Luke Littler beats Luke Humphries 6-5 to win night two of Premier League Darts in Glasgow
Semi-finals: Littler 6-2 Van Gerwen; Price 4-6 Humphries
Quarter-finals: Cross 5-6 Littler; Van Gerwen 6-1 Bunting; Aspinall 4-6 Price; Humphries 6-4 Dobey
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Aspinall 1-1 Price
A good response from Gerwyn Price against the throw.
He finds the first 180 of the match to get down to a finish first.
From 135, he sets up a visit at double eight which he is allowed back to take out.
In one dart, he pins it to level up.
Aspinall 1-0 Price
Visits of 135, 99 and 98 from Nathan Aspinall give him an early lead against the thorw in this match, putting The Asp down to a finish first.
On 112, Aspinall takes the lot on double 16. A huge finish to break Gerwyn Price's throw early on.
Aspinall 0-0 Price
The Glasgow crowd are huge Nathan Aspinall fans.
The arena opted to start Gerwyn Price's walk-on music before the crowd finished their chorus of "Mr Brightside" to Aspinall.
Did that stop the crowd singing over Price's entrance? Of course not.
A few boos for Price, who replies with one of his trademark roars.
Price to throw first, game on!
Aspinall v Price (20:15 GMT)
Nathan Aspinall speaking to Sky Sports: "I think it will [be a battle]. I messed up at the start last week, I think tonight will be one hell of a game. I'm sure it will be a great game."
On the Glasgow crowd: "I'm quite popular in Scotland, hopefully they get behind me and I can chalk my first two points up."
On how he feels going into tonight: "I feel really good today, I woke up in a good mood. Let's go on that stage and see what happens."
Aspinall v Price (20:15 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesIn the third of Glasgow's four quarter-finals, Nathan Aspinall faces Gerwyn Price.
‘The Asp’ is yet to get off the mark in this year's Premier League following a defeat to Luke Humphries in the quarter-finals last week.
The same goes for ‘Iceman’ Price. He lost 6-4 to Chris Dobey a week ago in Belfast.
These two last met in March 2024, also in the Premier League, in Belfast. Aspinall won 6-5 that night.
Result: Cross 5-6 Littler
Image source, Taylor Lanning/PDCThis image sums up the earlier drama.
Rob Cross is downbeat after losing five successive legs to Luke Littler, having seemed destined for victory.
Result: Van Gerwen 6-1 Bunting
Stuart Pyke
Commentator on Sky Sports
We are going to get another showdown between Van Gerwen and Littler.
Result: Van Gerwen 6-1 Bunting
Michael van Gerwen will have wanted a 6-0 swoop and barring one missed dart at double seven, would have had one.
Another 180 from the Dutchman sees him close in on victory. Needing 124 from six darts, he tees up a double 16 out.
MVG's next visit sees him pin it in one. A 13-dart leg and a 109 match average.
A 6-1 win for Van Gerwen sets up a meeting with Luke Littler for the second week in a row.
Van Gerwen 5-1 Bunting
The high-scoring nature of the last couple of legs continues.
Michael van Gerwen takes a 180, to which Stephen Bunting replies with 140.
A missed double seven from MVG brings Bunting back on 87. He halves double 18, but lands into double nine for his first leg of the night.
A sarcastic smile from Bunting as he avoids a whitewash.
Van Gerwen 5-0 Bunting
Stuart Pyke
Commentator on Sky Sports
Vintage Van Gerwen. Nothing that Bunting can do.
Van Gerwen 5-0 Bunting
From here, Stephen Bunting has to win six out of seven legs to avoid back-to-back quarter-final exits.
Michael van Gerwen gets his first 180 of the match, against the throw. Bunting fires back with one of his own.
Pressure on Van Gerwen? None whatsoever.
Van Gerwen takes out 122 on double seven for a 5-0 lead.
Van Gerwen 4-0 Bunting
Stephen Bunting finds the first 180 of this match, but Michael van Gerwen remains in control of the leg.
On 64, Van Gerwen sees it off on double four for a 4-0 lead.
Van Gerwen 3-0 Bunting
An innovative 135 from Stephen Bunting gets him down to a 170 finish, which he takes 130 out of.
A missed 134 chance from Michael van Gerwen brings The Bullet back.
Bunting goes both sides of double 20 and bends the double 10 wire. A big chance wasted.
Van Gerwen tees up two darts at double 16 and lands it with the first of them to go 3-0 up.
Van Gerwen 2-0 Bunting
Stuart Pyke
Commentator on Sky Sports
Stephen Bunting is not finding anything. He's averaging 74.
Van Gerwen 2-0 Bunting
Michael van Gerwen takes control in the second leg on his throw.
A missed dart over the double 120 bed sees him miss out on a 120 finish, but Stephen Bunting invited the Dutchman back.
Van Gerwen sees it off for a 2-0 led.
Van Gerwen 1-0 Bunting
Michael van Gerwen gets six darts at 170 against the throw, putting Stephen Bunting under some early pressure.
Mighty Mike only needs five of them, landing a 74 finish on double 16 for a 14-dart break of throw.
Van Gerwen 0-0 Bunting
Brilliant reception from the Glasgow crowd for Stephen Bunting and Michael van Gerwen.
The crowd sing back Bunting's "Titanium" walk on song back to him before Van Gerwen gets plenty of cheers himself.
Bunting to throw first, game on!
Van Gerwen v Bunting (19:45 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesNext up, Michael van Gerwen faces Stephen Bunting in Glasgow.
"Mighty Mike" reached the semi-finals last week in Belfast, having beaten Luke Littler 6-5 in the quarter-finals. Van Gerwen lost 6-5 to Luke Humphries in the semis.
Stephen Bunting, playing in his first full Premier League season since 2015, lost 6-4 to Rob Cross in the quarter-finals in Northern Ireland.
The two last met in the final of the 2024 Masters 12 months ago, where Bunting beat Van Gerwen 11-7.
Image source, Getty ImagesMost wins: 7 Michael van Gerwen, 6 Phil Taylor
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.