Premier League darts turns to Liverpool for Night 12, where home favourite Stephen Bunting is sure to receive a lofty reception.
Bunting finished runner-up to Chris Dobey in Rotterdam last week and will be hoping to go one better, although the presence of Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen will make that tough.
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By Luke Seychell
Bunting could have something to say on home soil
Bunting is bottom of the Premier League table but last week’s run to the final in Rotterdam would have done him the world of good. Now, playing on home turf in Liverpool must be of some advantage.
The Bullet also has the benefit of the draw, with Littler, Humphries and Van Gerwen all housed in the top half, and has to be of obvious interest, having lost only four of his last 20 matches.
Bunting, having won Night Nine in Berlin, is finding form at the perfect time and can capitalise on a route which sees him open up against Rob Cross before facing Gerwyn Price or Dobey in the semi-final. That potential passage makes Bunting warrant each-way appeal.
The 40-year-old defeated Van Gerwen and Littler before bumping into Dobey in Rotterdam last week and he can get off to a nice start against Cross, who has lost six of his last seven matches.
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Van Gerwen may be finding peak form
Having limped out in the opening round in Rotterdam last week, Van Gerwen should be keen to respond and he warrants an interest at 2/1 in his first-round clash with Littler, who has lost three of his last seven matches.
Littler was a semi-final casualty to Gian van Veen in a European Tour event earlier this week and Van Gerwen went on to take the title, defeating The Nuke’s conqueror 8-5 in the final.
The Green Machine had earlier seen off Kim Huybrechts, Ryan Searle, Ryan Joyce and Josh Rock and may be finding form just at the right time to put up a bold bid for a first nightly win of the Premier League campaign.
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Price can provide the perfect response
Price kickstarts his campaign in Liverpool against Dobey and the Welshman is fancied to run out a convincing winner.
These two have only met once in this season’s Premier League, which came in Berlin on Night Nine, and Price eased to a 6-2 success to seal his place in the final.
Dobey did cause a stir when winning in Rotterdam last week but conditions were below-par and Price, who won Players Championship 12 earlier this month, is slowly but surely finding his A-game.
With that in mind, backing the Welshman to win by a margin of 6-4 or better could be the approach to take, especially given that he has won 14 of their 17 previous meetings.
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