For the last eight weeks, the PDC Premier League Darts has been played out across five different venues in the UK and Ireland and it makes sense to check back in with the tournament to see how it has progressed since the first week of action.
- Night 1 – SSE Arena, Belfast
- Night 2 – Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
- Night 3 – Ovo Hydro, Glasgow
- Night 4 – 3Arena, Dublin
- Night 5 – Westpoint Arena, Exeter
- Night 6 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
- Night 7 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
- Night 8 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle
- Current PDC Premier League Table
- Night 9 Preview – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Eight of the best players in the PDC have been competing to win each of the five nights of action contested and we have had four different winners of those nights, while one player has yet to win a match at all in this year’s tournament.
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Let’s now take a look at how the last five nights of matches have played out.
Night 1 – SSE Arena, Belfast
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-2 Jonny Clayton
- Michael Smith 3-6 Michael van Gerwen
- Peter Wright 3-6 Chris Dobey
- Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Gerwyn Price
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
- Dimitri Van den Bergh 4-6 Michael van Gerwen
- Chris Dobey 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
Final (best of 11)
- Michael van Gerwen 5-6 Chris Dobey
Chris Dobey answered critics who felt he should not have been included in the event due to his low ranking with a win in the first night of action in Belfast, defeating Michael van Gerwen in a nervy final.
Night 2 – Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Michael Smith 6-3 Jonny Clayton
- Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Peter Wright
- Gerwyn Price 6-5 Chris Dobey
- Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
- Michael Smith 4-6 Nathan Aspinall
- Gerwyn Price 6-5 Michael van Gerwen
Final (best of 11)
- Nathan Aspinall 3-6 Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price took full advantage of some partisan home support for the Welshman as he came through two ver close games in the quarters and semis to earn a good win over Nathan Aspinall in the final.
Night 3 – Ovo Hydro, Glasgow
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Michael van Gerwen
- Peter Wright 4-6 Dimitri Van den Bergh
- Gerwyn Price 3-6 Michael Smith
- Jonny Clayton 6-1 Chris Dobey
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
- Nathan Aspinall 1-6 Dimitri Van den Bergh
- Michael Smith 6-5 Jonny Clayton
Final (best of 11)
- Dimitri Van den Bergh 4-6 Michael Smith
Newly crowned World Champion Michael Smith got his first win of the Premier League Darts season 2023 with a good win over Dimitri Van den Bergh in the final. Smith also bested Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton on his way to the final.
Night 4 – 3Arena, Dublin
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Michael Smith 6-5 Peter Wright
- Gerwyn Price 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
- Jonny Clayton 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
- Chris Dobey 3-6 Michael van Gerwen
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
- Michael Smith 1-6 Gerwyn Price
- Jonny Clayton 3-6 Michael van Gerwen
Final (best of 11)
- Gerwyn Price 5-6 Michael van Gerwen
The best final of the tournament so far saw Welshman Gerwyn Price go toe to toe with Michael van Gerwen, only for the Dutchman to claim his first victory in the tournament this year.
Night 5 – Westpoint Arena, Exeter
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Gerwyn Price
- Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Michael Smith
- Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-3 Chris Dobey
- Jonny Clayton 6-5 Peter Wright
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
- Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
- Dimitri Van den Bergh 2-6 Jonny Clayton
Final (best of 11)
- Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Jonny Clayton
Michael van Gerwen made it back-to-back victories in the Premier League last week in Exeter thanks to an impressive display in all rounds, where he did not lose more than four legs in any of the contests he played.
Night 6 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Gerwyn Price 5-6 Peter Wright
- Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Jonny Clayton
- Chris Dobey 4-6 Nathan Aspinall
- Michael Smith 6-3 Dmitri Van den Bergh
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
- Peter Wright 1-6 Michael van Gerwen
- Nathan Aspinall 2-6 Michael Smith
Final (best of 11)
- Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Michael Smith
Night 7 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Dmitri Van den Bergh 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
- Jonny Clayton 4-6 Gerwyn Price
- Peter Wright 1-6 Michael van Gerwen
- Chris Dobey 6-4 Michael Smith
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
- Dimitri Van den Bergh 4-6 Gerwyn Price
- Michael van Gerwen 0-6 Chris Dobey
Final (best of 11)
- Gerwyn Price 6-4 Chris Dobey
Night 8 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Peter Wright
- Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Dimitri Van den Bergh
- Gerwyn Price 6-1 Jonny Clayton
- Michael Smith 4-6 Chris Dobey
Semi-Finals (best of 11)
- Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Nathan Aspinall
- Gerwyn Price 6-4 Chris Dobey
Final (best of 11)
- Michael van Gerwen 1-6 Gerwyn Price
Current PDC Premier League Table
- Michael van Gerwen – 25pts (+31)
- Gerwyn Price – 18pts (+20)
- Nathan Aspinall – 13pts (-12)
- Michael Smith – 12pts (-2)
- Chris Dobey – 10pts (-2)
- Dimitri Van den Bergh – 9pts (-2)
- Jonny Clayton – 7pts (-13)
- Peter Wright – 2pts (-20)
The top four players (in italics) at the end of the league stage will earn a spot in the final week playoffs at the 02 in London to decide who is the winner of the tournament.
With Van Gerwen and Price opening up something of a comfortable gap at the top of the table, but there’s real competition for third and fourth spots at the moment as we head towards this week’s action which comes from the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin.
Night 9 Preview – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Quarter Finals (best of 11)
- Dmitri Van Den Bergh (6/4) v Michael Smith (8/15)
This should be a very exciting game to start the action off in Germany as Van Den Bergh will likely enjoy plenty of support as one of only two European players in the field.
However, Michael Smith needs to pick up some points after losing in the quarterfinals in three of the last four events and he is just hanging on to fourth place in the table. We’re going to go for a close one here but for Smith to earn the win at 8/15.
- Nathan Aspinall (4/5) v Chris Dobey (Evens)
Two of the up and coming stars of the Premier League, Nathan Aspinall has been very consistent, losing just two quarter final games (only Michael van Gerwen has a better record), while Chris Dobey ended his long run of quarter final losses by finishing runner up Week 7 and the semi’s in Week 8.
That has moved Dobey up to 5th in the table and as the odds suggest, this does look to be a very even game and I am going to go Aspinall to land the narrowest of wins here at 4/5.
- Jonny Clayton (12/5) v Michael van Gerwen (1/3)
Poor Jonny Clayton is the man who has to face Michael Van Gerwen in the quarterfinals this week and the Welshman faces a very difficult task against the Dutchman who who three weeks in a row from weeks 4-6 and has finished runner up in two more events (week 1, week 8).
Van Gerwen seems to be hitting his best form once again and that is reflected in the odds here and I can’t not back him to land the win here at 1/3.
- Peter Wright (7/4) v Gerwyn Price (4/9)
Peter Wright has been in poor form in this event, winning just one game on Week 6, and losing every other match. He is on just 2 points and suffering from a disappointing lack of form.
In contrast Gerwyn Price has won the last two events to move up into second in the table and the Welshman is rightfully the 4/9 favourite to land a win here, which I feel he should achieve.
*Odds shown were correct with bet365 Sport as of 29th March 2023 but may change in the build up to them starting later on in the evening.
Tune in from 7pm on Thursday on Sky Sports to see how Week 9 of the Premier League of Darts pans out!
