Premier League Darts Heads to Manchester for Night 9 as Littler Leads the Field

Overview

• The mini-tournament in Manchester, which starts Thursday at 7pm on Sky Sports, features four best-of-11 quarter-finals followed by semis and a final for nightly points and a £10,000 bonus.
• The quarter-final draw pits Michael van Gerwen against Stephen Bunting, Gerwyn Price against Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen against Luke Littler after van Veen’s recent kidney-stone layoff, and Jonny Clayton against Josh Rock.
• Littler tops the table on 21 points with three nightly wins, and BetMGM makes him Evens to win Week 9 after his dominant run in Berlin.
• Michael van Gerwen signaled a return to form with a run to last week’s Berlin final, and he opens the night against Bunting as he looks to protect a top-four place.
• Defending champion Luke Humphries is still without a nightly win this season and draws Price in a tie that could tighten the chase behind Littler.