Night six of Premier League Darts in Nottingham
Semi-final results: Luke Littler 6-3 Rob Cross & Price 6-1 Van Gerwen
Quarter-final results: Humphries 4-6 Littler, Cross 6-2 Dobey, Bunting 4-6 Price, Aspinall 4-6 Van Gerwen
Semi-finals and final follow
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Humphries 3-3 Littler
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
I know Gerwyn Price has a very good record against Luke Littler but it does feel like it is Luke Humphries who is the one man who can get to him.
Humphries 3-3 Littler
Luke Humphries has a spring in his step after that break and gets six darts at 134 for a 4-2 lead.
The first visit fails to find a treble and after a treble 17 on his return, misses doubles 20 and 10.
Give Luke Littler a sniff? He takes it out! A 110 finish on double 20 breaks back at 3-3 and sends the crowd into a huge roar, which he meets with one of his own.
Humphries 3-2 Littler
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
Luke Littler is just making little errors that in a game of this level can cost you.
Humphries 3-2 Littler
Image source, Getty ImagesAfter a few legs without a 180 from either man, Luke Littler starts off the fifth leg with a maximum.
From nine darts he gets down to 161, treble 20, treble 19 and a narrow miss on bull.
He gets invited back for 25, but a stray dart into 12 puts him off guard and leads to a miss on double six.
At double 12, Luke Humphries steals the leg.
Humphries 2-2 Littler
Dan Dawson
Commentator on Sky Sports
Nobody is giving anything away. They are not budging.
Humphries 2-2 Littler
A sign of how good Luke Humphries and Luke Littler are, both are putting in very high averages without seeming to break sweat.
A 133 from Humphries buys a visit at 100 and with his second attempt at tops, finds the bed for 2-2.
Humphries 1-2 Littler
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
It has been an explosive start with both players averaging 107.
Humphries 1-2 Littler
As Mark Webster says, there has been a rapid pace to this match. Both Luke Littler and Luke Humphries have a quick tempo to their throws.
On 64, Littler takes the lot on double 20 for another hold of throw.
Humphries 1-1 Littler
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
It has been a solid start from both players and it has taken no time at all. We've played for less than three minutes and it is 1-1.
Humphries 1-1 Littler
Both men continue to exchange high scores and get down to a finish in equal timing.
Luke Humphries takes the leg with his second attempt on double 16 to level up.
Humphries 0-1 Littler
Luke Littler with a brilliant start, going 140, 180, 141 with his first three visits.
The Nuke gets a full visit, after a 180 from Luke Humphries to take the leg, but halves doubles 20, 10 and five.
Humphries almost steals it on 121, but can't land the bull. Littler takes the leg in 14 darts on double two.
Humphries v Littler
Image source, PA MediaIt's safe to say that anyone in Nottingham with a ticket tonight is in for a treat of a start to the evening
The crowd start off with a roaring rendition of Luke Littler's "Green Light" walk on before giving some of the same treatment to Luke Humphries.
Darts' current top two, both in the Premier League and the world, share a smile and a handshake before a couple of warm-up throws.
Littler to throw first, game on!
Humphries v Littler
Image source, Getty ImagesThere is no bigger way to start the action than a quarter-final clash between Luke Humphries and Luke Littler.
World number one Humphries sits two points clear at the top of the table but arrives a week after his first quarter-final defeat of the season against Rob Cross in Brighton.
A win for current world and Premier League champion Littler would see him move at least level on points with Humphries. Littler has reached the final in each of the past two weeks.
It is the third Premier League meeting of the season between the two men, who faced each other in final in both Glasgow and Exeter last month, winning one each.
Luke Humphries talking to Sky Sports: "It was great to hit the nine-darter last week but I wanted to win the match. It was good to hit one on Wednesday too and these things do help your confidence. It is a big game tonight and I am looking forward to it.
"I think Luke brings the best out of me, he usually does, and when you're playing someone who is in such great form and you know you have to play at the best to win it helps you relax a bit."
Luke Littler talking to Sky Sports: "It has been a great week. I'm very happy with how the darts are going at the moment, but now it is all down to tonight and getting to get back up to top spot.
"Luke and I always have great battles. Hopefully tonight will be one of the best games we play against each other."
Humphries v Littler (19:15 GMT)
Wayne Mardle
Former World Championship semi-finalist on Sky Sports
You're not going to get lucky and beat Luke Littler or Luke Humphries in this short format.
They are dominating between them. Nobody is pushing them, they are head and shoulders above.
Whoever wins that game will be in the semi-finals and you'd expect them to go on and win it.
Humphries v Littler (19:15 GMT)
John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports
It is scary when you're considering that there's room for improvement for Luke Littler. It is scary.
He's got the level of darts where he doesn't need to learn anything. He can dish it out and he does dish it out.
Image source, Getty ImagesWhile scoring is important, so to is taking out checkouts and winning legs.
Luke Humphries and Luke Littler head into tonight comfortably ahead of the other six players at the top of the table and one major difference between the two and the rest comes when it comes to their percentage of checkouts.
Here is how all eight players have fared so far when it comes to checkout percentages.
Image source, Getty ImagesAfter five weeks of the 2025 Premier League Darts campaign, here is a look at how the eight players have fared in terms of their three-dart averages during this season.
Every Thursday, the eight players go head-to-head in a straight knockout tournament. So, each player will be entered at the quarter-final stage, before moving to the semi-finals and then a final.
These matches are all played over the best of 11 legs (or games of darts).
Players take home points from each of these rounds. The winner of the night gets five points, the runner-up three points, and each semi-finalist wins two points.
All eight players are re-entered into the tournament for the next round on the following Thursday.
The players will meet each other once at the quarter-final stage from weeks one to seven, and then again in weeks nine to 15. The matches in weeks eight and 16 will be played based on position in the league at that point.
The four players at the top of the table by the end of night 16 qualify for the final play-offs, which take place on Thursday, 29 May.
The semi-finals of the play-offs are played over 19 legs, while the winner is crowned in a final match played across the best of 21 legs.