Premier League Darts Night 9 tips and predictions: Luke Littler hat-trick bid to end in heartbreak

There appears to be no stopping Luke Littler in the Premier League at the moment after he secured consecutive wins last week in Newcastle.

Littler dispatched the hapless Stephen Bunting in the quarter-final 6-0, and then Rob Cross 6-3 in the semi.

He then blew apart Luke Humphries 6-1 in the final, via three successive double 20 checkouts in the first four legs. The former World Champion looked forlorn as missed doubles cost him big time.

Last week we tipped Gerwyn Price at 9/1 to rain on Littler’s parade in Newcastle, but he fell to Rob Cross in the quarter-finals.

But we are putting it down as our sights were slightly off on a Price tournament win, as he rocked up and claimed the Players Championship 9 on Monday night in Leicester.

But what about the Nuke? He went out in the third round to the 54-year-old Ian White, in a shock result. White went on to reach his first ProTour final in five years. 

Littler then went out in the quarter-finals of Players Championship 10 to Scott Williams.

Price went out in the first round to Dylan Slevin, but we’ll brush that one off as Monday night would have taken it out of him.

Price and Littler will meet in the semi-finals in Berlin if the Welshman can avoid defeat against Michael van Gerwen and the World Champ can get past Chris Dobey.

As a 33/1 outsider, Dobey should be an easy hurdle to clear, but van Gerwen for Price is far larger, as he’s lost four of his last five head-to-heads with the Dutchman.

But at 8/1 to win the night we are keeping the faith with Price, as he’s got some winning juice in his blood, but it will be a tussle with van Gerwen so back over 9.5 legs in the match.

Price will take down Littler in the semi-final, as he continues to hold a curse over him. He’s now beaten the World Champion in six consecutive games, five of those happened in front of the TV cameras.

Expect Price to meet Humphries in the final, as the world number one has an easier run in on the night with Cross, Bunting and Aspinall on his side of the draw.

 

Premier League Night 9 tips

Price to win

Humphries to reach final

Price v van Gerwen over 9.5 legs

 

How to watch Premier League Night 9

Premier League Night 8 from the Uber Arena, Berlin will be live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action from 7pm and available to stream with NOW.

 

Premier League Night 9 schedule and match times

Quarter-final:

Nathan Aspinall vs Stephen Bunting - 7:15pm

Luke Humphries vs Rob Cross - 7:45pm

Chris Dobey vs Luke Littler - 8:15pm

Michael van Gerwen vs Gerwyn Price - 8:45pm

Semi-final:

Aspinall/Bunting vs Humphries/Cross – 9.15pm

Dobey/Littler vs Van Gerwen/Price – 9.45pm

Final - 1030pm

(All times BST)

 

Premier League Darts current standings

Luke Littler - 26pts - 4 nights won

Luke Humphries - 18pts - 2 nights won

Michael van Gerwen - 13pts - 0 nights won

Gerwyn Price - 12pts - 2 nights won

Rob Cross - 12pts - 0 nights won

Nathan Aspinall - 10 pts - 0 nights won

Chris Dobey - 5 pts -  0 nights won

Stephen Bunting - 0 pts - 0 nights won

 

Premier League Darts 2025: Schedule and results

Night 1 - The SSE Arena, Belfast

Luke Humphries 6-1 Luke Dobey

 

Night 2 - OVO Hydro, Glasgow

Luke Littler 6-5 Luke Humphries

 

Night 3 - 3Arena, Dublin

Gerwyn Price 6-3 Nathan Aspinall

 

Night 4 - Westpoint Exeter

Luke Humphries 6-4 Luke Littler

 

Night 5 - The Brighton Centre

Luke Littler 6-3 Nathan Aspinall

 

Night 6 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

Gerwyn Price 6 Luke Littler 3

 

Night 7 - Utilita Arena, Cardiff

Luke Littler 6-4 Michael van Gerwen

 

Night 8 - Utilita Arena, Newcastle

Luke Littler 6-1 Luke Humphries

Night 9 - Uber Arena, Berlin (April 3)

Night 10 - AO Arena, Manchester (April 10)

Night 11 - Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam (April 17)

Night 12 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool (April 24)

Night 13 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham (May 1)

Night 14 - First Direct Arena, Leeds (May 8)

Night 15 - P&J Live, Aberdeen (May 15)

Night 16 - Utilita Arena, Sheffield (May 22)

Play-Offs - The O2, London (May 29)

 

Premier League format

Each 'Night' is an eight-player knockout tournament over the best of 11 legs.

Nightly winner receives five points, runner-up three points, losing semi-finalists two points.

After Night 16 the top four in the final league table qualify for the play-offs at the O2 Arena on May 29.

The play-offs consist of two best-of-19-legs semi-finals and then the a best-of-21-legs final.

 

Premier League prize money

Tournament winner - £275,000

Runner-up - £125,000

Losing semi-finalists - £85,000

5th place £75,000

6th place £70,000

7th place £65,000

8th place £60,000

Nightly winners earn a £10,000 bonus

 

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