BetMGM Premier League Darts Night 4 Preview & Tips: A Van Gerwen hat-trick in Newcastle?
It’s Night 4 of the 2024 BetMGM Premier League Darts and Newcastle’s turn to host as the tournament rolls into the Utilita Arena on the banks of the River Tyne.
An exciting night in Glasgow last time out saw seven-time champion Michael van Gerwen beat world number one Luke Humphries in the final to claim his second consecutive nightly victory of the 2024 tournament.
Newcastle has a brilliant night in store but, before we select our Night 4 accumulator, let’s take a run-through of the BetMGM Premier League fixtures for the competition’s visit to the north-east.
BetMGM Premier League Darts Night 4 Fixtures
First up in Newcastle, Night 1 winner Michael Smith takes on 2020 Premier League runner-up Nathan Aspinall. Yet to get off the mark in the 2024 BetMGM Premier League, the Asp will be looking for a strong performance against Bully Boy following last week's 6-3 reverse against Luke Humphries. Also defeated in the quarter-final last week, Smith will be hoping to recapture the form that saw him storm to victory in Cardiff.
Having been runner-up in Glasgow, world champion Humphries is next up as he takes on 2018 PDC world titlist Rob Cross. Humphries lost out to Michael van Gerwen last week and, in Cross, is up against a player yet to really hit his stride this year with just two wins to his name.
The penultimate game pits Peter Wright against youngster Luke Littler. Littler was beaten 6-5 in the quarters by Gerwyn Price last week and will be aiming to rectify that against Wright who, despite showing flashes of his old self recently, remains bottom of the table.
Rounding off the quarter-finals is Van Gerwen as he targets a third win in a row. He will have to get past seven-time PDC major winner Gerwyn Price in Newcastle to do so and, with a final and a semi-final under his belt already in this year’s BetMGM Premier League, the Iceman will be aiming to go one step further here.
Night 4 quarter-finals in full: Michael Smith vs Nathan Aspinall; Rob Cross vs Luke Humphries; Peter Wright vs Luke Littler; Gerwyn Price vs Michael van Gerwen
20/1 BetMGM Premier League Darts Night 4 Accumulator
We have put together a 20/1 acca to get you in the mood for some Thursday night darts in Newcastle.
Night 1 winner Michael Smith has struggled to recapture that form in subsequent nights but we’re backing him to kick off Night 4 with a win against Nathan Aspinall. Yet to get off the mark in the 2024 BetMGM Premier League, Aspinall suffered a 6-2 defeat in Players Championship 3 this week to world number 50 Rowby-John Rodriguez and we’re going for a Smith victory at 7/10.
Next up we have Rob Cross taking on world champion Luke Humphries and, based on last week’s maximums, we’re adding over 6.5 180s to the acca at 6/5. With 13 180s overall in Glasgow, Humphries hit the most maximums and Cross himself hit four in both of his games. The third quarter-final sees Luke Littler take on Peter Wright, who suffered defeat at the hands of overall winner Michael van Gwewen in front of his home Scottish crowd. Littler will be hoping Night 4 is the night he finds his groove after a few weeks of mixed form.
We’re backing the Nuke to come good here. It’s 27/25 for Littler to hit the most 180s and have the highest checkout and even in defeat against Gerwyn Price last week he hit 4 maximums and a finish of 138. Facing an opponent who has averaged just 90 since the start of December, this selection makes sense.
Completing the quarter-finals is a cracker of a match between Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen. Having won the last two nights in Berlin and Glasgow, Van Gerwen is looking for a hat-trick but faces a formidable opponent in the Welshman.
It’s bound to be an interesting match and one we think will contain high checkouts. MVG hit a 136 checkout last week while Price boasted the highest checkout on Night 1 and then landed a 170 on Night 2. Add to this the fact the Iceman leads the league for 100+ checkouts with five in six matches and it seems natural to add both players to hit a 100+ checkout at 15/8 to round off our Night 4 acca.
Night 4 Accumulator
- Michael Smith to beat Nathan Aspinall
- Rob Cross vs Luke Humphries over 6.5 180s
- Luke Littler highest checkout & most 180s vs Peter Wright
- Gerwyn Price vs Michael van Gerwen both players to hit a 100+ checkout
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Night 4 Odds & BetMGM Specials
As well as our own acca, BetMGM carries odds on a plethora of outcomes for Night 4 of Premier League Darts action.
After winning the last two nights, Michael van Gerwen will be looking to equal his own record-breaking run of three BetMGM Premier League Darts nightly wins in a row — a record he shares with Michael Smith after both players achieved the feat in last year's tournament. He is available at 7/2 with BetMGM to win Night 4.
Despite the Dutchman’s fine form, it is actually Luke Littler who starts the night as favourite, with odds of 5/2 to be Night 4 victor. At 7/2 is Luke Humphries while Night 1 champion Michael Smith looks decent value at 9/1 as does last year’s Newcastle winner Gerwyn Price at 6/1.
No PDC event has contained more nine-dart finishes than the BetMGM Premier League’s 14. Though we came so close to seeing the perfect leg in Glasgow – with both Price and Aspinall missing double 12 for a nine-darter – the 2024 tournament is still to provide us with one. We have odds of 8/1 for a nine-dart finish to be hit at any point in Newcastle. Can the north-east crowd roar the players on to something special?
We have also got some BetMGM Specials for you to check out for Night 4. The competition has seen the 180s increase night by night, with 50 maximums hit overall in Glasgow last week alone. As such, we have priced up over 5.5 180s in each quarter-final match at 19/2.
Elsewhere, Littler & Smith both to be Kings of the Oche (win the match, hit the highest checkout and hit the most 180s) in their quarter-final matches against Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall respectively is 12/1.
BetMGM has a host of other markets available before the night gets underway as well as in-play throughout the evening, so be sure to keep an eye on the BetMGM Premier League Darts Hub over the course of the evening.
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The 2024 BetMGM Premier League is already shaping up to be an exhilarating battle among some of the best players in the world, culminating in Play-offs Night at London’s O2 in May.
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