The evening session at the PDC World Darts Championship on Tuesday sees the third round ending and the fourth round getting started on a tantalisingly good looking night of action inside Alexandra Palace in London.
It is a night where five of the top 16 players in the world rankings toe the oche including the world number one Michael van Gerwen who will be looking to book his spot in yet another quarter final at this venue.
Dave Chisnall vs Danny Noppert
The opening match of the evening is the last game in the third round and it sees Dave Chisnall looking to set up a clash with Dimitri Van den Bergh in the last 16 when he goes up against Danny Noppert to get a fascinating session underway.
If you go by previous meetings with your betting then you will be on Noppert here because these two have played each other on three occasions and the Dutchman has won all three, but you would have to quickly forget his previous performance here which was worse than terrible. Chisnall was very good in his first round win over Keegan Brown and you would think with the format elevating Chizzy will go up a notch from there. If the price on Chisnall on the handicap was an ounce bigger I’d take it but with it being complete guesswork as to which Noppert will turn up I’ll leave this one alone.
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Gabriel Clemens vs Krzysztof Ratajski
The opening match in the fourth round of the tournament sees two of the best that Europe has to offer going at it when Gabriel Clemens meets Krzysztof Ratajski in a match in which someone is going to reach the quarter finals for the first time.
This has already been a ground-breaking week for these two men and one of them will fly up the rankings with a win here. Not only would they be guaranteed £50k for winning this match, the winner knows they will be playing someone outside the top 20 in the world rankings in the last eight on New Year’s Day so there is plenty at stake here. Ordinarily we would be worried about Clemens backing up a big result in the next round but he’s had a day off to reflect on his win over Wright and I’m not sure that emotional stuff counts with the Germans who are pretty level headed as a rule. Ratajski has come through the draw very strongly and is probably a worthy favourite for this last 16 clash.
One of the reasons for that is the Polish ace has not lost to the German in their six past meetings. He never really produces the goods on the big stage though and while he walloped Simon Whitlock in the previous round the Australian burned so many chances it was untrue. It is hard to see Clemens being as useless on the doubles and with him having the scoring power to keep with Ratajski and the confidence of beating Wright behind him I like the German here.
Michael van Gerwen vs Joe Cullen
The final match of the night sees the world number one Michael van Gerwen looking to continue his run towards a fourth world title when he goes up against a familiar foe in Joe Cullen who himself will fancy his chances of a deep run if he can overcome the challenge in front of him here.
Van Gerwen has made it through without dropping a set so far and averaging well over 100 for his two matches but Cullen has the ability to cause him problems here, assuming he has the belief that he can do so. One thing which should give Cullen some belief is the fact he has beaten the great Dutchman in two European Tour finals over the last 15 months or so and having got to this stage for the first time in his history he has nothing to lose now. The pressure is all on van Gerwen but that isn’t going to worry him too much.
We’ve seen both in good scoring touch in this tournament and I see no reason why that won’t continue here so I’m happy to get on over 10.5 180s. If Cullen wins a set, which he should do given his scoring power, then we need one 180 per set from each with one on top. Any more sets for Cullen means we won’t even need that much on average. Even in a four set match this line isn’t unachievable as you would think van Gerwen will have gone potty on the scoring to win 4-0. I like the over here.
Tips
Back G.Clemens to beat K.Ratajski for a 3/10 stake at 2.38 with Boylesports
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WON – Back M.van Gerwen vs J.Cullen – Over 10.5 180s for a 3/10 stake at 1.87 with BetVictor
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