Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price (Picture: Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

Premier League Darts: Night 10 predictions, betting tips, acca, order of play and Sky Sports TV time

By Chris Hammer

Darts

Thu April 14, 2022 · 4y ago

Our guide for night 10 of the Cazoo Premier League Darts season includes match-by-match statistics, predictions, best bets and an acca.

The AO Arena in Manchester hosts the 10th night of the Premier League season and results are beginning to feel far more important with next month's play-offs drawing ever closer.

You can find stats for all four quarter-finals below as well as match previews and tips.

Darts betting tips: Premier League night 10

1pt Peter Wright to beat Gerwyn Price and hit most 180s at 11/4 (Paddy Power)

1pt James Wade to beat Gary Anderson at evens (General)

1pt over 6.5 180s in Cullen v Smith at evens (General)

Sky Bet odds | Paddy Power | Betfair Sportsbook

SL Acca: Wright, Wade and Clayton (+1.5) all to win at 4.61/1 with Sky Bet (Last week's won at 13/2!)

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Thursday April 14: Night 10 quarter-finals

Venue: Manchester Arena
TV Coverage: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Format: Best of 11 legs

Gerwyn Price (3/4) v Peter Wright (6/5)

Head-to-Head: 9-20, 1 draw (TV: 7-8, 1 draw)
Meetings in 2022: 1-2 (TV: 0-1)
Tournament Average
Price: 97.39 (12 games)
Wright: 97.38 (18 games)
Tournament 180s (180s per leg)
Price: 25 (118 legs, 0.21 per leg)
Wright: 47 (165 legs, 0.28 per leg)
Tournament Checkout %:
Price: 57/149 (39.04%)
Wright: 84/214 (39.25%)
100+ Checkouts and % legs won with a 100+ checkout:
Price: 10 (17.54%)
Wright: 8 (9.52%)

Peter Wright is still clinging onto the world number one spot since taking it from Gerwyn Price at the start of March but neither are currently playing like the best player on the planet right now.

Snakebite's Jekyll and Hyde performances in Leeds last week summed up the inconsistent nature of his season so far; brilliant against Michael Smith and then miles below his best against Michael van Gerwen around an hour later.

He averaged above 100 (104) for the ninth time in the Premier League this year when beating Smith 6-2 but the 86 he managed in a 6-3 defeat to MVG was the fifth time he dropped below 90.

At the weekend Wright won just two of his four matches across the weekend and failed to average above a ton in any of them but sod's law he'll come out all guns blazing in Manchester and produce one of his unstoppable displays against Price, who he's beaten two times out of three this season in all competitions.

Apart from that mesmerising night of two nine-darters in Belfast back in February, the Iceman simply hasn't consistently delivered the standards we've come to expect from him and his recent hand injury obviously hasn't done him any favours.

He allowed his pocket to be picked by Wade last week despite averaging almost seven points higher in a 6-5 defeat and just like Wright, he only managed a couple of wins during the weekend's Players Championship events and didn't trouble the 100 average in any of his four matches. In fact he dipped well below 90 on two occasions, including during a first-round exit to Radek Szaganski on Sunday.

Of the pair, Wright is currently more likely to dazzle us and I'm backing him to win and hit most 180s. He's managed 47 of them so far at 0.28 per leg whereas Price has thrown fewer than anyone else (25) at a lowly rate of 0.21 per leg.

Scoreline prediction: 3-6

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Gary Anderson (5/6) v James Wade (1/1)

Head to Head: 30-17, 5 draws (TV: 16-12, 5 draws)
Meetings in 2022: 0-1 (TV: 0-1)
Tournament Average
Anderson: 94.66 (11 games)
Wade: 93.60 (17 games)
Tournament 180s (180s per leg)
Anderson: 27 (109 legs, 0.25 per leg)
Wade: 30 (155 legs, 0.19 per leg)
Tournament Checkout %:
Anderson: 50/120 (41.66%)
Wade: 74/179 (41.34%)
100+ Checkouts and % legs won with a 100+ checkout:
Anderson: 5 (8.70%)
Wade: 12 (16.22%)

Gary Anderson returns to Premier League action after his Covid-enforced break in a worrying position at the foot of the table.

If this was the old format, then with just six rounds of action left his hopes of reaching the play-offs would be fading fast, but even now it's getting to the point where he may need to win a couple of nights to qualify.

Apart from the night where he played his 'best darts for three years', there's not much evidence to suggest he'll do that and you'd have to say he's a very vulnerable favourite against James Wade in Manchester.

The Machine reached his third final of the season in Leeds last week and although he once again failed to join the winners' enclosure, his two match victories have hauled him up to fourth in the standings.

Statistically the biggest differences between the pair are Anderson's ratio of 180s and Wade's brilliance on the 100+ checkouts but their averages and doubling are fairly similar.

The Flying Scotsman missed last weekend's Players Championship events and Wade wouldn't have fared much worse doing the same considering he only won two of his four matches across both days.

It's a tricky one to call but ultimately Wade should arguably be favourite on his form and worth a shout at even money.

