Grant Heaney picks out an accumulator and weekly winner tip for night 11 in the Premier League darts.
Premier League Darts Night 11 Schedule & Odds
18:15 (UK)
Luke Littler – 3/5
Gerwyn Price – 8/5
18:45 (UK)
Gian van Veen – 7/5
Luke Humphries – 4/6
19:15 (UK)
Michael van Gerwen – 11/13
Jonny Clayton – 21/20
19:45 (UK)
Stephen Bunting – 21/20
Josh Rock – 10/11
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Premier League Darts Night 11 Accumulator Tips@ 11/5 (Boylesports)
Luke Littler vs Gerwyn Price - Over 8.5 Legs @ 2/5 (Boylesports)
Thursday night’s curtain-raiser pits Luke Littler against Gerwyn Price in a blockbuster battle. The pair sit 2nd and 3rd in the table respectively, though both fell at the first hurdle last week.
As tends to be the case whenever he toes the oche, Littler is the heavy odds-on favourite here at 4/7 on Betfair. However, he is unlikely to have things all his own way against Price, who is more than capable of pushing Littler to his limits. With that in mind, backing over 8.5 legs looks a sensible approach.
The pair have already met four times in this season’s Premier League, with each of those contests producing at least nine legs, two of which went the distance.
Gian van Veen vs Luke Humphries - Over 8.5 Legs @ 4/11 (Boylesports)
Gian van Veen and Luke Humphries will square off in a huge clash in the race for the playoff places. Neither player currently sits inside the top four, so defeat here would represent a significant setback for either of them.
Both have blown hot and cold in this year’s Premier League, and with so much on the line, this has all the makings of a tight and nervy affair. That was certainly the case when they last met in this campaign, with their two previous encounters producing nine and 10 legs respectively.
On that basis, over 8.5 legs looks a solid play in what promises to be a pivotal clash in the fight for a top-four finish.
Michael van Gerwen vs Jonny Clayton - Michael van Gerwen +2.5 Handicap @ 2/7 (Boylesports)
Michael van Gerwen and Jonny Clayton will meet in a rematch of last week’s final on Thursday night. It was Clayton who triumphed in Brighton last week, as he came from 5-2 down to edge out the Dutchman 6-5 and move to the top of the table in the process.
However, with the Rotterdam crowd behind him, van Gerwen will be quietly confident of exacting revenge on the Ferret this week. The Green Machine is in greater need of the points as he is still looking over his shoulder in the race for a top-four finish, so backing van Gerwen with a +2.5 head start on the handicap appeals.
Stephen Bunting v Josh Rock - Stephen Bunting +2.5 Handicap @ 1/3 (Boylesports)
The final quarter-final of the evening sees the bottom two players go head-to-head as Josh Rock takes on Stephen Bunting. While both arrowsmiths sit at the wrong end of the table, they’ve been picking up points in recent weeks and will still harbour outside hopes of a late push for the top four, with Bunting’s chances looking the more realistic.
The Bullet recorded a notable win over Luke Littler last week, and he would also feel unfortunate not to have got the better of Michael van Gerwen in his semi-final clash. As such, Bunting looks worth backing with a +2.5 start on the handicap.
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Premier League Darts Night 11 Weekly Winners Tips
Michael van Gerwen To Win Night 11 @ 8/1 (Betfred)
Michael van Gerwen finished as runner-up last week, but he looks well placed to go one better and take top honours this Thursday night. The Dutchman should have seen off Jonny Clayton when leading 5-2 last week, so he’ll be keen to put that right here.
Thereafter, MVG would start as the firm favourite against either Josh Rock or Stephen Bunting, the latter of whom he beat in Brighton last Thursday. Should van Gerwen navigate his way into another final, having the Rotterdam crowd behind him may prove decisive, making him an attractive bet to bank the five-point bounty at best odds of 8/1 on Betfred.
Gian Van Veen To Win Night 11 @ 10/1 (Paddy Power)
Gian van Veen could be worth a speculative punt at 10/1 on Paddy Power to go all the way in Rotterdam on Thursday night. Notably, the Dutchman has already reached four finals across the opening ten weeks, most recently finishing runner-up in Manchester a fortnight ago.
While van Veen is the outsider in his quarter-final clash with Luke Humphries, he can draw confidence from his strong head-to-head record against Cool Hand. A semi-final against Gerwyn Price or Luke Littler would be a stiff test, but if it’s Littler, van Veen can take confidence from his controversial victory over him just a couple of weeks ago.
Therefore, a place in the final and a first weekly win is not out of the question for the Giant, who, like Michael van Gerwen, will have the Rotterdam crowd roaring him on.
