Premier League Darts: Night 14 predictions, betting tips, acca, order of play and Sky Sports TV time
It's night 14 of the Cazoo Premier League Darts season so check out our match-by-match guide featuring statistics, predictions, best bets and an acca.
There's just three weeks of regular season action remaining and all players outside the top four really need to pull out something special if they're to reach the play-offs.
You can find stats for all four quarter-finals below, with match previews, tips and an acca to follow on Thursday morning.
Darts betting tips: Premier League night 14
1pt Michael van Gerwen to win, hit over 2.5 180s and a checkout of more than 80.5 at 15/8 (Sky Bet)
1pt Michael Smith to win night 14 at 11/1 (General)
Sky Bet odds | Paddy Power | Betfair Sportsbook
SL Acca: Price, MVG and Smith all to win with Sky Bet
Thursday May 11: Night 14 quarter-finals
- Venue: Utilita Arena, Sheffield
- TV Coverage: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
- Format: Best of 11 legs
Joe Cullen v James Wade
- Head to Head: 5-8 (TV: 1-3)
- Meetings in 2022: 1-2 (TV: 1-2)
- Tournament Average
Cullen: 91.91 (20 games)
Wade: 95.02 (26 games) - Tournament 180s (180s per leg)
Cullen: 64 (180 legs, 0.35 per leg)
Wade: 43 (239 legs, 0.18 per leg) - Tournament Checkout %:
Wade: 121/275 (44%)
Cullen: 88/238 (37%) - 100+ Checkouts and % legs won with a 100+ checkout:
Cullen: 10 (11.66%)
Wade: 19 (15.70%)
James Wade has withdraw from this week's action as he continues his recovery from illness.
Joe Cullen is subsequently awarded a 6-0 win and progresses into the semi-finals, where he will play Gary Anderson or Gerwyn Price.
Gary Anderson (13/10) v Gerwyn Price (4/7)
- Head to Head: 9-10 (TV: 4-7)
- Meetings in 2022: 0-1 (TV: 0-1)
- Tournament Average
Anderson: 94.50 (16 games)
Price: 96.40 (18 games) - Tournament 180s (180s per leg)
Anderson: 36 (151 legs, 0.24 per leg)
Price: 34 (164 legs, 0.21 per leg) - Tournament Checkout %:
Anderson: 67/160 (42%)
Price: 78/211 (37%) - 100+ Checkouts and % legs won with a 100+ checkout:
Anderson: 10 (14.92%)
Price: 13 (16.66%)
Gerwyn Price needs to win at least two of the remaining three Premier League nights just to stand a chance of sneaking into the play-offs but on current form, that seems highly unlikely.
He's managed just three match wins since his memorable triumph in Belfast way back on February 17, while he's also failed to post a 100+ average in his last 10 Premier League games.
Price's 180 count of 34 is the lowest of the eight and his checkout percentage of 37% is the least clinical, but as far as this quarter-final is concerned, at least he's up against an opponent in even worse form.
Gary Anderson is in such a perilous position at the foot of the table that he could win all three remaining nights and still miss out on the play-offs and last week's victory over a poor Peter Wright was his first since winning the Nottingham night on March 17.
I'm expecting a scrappy game that Price might just do enough to come through.
Scoreline prediction: 4-6
Michael van Gerwen (1/2) v Peter Wright (6/4)
- Head to Head: 67-23, 2 draws (TV: 39-7, 2 draws)
- Meetings in 2022: 3-0 (TV: 3-0)
- Tournament Average
Van Gerwen: 99.61 (26 games)
Wright: 97.33 (23 games) - Tournament 180s (180s per leg)
Van Gerwen: 78 (243 legs, 0.32 per leg)
Wright: 63 (214 legs, 0.29 per leg) - Tournament Checkout %:
Van Gerwen: 138/360 (38%)
Wright: 104/265 (39%) - 100+ Checkouts and % legs won with a 100+ checkout:
Van Gerwen: 20 (14.49%)
Wright: 12 (11.55%)
Michael van Gerwen's confidence, form and stats are growing ominously right now and you have to wonder if we're approaching another era of dominance for the Dutchman - even if it's not quite as prolific as in previous years.
