. Enjoy our analysis and accumulator tip below as the competition heads to Sheffield…
BetMGM Premier League Darts Tips: 19/2 Night 16 Acca
- Bunting 95.5+ average vs Clayton
- Price 42.5%+ checkout percentage vs Van Veen
- Littler to win & have most 180s vs Rock
- Humphries to beat Van Gerwen
Leg 1 – Stephen Bunting to average over 95.5 vs Jonny Clayton @ 5/6
Bunting hasn’t got the points he will feel some of his performances have deserved.
Destined to finish in seventh place, we have seen flashes of what the Bullet is capable of with a fine nightly win in Belfast and some strong scoring… but he has often come up against players at their best.
He faces Clayton here in the Sheffield opener, a man he whitewashed 6-0 on the way to the overall victory in Northern Ireland on Night 4.
Points may be lacking for the Liverpudlian but his average has been fairly strong throughout.
An overall tournament average of 98.49 has been supplemented with some impressive showings such as a 106.09 in that 6-0 win and a 105.67 average against Humphries in Leeds two weeks ago – a game he eventually lost.
We like the look of the 5/6 here for Bunting to average over 95.5 in the game.
He will want to end on a high and, though a strong average may not be enough to win the game as we have seen previously, he can certainly put Clayton under pressure with it.
Leg 2 – Gerwyn Price over 42.5 checkout percentage vs Gian van Veen @ 5/6
Price looked in danger of slipping out of the top four before a strong showing in Birmingham made sure of his play-off spot.
One of the players who looked capable of catching him was Van Veen, the man he faces here.
These two have met six times in the BetMGM Premier League this year with the Welshman winning four of them.
But we are heading to the checkout markets for our second selection for the acca.
Last week’s semi-final clash in Birmingham saw Price hit six out of nine checkout opportunities (66.67%) and his finishing against the Giant in general has been strong.
Out of those six matches he has only had a lower checkout percentage than 42.5% once, which is the line we are selecting here.
Adding to this, Price has a top-10 checkout percentage on tour over the last 12 months at 42.66% – of our BetMGM Premier League Darts players only Littler’s (43.68%) is higher.
As a result, the 5/6 for Price to have over a 42.5% checkout percentage stands out here as good value as the Iceman looks to take form to the O2.
Leg 3 – Luke Littler to beat Josh Rock & have most 180s @ 11/10
It’s top against bottom here as Rock tries to end a disappointing BetMGM Premier League debut on a high.
Barring a memorable nine-darter in Belfast it has been a campaign to forget for the Northern Irishman, despite a mid-season rally restoring some pride.
He has never beaten Littler, though, and the signs indicate he is not about to here either.
They’ve met twice in the BetMGM Premier League and, despite winning both, Littler is yet to outscore Rocky on 180s.
We’re backing that to change in Sheffield.
Littler’s 116 is by far the most in the league and his average per game of 3.86 far surpasses everyone else, too. Rock’s 2.89 per match is not the worst but he is facing Littler when he is purring.
The Nuke has won four of the last five nights and will want to head to London with a win in what would be an ominous sign for everyone else.
Even after a poor start to the BetMGM Premier League, the Nuke sits top comfortably.
Littler to win and hit the most 180s against Rock is 11/10 – a price we are not going to ignore.
Leg 4 – Luke Humphries to beat Michael van Gerwen @ 8/11
Defending champion Humphries looked to be falling short of play-off qualification just a few weeks back but a nightly win and two runner-up spots in the last three weeks mean he has secured a spot at the O2 with a week to spare.
With opponent Van Gerwen eliminated for the second year in a row it seems there is little to play for – but that is far from the case.
It is a battle between Humphries and Price for third spot. A third spot that, perhaps crucially, means avoiding Littler in the semi-finals next week.
They have each won two of their four matches in the competition this season but, with Humphries in sublime form, we think he makes it 3-2.
MVG started the campaign well, winning Night 1 and making the final of Night 2, but eight quarter-final defeats and a general lack of consistency put paid to his chances.
The Dutchman has performed well on the floor recently but Humphries will be eager to secure third spot and will have too much for the seven-time BetMGM Premier League champion.
He’s 4/9 to win the match – a strong shout when you consider BetMGM’s early payout on three-leg leads, meaning that we’re paying out as a winner if he takes a three-leg lead regardless of the final result.
BETMGM’S 19/2 NIGHT 16 ACCA
- Bunting 95.5+ average vs Clayton
- Price 42.5%+ checkout percentage vs Van Veen
- Littler to win & have most 180s vs Rock
- Humphries to beat Van Gerwen
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