Berlin is the next stop on the Premier League roadshow as the Mercedes-Benz Arena plays host to Night two of the Premier League.
The opening night of the 2024 Premier League saw Michael Smith go into pole position, as he put aside home favourite Gerwyn Price in a one sided final in Cardiff.
The two will meet again in the quarter-finals of Night two in a repeat of last week’s final. Price averaged over 100 in wins over Nathan Aspinall and Rob Cross earlier in the opening night.
However, when it came to the final the man from Markham only averaged 90.8 in a 6-2 defeat to “Bully Boy”. The 2023 World Champion had to put aside both Michael van Gerwen and Luke Littler before beating Price and now sits on five points.
Michael van Gerwen will play in the opening match of the evening as he takes on Englishman Nathan Aspinall. Both players will be aiming to pick up their first win of the campaign, as the two could not get over the winning line in Cardiff.
Van Gerwen, comes into Night two after making it all the way to the final of the Cazoo Darts Master before he lost 11-7 to Stephen Bunting. Whereas, Aspinall got knocked out in the semi-final by the eventual winner, Bunting.
Newly crowned World Champion, Luke Humphries will look to gather his first points as he takes on a struggling Peter Wright. It was a Premier League debut to forget for “Cool Hand Luke” as he fell short to seventeen-year-old Luke Littler in the last quarter-final in Cardiff.
Whilst Peter Wright will come into the night with a bit of confidence as he knocked-out Poland’s number one Krzysztof Ratajski at The Masters in Milton Keynes. However, when it came to the last eight “Snakebite” only averaged 83 as he was well beaten by the eventual tournament winner Stephen Bunting.
The last quarter-final of the evening will see a repeat of the 2024 World Championships semi-final as Rob Cross goes head-to-head with Luke Littler.
Last week saw “The Nuke” come within a width of a wire from a final spot against Gerwyn Price as he missed a match dart at double 15. Cross on the other hand also reached the semi-finals in Cardiff after beating Peter Wright.
Night Two – Thursday February 8th Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Quarter-Finals:
Nathan Aspinall v Michael van Gerwen
Michael Smith v Gerwyn Price
Luke Littler v Rob Cross
Luke Humphries v Peter Wright
Semi-Finals
Aspinall/Van Gerwen v Smith/Price
Littler/Cross v Humphries/Wright
Final
Nathan Aspinall, Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith, Gerwyn Price will play either Luke Littler, Rob Cross, Luke Humphries, Peter Wright
Words By Harry Tovey
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