Darts betting tips: Sunday's PDC Home Tour preview and stats featuring Chris Dobey and Joe Cullen

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Second Stage, Group Six: Odds & Tips

Sky Bet odds to top group: Chris Dobey 11/10, Joe Cullen 7/4, Jeff Smith 11/2, Martijn Kleermaker 11/2

Undoubtedly one of the hardest second stage groups to call, with strong cases to be made for all four hopefuls including the two 'outsiders' Jeff Smith and Martijn Kleermaker.

Chris Dobey would probably have headed into the night as a clearer favourite had Joe Cullen not produced three stunning performances in the penultimate group of the previous round as he emphatically made the most of his second chance having previously been a runner-up.

The Rockstar averaged over 105 in all of his three games and even reached as high as 107.6 in a thrilling 5-3 victory over Gerwyn Price, who recorded a mark of 103.3 himself, and that's one of the major reason I put him in my outright staking plan at 28/1.

Cullen may not have fired on similar cylinders in his first outing but it was really only losing a last-leg decider against the Jermaine Wattimena that cost him dear as Ryan Murray pipped the group. It has proved to be a blessing in disguise for the Yorkshire man as it gave him more time to practice his online darts game and subsequently show the world what he can do, while boosting his own confidence in the process.

He's often spoken about not previously fulfilling his rich potential but that was more clear evidence of what he's capable of should he maintain this momentum.

Dobey is actually ranked four places below Cullen at 20 on the Order of Merit and is yet to win a PDC title but I doubt you'll find many darts fans who rate the Northumberland star lower in terms of talent and current 'real' form given his stage breakthroughs over the past year and a half especially.

However, if each plays to their best then we'll be in for quite some showdown and Cullen may just have the edge in this format.

As for Smith and Kleermaker, I wasn't surprised to see them upset the odds to get here having backed them to win their respective groups.

The Silencer did so in dramatic fashion by taking out a 147 checkout to beat Ricky Evans 5-4 in the final match of the night while 9/2 fancy Kleermaker stunned Michael Smith before sealing top spot with victory over Harry Ward.

Neither can be underestimated and I think they'll be some surprise results to prevent anyone taking maximum points.

My 'doubles' have come in on each of the last two nights at 5/1 and 3/1 so I'll go for three in a row with a 9/2 shout - although you could turn that into an eye-catching 10.55 if you throw in Cullen to beat Dobey.

• Chris Hammer's Best Bet: Cullen to win the group at 5/2
• Chris Hammer's Match Bet: Cullen v Dobey to have over 9.5 legs and highest checkout to be over 116.5 and over 4.5 total 180s at 4/1
• Chris Hammer's Double: Smith to beat Dobey and Kleermaker to beat Smith at 9/2
• Sky Bet Price Boost: Chris Dobey to win all 3 of his matches 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 or 6-4 at 11/2 (WAS 9/2)

First Group Stage: Player-by-player form, results & averages

ROB CROSS

Topped Group 14 (Report)

• (93.7) Chris Dobey 5-2 Ciaran Teehan (89.5)
• (97.1) Chris Dobey 5-1 Ron Meulenjamp (89.3)
• (97) Kai Fan Leung 5-4 Chris Dobey (101.7)

JOE CULLEN

Runner-Up Group 20 (Report)

• (90) Joe Cullen 5-4 Ryan Murray (86.4)
• (89.5) Joe Cullen 4-5 Jermaine Wattimena (86.6)
• (91.3) John Michael 3-5 Joe Cullen (96.9)

Topped Group 31 (Report)

• (106.2) Joe Cullen 5-2 Keegan Brown (96.7)
• (103.3) Gerwyn Price 3-5 Joe Cullen (107.6)
• (105.8) Joe Cullen 5-0 Bradley Brooks (81.1)

JEFF SMITH

Topped Group 16 (Report)

• (85.3) Christian Bunse 1-5 Jeff Smith (94.8)
• (91.4) Martin Atkins 5-4 Jeff Smith (91.4)
• (85.8) Jeff Smith 5-4 Ricky Evans (91)

MARTIJN KLEERMAKER

Topped Group 9 (Report)

• (98.4) Michael Smith 3-5 Martijn Kleermaker (97.7)
• (81.1) Martijn Kleermaker 3-5 Matt Clark (83.7)
• (87.5) Harry Ward 2-5 Martijn Kleermaker (95.1)

PDC Home Tour Darts: Sunday's fixtures

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• Each night’s action begins at 1930 BST, and will include webcam footage of each player and their dart board, live score graphics and commentary from Dan Dawson. All PDC Home Tour action will be broadcast live on PDCTV for FREE to ALL registered PDCTV users, regardless of whether you have a paid or free membership

Group Six - Sunday May 31

• Joe Cullen v Martijn Kleermaker
• Chris Dobey v Jeff Smith
• Martijn Kleermaker v Jeff Smith
• Joe Cullen v Chris Dobey
• Chris Dobey v Martijn Kleermaker
• Jeff Smith v Joe Cullen

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