World Matchplay darts: Night six predictions, odds, betting tips, accas, order of play & TV times

The first two Betfred World Matchplay quarter-finals take place at the Winter Gardens on Thursday night so here's our match-by-match preview and best bets.

We have a repeat of last year's final between the two former house-mates in Blackpool tonight while Michael van Gerwen faces Nathan Aspinall in the second quarter-final.

Last night our tipster Carl Fletcher banged in three winners, including a 16/1 cracker thanks to Dirk van Duijvenbode's 170 checkout but can Chris Hammer add to the team's profits?

Here, he looks at both matches with seasonal statistics, predictions, best bests and an acca…

Darts betting tips: World Matchplay day six

1pt Wright (-2.5 legs) to beat Van den Bergh at 6/4 (bet365)

1pt Wright and Van den Bergh to both hit 10+ 180's & hit 1+ 100+ Checkouts Each at 7/4 (Sky Bet)

1pt MVG v Aspinall to have over 25.5 legs, highest checkout to be over 125.5 and over 13.5 total 180s at 11/10 (Sky Bet)

SL Acca: Wright (-2.5 legs) and MVG (-2.5 legs) both to win at 4/1 with Sky Bet

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World Matchplay: Thursday July 21

• Venue: Winter Gardens, Blackpool
• TV Coverage: Sky Sports (1900 BST)
• Format: Quarter-finals, best of 31 legs. Each game must be won by two clear legs, with up to a maximum of five additional legs being played before the sixth additional leg is sudden-death

Peter Wright (8/11) v Dimitri Van Den Bergh (1/1)

• Overall H2H: 10-2, 1 draw (TV: 2-0, 1 draw)
  2022: 0-0 (TV: 0-0)
• Seasonal Average
  Wright: 97.05
  Van den Bergh: 96.22
• 180s per leg in 2022
  Wright: 0.30
  Van den Bergh: 0.32
• Checkout % in 2022 (Stage events only)
  Wright: 39.36%
  Van den Bergh: 40.94%
• 100+ checkouts per leg won
  Wright: 15.96%
  Van den Bergh: 10.56%
• Match Treble % in all comps (Win, most 180s, highest checkout)
  Wright: 25.23%
  Van den Bergh: 29.07%

The last time these two met on TV was the 2021 World Matchplay, when Peter Wright completed the first half of the World Matchplay-World Championship double that he'd predicted at almost 90/1 earlier in the season.

Snakebite was imperious during that memorable week in Blackpool - averaging 105 during his 18-9 victory in the final having also weighed in with a mesmerising 110.37 against Van Gerwen in the semis - while he rediscovered that kind of form at the Ally Pally.

Since then the world number one has only showed flashes of brilliance, missing out on the Premier League play-offs and only winning a solitary Players Championship event way back in February.

His seasonal average has been a steady 97 - bu his standards - but he came to Blackpool on the back of some fantastic performances at the Players Championship events, averaging over 100 eight times out of 14 times and all the others were over 90. The inconsistency that has plagued his season seemed to have vanished and he's now peaking at the right time yet again.

A resounding 10-4 triumph over Madars Razma kicked off his campaign with the help of seven 180s and a pair of 100+ checkouts while he was then forced to up his average to 103.5 during a thrilling 13-11 victory against Krzysztof Ratajski which featured a further 10 maximums and two more ton plus outs.

Dimitri Van Den Bergh averaged 100.03 in thrashing Callan Rydz 10-2 and 98.62 in an 11-6 win over Rowby-John Rodriguez - but he will need to find more if Wright continues to soar in standard.

I'm going to punt for Wright by a three-leg margin or more but you may also like to look at the 180s markets because both have been firing them in for fun. Snakebite is currently on 17 from his 38 legs (0.44 per leg) and Van den Bergh is 11 from 29 (0.37 per leg) which are both extremely high.

Predicted Scoreline: 16-13

• Click here to back Wright (-2.5 legs) to win at 6/4 with Sky Bet
• Click here to back Wright and Van den Bergh to both hit 10+ 180's & hit 1+ 100+ Checkouts Each at 7/4 with Sky Bet

Michael van Gerwen (4/7) v Nathan Aspinall (5/4)

• Overall H2H: 8-5, 1 draw (TV: 4-2, 1 draw)
  2022: 0-1 (TV: 0-0)
• Seasonal Average
  MVG: 98.48
  Aspinall: 95.68
• 180s per leg in 2022
  MVG: 0.26
  Aspinall: 0.27
• Checkout % in 2022 (Stage events only)
  MVG: 38.29%
  Aspinall: 44.08%
• 100+ checkouts per leg won
  MVG: 13.46%
  Aspinall: 14.86%
• Match Treble % in all comps (Win, most 180s, highest checkout)
  MVG: 29.36%
  Aspinall: 24.36%

I was one of the many tipsters and pundits who collectively incurred Nathan Aspinall's wrath by predicting Luke Humphries would cruise past him into the second round of the World Matchplay so I was quite relieved to pass preview duties to Carl Fletcher for his match with James Wade the other tipster.

I say 'many' tipsters because the way he went on about it, you'd have been forgiven for thinking the whole world were expecting him to fail! It was nothing personal, Nathan - we can't predict draws or marginal scorelines to keep everyone happy - I just thought Luke was in such a hot streak of form, he'd batter anyone.

Fired up by being written off, Aspinall produced a fine display to stun the hyped Humphries and then showed zero complacency when marginal favourite against James Wade - and tipped up by my colleague Carl Fletcher - to battle into the quarter-finals 11-9.

Now he's underdog again and it's back to me and many others to - probably - tip Michael van Gerwen to beat him. I may stop writing at this point and pretend there was a saving error with my work.

To be fair, I don't think Aspinall will feel too disrespected by the odds of 5/4 that he springs a surprise. In MVG, he's up against an all-time great who has won more titles than anyone else this year with six - including the Premier League - and possesses the highest three-dart average out of anyone in 2022.

The Dutchman was rusty to say the least during his 10-7 triumph over Adrian Lewis - averaging under 90 - but in just his third game back from his hand surgery, van Gerwen brushed aside Joe Cullen 11-5 with a much better 97.12 and the help of seven 180s.

However, the Rockstar didn't really turn up to apply much pressure and if a confident Aspinall can maintain his levels around the 97 mark then MVG could be in for quite a titanic contest. Usually the longer format would play into his hands but could the recent lack of action give Aspinall the advantage on that front?

I'm hoping for a lengthy tussle and if we get that then there should be plenty of 180s - Aspinall has hit 10 in 35 legs so far (0.28 per leg) and MVG has fired in nine in 33 (0.27) - and some high 100+ checkout shooting.

Predicted Scoreline: 16-13

• Click here to back MVG v Aspinall to have over 25.5 legs, highest checkout to be over 125.5 and over 13.5 total 180s at 11/10 with Sky Bet

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