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Darts betting tips: Wednesday's PDC Home Tour preview and stats featuring Glen Durrant and Stephen Bunting

By Chris Hammer

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Wed May 27, 2020 · 6y ago

Glen Durrant and Stephen Bunting are the biggest names in tonight's PDC Home Tour group so check out our betting preview of the action.

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Second Stage, Group Two: Odds & Tips

Sky Bet odds to top group: Glen Durrant 4/6, Stephen Bunting 5/2, Mike De Decker 11/2, Alan Tabern 10/1

Glen Durrant heads into the Group Two of the second stage of the PDC Home Tour as odds-on favourite to top the standings but a fellow former BDO world champion will be out to give him a real run for his money.

Stephen Bunting (5/2) also topped his group in the first round with maximum points while 11/2 shot Mike de Decker needed two bites at the cherry to get this far and Alan Tabern is the 10/1 outsider after he surprisingly sent Simon Whitlock packing.

Durrant and Bunting are the two class acts and proved they can handle the online format with ease when we last saw them with three wins apiece and impressive averages around three figures.We can expect them to produce a high-quality meeting tonight and I'm going to give the edge to the Bullet at eye-catching odds.

Tabern's success at 5/1 was among one of our best group winner tips from the opening 32 nights but it's hard to see him repeating the trick in a stronger group.

However the veteran journeyman did enough to suggest he could more than live with De Decker tonight and a victory over the young Belgian forms part of our double.Below these tips and Price Boost are the averages, scores and summary from each player's performances in the first stage.

Chris Hammer's Best Bet: Stephen Bunting to top Group 2 at 5/2
Chris Hammer's Match Bet: Bunting v Durrant to have over 9.5 legs, highest checkout to be over 117.5 and over 4.5 total 180s at 9/2
Chris Hammer's Double: Bunting to beat Durrant & Tabern to beat de Decker at 4.78/1
Sky Bet Price Boost: Durrant to win all his matches either 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 or 6-4 at 7/2 (WAS 5/2)

First Group Stage: Player-by-player form & stats

GLEN DURRANT

Topped Group 19 (Report)

(101.8) Glen Durrant 5-1 Vincent van der Meer (85.9)
(98.2) Glen Durrant 5-3 Justin Pipe (96.2)
(96.1) Maik Kuivenhoven 3-5 Glen Durrant (100.1)

Duzza comfortably topped his group with a series of consistent superb displays that were a lot closer to regular tournament standard than many of his big-name rivals had managed. Averaging around 100 for all three matches wasn't achieved often during the the first round of groups so it's no wonder he's fancied to progress further.

STEPHEN BUNTING

Topped Group 18 (Report)

(100.7) Stephen Bunting 5-4 Harald Leitinger (91.1)
(98.2) Stephen Bunting 5-1 Kim Huybrechts (89.3)
(70.2) Nathan Derry 1-5 Stephen Bunting (91.4)

Stephen Bunting admitted before the tournament began that he much prefers to practice in a social setting rather than on his own at home but despite a wobbly opener - in which he still managed a 100 average over nine legs - he powered through.After a few more weeks of home practice, there's no reason why he shouldn't be able to improve on these levels.ALAN TABERNTopped Group 11 (Report)

(100.5) Kirk Shepherd 5-1 Alan Tabern (83)
(89.1) Mike van Duivenbode 2-5 Alan Tabern (97.6)
(87.2) Alan Tabern 5-4 Simon Whitlock (92.6)

As previously mentioned we packed Alan Tabern to spring a surprise at 5/1 as it had become clear the Home Tour format was a real leveller, and the gamble paid off.He handled the pressure well to beat Whitlock in the final game to progress and he's clearly comfortable in his own surroundings.

MIKE DE DECKER

Second in Group 12 (Report)

(89.9) Max Hopp 3-5 Mike De Decker (94.6)
(87.5) Mike De Decker 2-5 Conan Whitehead (87.6)
(90.3) Max Hopp 5-3 Mike De Decker (86)
(89.3) Mike De Decker 5-1 Conan Whitehead (77.6)

Topped Group 26 (Report)

(97.3) Mike De Decker 3-5 Martin Atkins (102)
(77) Conan Whitehead 1-5 Mike De Decker (87.1)
(93.8) Mike De Decker 5-2 Steve Brown (84.4)

Mike De Decker has played more games than anyone else in the second stage after his first group was affected by Keegan Brown's failing internet, which caused a revised mini group of three players.He only managed to average over 90 once in those four games as he finished runner-up to Max Hopp although his performances did improve in snatching top spot in his next appearance.

PDC Home Tour Darts: Wednesday 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 Two - Wednesday May 27

Stephen Bunting v Mike De Decker
Glen Durrant v Alan Tabern
Mike De Decker v Alan Tabern
Stephen Bunting v Glen Durrant
Glen Durrant v Mike De Decker
Alan Tabern v Stephen Bunting

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