PRICE RIGHT FOR CARDIFF WIN? – BETMGM PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS NIGHT 5 TIPS
Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton are set for a Welsh homecoming as the BetMGM Premier League Darts campaign pitches up in Cardiff.
Clayton leads the way at the top of the table and takes on second-placed Gian van Veen, while Price faces Night 4 winner Stephen Bunting.
World number one Luke Littler has just one win so far and sits in seventh spot ahead of only Josh Rock – he rounds off the quarter-finals against Rocky here after the Northern Irishman’s stunning hometown nine-darter in Belfast.
Defending champion Luke Humphries also remains out of the top four, and opens the evening here with a heavyweight clash with Michael van Gerwen.
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With eight of the world’s best throwers battling it out, enjoy our analysis and Bet Builder tips below as the competition gets set for a trip to the Welsh capital.
BetMGM Premier League Darts Tips: 17/2 Night 5 Acca
- Humphries to average over 100.5 vs Van Gerwen
- 2+ 100+ checkouts in Van Veen vs Clayton
- Over 8.5 legs in Price vs Bunting
- Littler most 180s vs Rock
Leg 1 – Luke Humphries to average over 100.5 vs Michael van Gerwen @ Evens
Humphries’s start to the Premier League has been a strange one.
After four nights he has just two wins and sits in sixth place – but he has by far the highest average of all eight players.
His 103.24 average makes him one of just two players to average over a ton so far. The other being Stephen Bunting, meaning none of the top four currently averages 100-plus.
Cool Hand averaged over 106 in defeat to Bunting last week; in fact the only match so far that has seen him average below 100 was the defeat to Van Gerwen, his opponent here, in Newcastle on Night 1.
The defending champion is throwing and scoring well but is being let down by his finishing – a third-worst checkout rate in the league of just 33.33% and a high checkout of 108 is the lowest of all players.
Even if his finishing stays below his usual standards, expect him to score well here as he looks to turn that high average into points.
Evens for Humphries to average over 100.5 in his Cardiff opener seems generous.
Leg 2 – 2+ 100+ checkouts in Gian van Veen vs Jonny Clayton @ 11/8
The top two face off in what should be a Cardiff cracker.
Van Veen and Clayton have started the Premier League excellently with the Ferret yet to lose a night opener and the Giant having made three finals – he is, however, yet to win one.
They are also setting the pace for checkouts.
Van Veen checked out a stunning 167 last week against Rock and only Van Gerwen has a higher weekly highest checkout average than his 108.
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The pair also have consistently had the highest checkout in their games – Clayton having the highest finish in eight of his nine; a league-best 89%, making him the only player to have a higher percentage than Van Veen’s 70%.
They have hit 16 100+ checkouts between them though, interestingly, just one in their two meetings so far.
We think they improve on that here. Given their stats across the competition so far, the odds of 11/8 for two or more 100+ checkouts carry considerable appeal.
Leg 3 – Over 8.5 legs in Gerwyn Price vs Stephen Bunting @ 7/20
Bunting finally saw some good performances pay dividends last week in Belfast, not only claiming his first points but also the nightly win.
The Bullet was impressive, especially with his 6-0 semi-final demolition of Clayton, but will have to overcome a partisan Welsh crowd here as he takes on Price – a rare occasion where he may not be the crowd favourite.
In Price he faces a man whose matches tend to go the distance. Five of his seven have ended 6-5 and all of the Iceman’s clashes so far have had over 8.5 legs.
That is the line we are selecting here.
These two are yet to meet in the Premier League this season but all three of their meetings in last year’s competition had at least nine legs.
The 7/20 for over 8.5 legs to land at the Utilita Arena is the third choice for the acca and, even though only half of Bunting’s matches have hit that benchmark, we expect this one to be a close encounter.
Leg 4 – Luke Littler to have most 180s vs Josh Rock @ 13/25
Things aren’t going to plan for either Littler or Rock.
Propping up the table, a nine-darter for Rocky last week was a spectacular sight but he remained unable to get off the mark points-wise.
Littler is faring little better. He may have four points but he has won only one game – his other two points coming courtesy of a Van Gerwen withdrawal in Glasgow.
A ‘must-win’ probably feels a bit dramatic for the Nuke but it certainly feels appropriate for Rock.
He’s lost all of his games 6-2 so far and, in truth, has never really threatened to win any of them.
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Rock has thrown only six 180s in four matches, two of which came in the stunning nine-dart leg last week.
For all Littler has been well below par, his maximum hitting remains strong.
Only Humphries averages more per game than his 3.60. Comparing this to Rocky’s 1.50, then it is perhaps no surprise we are rounding off the acca with a 13/25 selection for Littler to hit the most 180s in the match.
What is a surprise is that Littler has hit more 180s than his opponent just once so far, though that is still once more than Rock.
The man with 896 maximums to his name over the last 12 months has to come good in the Premier League soon – can the maximums finally bring nightly success?
BETMGM’S 17/2 NIGHT 5 ACCA
- Humphries to average over 100.5 vs Van Gerwen
- 2+ 100+ checkouts in Van Veen vs Clayton
- Over 8.5 legs in Price vs Bunting
- Littler most 180s vs Rock
BetMGM Premier League Darts: 19/5 Night 5 Bet Builder
As well as our Night 5 accumulator, we have utilised BetMGM’s Bet Builder tool to create our own bet on the opener in Cardiff – the blockbuster tussle between Van Gerwen and Humphries.
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BETMGM’S 19/5 NIGHT 5 VAN GERWEN VS HUMPHRIES BET BUILDER
- Over 9.5 legs
- Van Gerwen to win (+1.5-leg handicap)
- Humphries over 3.5 180s
Seven-time champion Van Gerwen takes on defending titlist Humphries in a match to light the blue touchpaper in Cardiff.
MVG has started the tournament well. He sits third and may well have more points than his eight had he not been forced to miss Night 3 through illness.
He lost a thriller last week against Price in what was his first quarter-final loss so far – he will want to bounce back here against world number two Humphries, who has just two wins to his name all tournament.
Mighty Mike has already won the sole meeting in the 2026 Premier League back on Night 1. That ended a run of eight Premier League defeats in nine against Cool Hand, though many of those matches were tight.
Given the way the pair have started this year, MVG to win with a 1.5-leg headstart makes sense, especially with the close nature of a lot of Humphries’ matches.
While he may have struggled with his finishing, Humphries' 180 hitting has been supreme. He has the joint-most so far with 26, putting him level with Clayton, who has played three more matches.
An average of 4.33 per game makes the over 3.5 in this Bet Builder a sensible shout.
The final selection is over 9.5 legs – considering four of their last five regular BetMGM Premier League meetings have had 10 legs or more, that one looks a smart play too.
BETMGM’S 19/5 NIGHT 5 VAN GERWEN VS HUMPHRIES BET BUILDER
- Over 9.5 legs
- Van Gerwen to win +1.5 legs
- Humphries over 3.5 180s
Night 5 BetMGM Specials
Cardiff is ready for Premier League Darts action once more – and BetMGM has you sorted for Night 5 outrights and specials.
Here are the odds for the outright winner in the Welsh capital:
Belfast saw the first perfect leg of the 2026 BetMGM Premier League, with Josh Rock’s memorable nine-darter on home turf saw him become the first player this season to be awarded a set of custom-made set of gold darts worth £30,000.
Rocky may well start a trend. It is 6/1 for a nine-darter to be thrown at any point on Night 5 – or 66/1 for two or more, which happened on Night 5 in Brighton last year when Humphries and Rob Cross achieved the feat.
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