Scoreline prediction: 4-6

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Michael van Gerwen (4/6) v Jonny Clayton (11/8)

Head to Head: 14-10 (TV: 8-7)
Meetings in 2022: 2-1 (TV: 2-1)
Tournament Average
Van Gerwen: 98.34 (18 games)
Clayton: 97.10 (18 games)
Tournament 180s (180s per leg)
Van Gerwen: 51 (162 legs, 0.32 per leg)
Clayton: 44 (161 legs, 0.27 per leg)
Tournament Checkout %:
Van Gerwen: 96/236 (40.68%)
Clayton: 85/216 (39.35%)
100+ Checkouts and % legs won with a 100+ checkout:
Van Gerwen: 13 (13.54%)
Clayton: 11 (12.94%)

Michael van Gerwen is powering away at the top of the Premier League table after becoming the first player to win a third night while his legs difference of +37 is almost 30 better than his nearest challenger - Jonny Clayton.

Sure, he got a stroke of fortune last week in Leeds due to the withdrawal of Gary Anderson but the form lines suggests he probably would have won anyway. He subsequently managed to 'win ugly' against Peter Wright 6-3 with an average of 91 and that's the kind of match he was previously losing all too often.

Then we saw the rampant MVG cruise to a 6-1 victory over James Wade with an average of 104 and only allowing his opponent one dart at a double so he's a very fair favourite to maintain this momentum in Manchester.

He did lose his one and only match of the weekend against Scott Waites with a 102 average on Saturday but that shouldn't bother him too much as he prepares to face Clayton, who he beat twice in the Premier League during March.

That said, the Ferret was enduring a slightly lean period for much of the month but bounced back emphatically a fortnight ago when winning the night in Birmingham with averages of 99.5, 104 and 111.

Last week he eased past a poor Joe Cullen 6-1 before being edged out in a hard-fought encounter with James Wade, while at the weekend he chalked up seven victories and posted several eye-catching averages including a 109 against Martin Schindler and 106 against Ricky Evans.

It's a tough one to call but I may lean slightly towards Clayton in a high-quality showdown.

Scoreline prediction: 5-6

Joe Cullen (19/20) v Michael Smith (1/1)

Head to Head: 7-11 (TV: 1-3)
Meetings in 2022: 0-1 (TV: 0-1)
Tournament Average
Cullen: 91.84 (14 games)
Smith: 96.57 (14 games)
Tournament 180s (180s per leg)
Cullen: 48 (131 legs, 0.37 per leg)
Smith: 40 (124 legs, 0.33 per leg)
Tournament Checkout %:
Cullen: 58/181 (32.04%)
Smith: 57/131 (43.51%)
100+ Checkouts and % legs won with a 100+ checkout:
Cullen: 7 (12.07%)
Smith: 9 (15.79%)

When these two 180 machines met on March 3 in Exeter, everyone was expecting a lot of maximums and they duly delivered with four apiece in 11 legs.

My error that night was tipping Smith to hit more when really I should have focused on the total 180s market and just gone high.

You can get even money on over 6.5 in Manchester which is the safer play when you consider the rate they've both been hitting them this season and although Cullen's 180 per leg ratio is higher overall, Smith has really been motoring along in recent weeks after a bizarrely sluggish start on that front, hitting just four in his first three matches.

As far as the match winner is concerned, you'd have to agree Smith is a fair favourite given his better overall numbers in recent weeks despite the fact he's yet to win a night like the Rockstar managed in Rotterdam.

Bully Boy enjoyed an encouraging weekend, reaching a Players Championship semi-final on Saturday before a short run to the last 32 on Sunday whereas Cullen only managed three wins across both days.

Scoreline prediction: 4-6

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Weekly winner: Night nine odds

MVG: 3/1
Wright: 4/1
Price: 9/2
Clayton: 9/2
Smith: 8/1
Cullen: 8/1
Wade: 10/1
Anderson: 10/1

Premier League Table & Format

NW = Nights won, RU = Runner-up, SF = Semi-final defeats, MW = Matches won

MVG NW 3 RU 1 SF 2 MW 13 LegD +37 Pts 22
Clayton NW 2 RU 1 SF 3 MW 10 LegD +9 Pts 19
Wright NW 1 RU 1 SF 6 MW 9 LegD +3 Pts 18
Wade NW 0 RU 3 SF 2 MW 6 LegD -7 Pts 13
Cullen NW 1 RU 1 SF 2 MW 7 LegD -9 Pts 12
Price NW 1 RU 0 SF 2 MW 5 LegD -4 Pts 9
Smith NW 0 RU 2 SF 1 MW 5 LegD -10 Pts 8
Anderson NW 1 RU 0 SF 1 MW 4 LegD -7 Pts 7

Each night will see quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final played over the best of 11 legs (first to six). Each player will meet the other seven players twice over the course of the season in a quarter-final game, plus two further nights (Night Eight and Night 16) will feature additional fixtures in the same format. Those fixtures will be a draw bracket based on how the league table looks at the time. So, whoever is top will face the eighth-placed player in the first round.

Night Winner - 5 points + £10,000 bonus
Runner-Up - 3 points
Semi-Finalists - 2 points