Littler Triumphs As Brighton Sees 2 Nine-darters
6 March 2025
Luke Littler won night five of the Premier League in Brighton on a night which saw two nine-dart surfaces.
The 18-year-old declared his 2nd night success of the year with a 6-3 win in the last over Nathan Aspinall.
Defending champ Littler hit five 180s as he triumphed again, 4 days after thrashing James Wade 11-2 to win the UK Open.
"I have actually always been confident in my own capability, however the way my darts are addressing the minute, it's most likely the best I've ever played on a constant basis," Littler informed Sky Sports.
World top Luke Humphries hit the first Premier League nine-darter of 2025 in the quarter-finals however was beaten by Rob Cross, who went on to seal his own best leg versus Aspinall before losing a decider.
The set both get a set of strong gold darts, worth an estimated ₤ 30,000 each, from league sponsors BetMGM.
Littler's success sees him cut the space on league leader Humphries to two points from 7, with the pair meeting in Nottingham next week.
In a rematch of January's world final, where Littler end up being darts' youngest champion, he triumphed again in Brighton with a 6-2 success over Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals.
The Dutchman, a seven-time Premier League champ, has yet to make a last in this year's competitors.
All the action as it took place in Brighton
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Humphries beaten regardless of nine-dart surface
Humphries struck the perfect leg with 2 180s before a 141 checkout to go 2-0 ahead versus Cross.
But the 30-year-old, who was seeking his third nighttime win of the campaign, ended up losing 6-4 to his fellow Englishman.
It was the 17th best leg in the Premier League because its beginning in 2005.
But 2018 world champ Cross struck seven 180s of his own and averaged 111.19 as he got the triumph.
Littler was far from his finest in his opener against Chris Dobey, where he routed 5-4 before levelling and clinching the decider with a 110 surface.
Gerwyn Price paid the cost for missing out on functions as he decreased 6-3 to Van Gerwen, while Stephen Bunting stays without a point after a 5th successive defeat, beaten 6-2 by Aspinall, who averaged 106.
Sky consistently apologised to audiences after their TV images eliminated at different stages throughout the early part of the evening.
Premier League Darts Night 5 outcomes
Luke Littler 6-3 Nathan Aspinall
Michael van Gerwen 2-6 Luke Littler
Rob Cross 5-6 Nathan Aspinall
Gerwyn Price 3-6 Michael van Gerwen
Luke Littler 6-5 Chris Dobey
Rob Cross 6-4 Luke Humphries
Stephen Bunting 2-6 Nathan Aspinall
Darts is played throughout 16 initial weeks in the league stage with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final each night.
Each of the 8 players is guaranteed to face the other seven in the quarter-finals in weeks 1-7 and 9-15, with the weeks 8 and 16 components done off the table. It indicates we will get 4th v fifth in Sheffield on the last league-stage night, with the play-off areas possibly on the line.
Players make two points per quarter-final win, an extra point if they win their semi-final and 5 for winning the night.
The top four gamers after the group phase development to the play-off night at London's O2 Arena on 23 May, with first dealing with 4th and 2nd versus 3rd in a best-of-19-leg match. The last, which is the very best of 21 legs, follows.
Premier League Darts Night 6 order of play
Nottingham, 13 March, 19:00 GMT
Luke Humphries v Luke Littler
Rob Cross v Chris Dobey
Stephen Bunting v Gerwyn Price