MVG picked up his third European Tour title of the season on Sunday and averaged well over 100 in his last two matches against Luke Humphries and Dimitri Van den Bergh, while he'd also taken care of Jonny Clayton earlier in the day.
The lack of European Tour events over the past couple of seasons certainly took it's toll on Michael van Gerwen, who'd won a whopping 32 of them prior to March 2020, so it's no coincidence that the return of the old schedule is helping him get back on a regular winning trail.
Van Gerwen is firing in big averages far more consistently than Peter Wright in recent weeks while he's also more prolific on the 180s and the 100+ checkouts.
Snakebite could be in danger of losing his grip on fourth spot following three quarter-final defeats in the last four weeks and last week he could only muster an average of 87 against Gary Anderson.
MVG should be backed to come through this clash and I also think he can hit Sky Bet's Player Performance targets of over 2.5 180s and a checkout of more than 80.5 at 15/8.
Scoreline prediction: 6-3
Michael Smith (5/4) v Jonny Clayton (8/13)
- Head to Head: 10-6 (TV: 5-4)
- Meetings in 2022: 2-3 (TV: 1-3)
- Tournament Average
Smith: 96.98 (20 games)
Clayton: 98.64 (29 games) - Tournament 180s (180s per leg)
Smith: 56 (181 legs, 0.31 per leg)
Clayton: 80 (268 legs, 0.29 per leg) - Tournament Checkout %:
Smith: 85/195 (44%)
Clayton: 147/351 (42%) - 100+ Checkouts and % legs won with a 100+ checkout:
Smith: 12 (14.11%)
Clayton: 15 (10.20%)
Nobody really needs reminding of how brilliant Jonny Clayton has been this season and he heads to Sheffield with his play-off spot already assured with three weeks of regular season action remaining.
The Ferret hasn't lost a quarter-final match since March 17 and of the last seven weeks since then, he's reached four finals and won two of them! He's won games in sensational fashion with averages well in excess of 100 but also shown character to come through plenty of scrappy contests too.
You could argue his motivation levels may drop slightly but with £10,000 on offer to each nightly winner, I'm sure he'll still be as fired up in his own quiet, finger pointing way.
However, in Michael Smith he has an opponent on his own crest of a wave having won back-to-back Players Championship events this week - and played extremely well along the way.
Sure, he was just one of two Premier League players alongside Joe Cullen to take part in either tournament but he averaged over 100 on six occasions across his 14 games including a stunning 114.9 against Florian Hempel - which was boosted by a nine-dart finish - and a 109.95 in Wednesday's final with Callan Rydz.
Bully Boy hit 52 180s across those 136 legs of darts (0.38 per leg) and if he can maintain this kind of scoring momentum then he'll put a lot of pressure on Clayton.
I backed Smith to break his Premier League duck seven nights ago and having played very well to brush Gerwyn Price aside 6-3, he was unfortunate to lost 6-5 to MVG in the semi-finals with an average of 100.
I know he has a tough draw this week but he's still too big at 11/1.
Scoreline prediction: 6-4
Weekly winner: Sky Bet night 14 odds
- MVG: 3/1
- Clayton: 7/2
- Price: 4/1
- Wright: 6/1
- Wade: 7/1
- Cullen: 7/1
- Smith: 11/1
- Anderson: 14/1
Premier League Table & Format
NW = Nights won, RU = Runner-up, SF = Semi-final defeats, MW = Matches won
- Clayton NW 4 RU 2 SF 4 MW 20 LegD +26 Pts 34
- MVG NW 3 RU 3 SF 2 MW 17 LegD +39 Pts 28
- Wade NW 2 RU 3 SF 3 MW 15 LegD +2 Pts 25
- Wright NW 1 RU 1 SF 7 MW 11 LegD -6 Pts 20
- Cullen NW 1 RU 2 SF 2 MW 9 LegD -8 Pts 15
- Price NW 1 RU 0 SF 4 MW 7 LegD -14 Pts 13
- Smith NW 0 RU 2 SF 3 MW 7 LegD -10 Pts 12
- Anderson NW 1 RU 0 SF 2 MW 5 LegD -17 Pts 9
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
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