Luke Littler wants to continue to break away in the Premier League Darts and is aiming for a new record in this context. However, a tough task is waiting for the world champion in Manchester on Thursday evening, as “The Nuke” knows.
Luke Littler continues to be comfortable in the Premier League Darts despite the opening bankruptcy against Chris Dobey (2: 6) in the previous week.
The 18-year-old has 26 points after nine out of 16 match days. Behind Littler, Luke Humphries (20), Gerwyn Price (15) and Michael van Gerwen (13) follow in the table.
As in the previous year, he wanted to try to win in Manchester, the reigning darts world champion at “Sky Sports” looked ahead of the tenth matchday. Litter also wants to try to “win the fifth day of the day and break the record.”
Luke Littler waves darts record
Background: If the young Englishman wins the evening in Manchester, he would be the first professional to score five day victories during a season in the current Premier League format.
Since 2022, the elite league has been made up of eight participants, who play a mini tournament in KO mode per match day. In addition to five points for the table, the winner of the evening receives a bonus price money of £ 10,000 (around £ 12,000), which, like all income from the Premier League Darts, does not flow into the world rankings.
Littler is already in four day victories this season. The darts Youngster had already won four evenings last year, as well as Van Gerwen and Humphries. Jonny Clayton (2022), Price and Michael Smith (2023) also join the illustrious club.
Luke Littler hot on darts cracks
Littler has to go against Gerwyn Price in Manchester on Thursday evening. The Welsh has often proved to be a stumbling block for “The Nuke” in the past few weeks and months.
“Of course I would like to try to hit him, but I will not go on stage and tell myself: ‘You have to win that, you have to win that,” said Littler about the darts against the “Iceman”.
“I will simply go on stage with the same attitude, win the first game and bring two points to the advertisement,” continued Littler: “I know that of course he has the record and I know how he can beat me, but hopefully I can try to defeat him.”