Luke Littler survives a scare to beat Ryan Joyce 4-3 and qualify for quarter-finals - read the report
Littler led 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 but has been pegged back three times
RESULT: Eighth seed Stephen Bunting beats Luke Woodhouse 4-0
Afternoon session saw Nathan Aspinall, Chris Dobey & Callan Rydz reach quarter-finals
Littler v Joyce
John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports
Luke Littler is at the stage of the tournament where just winning your matches is the most important thing.
Having that 100-plus average streak ended then he might come out more free and easy tonight.
Image source, BBC Sport/Getty ImagesIn the past 12 months, teenager Luke Littler has taken the darts world by storm.
After reaching the PDC World Championship final on his debut, Littler has gone on to become a face of the sport both on and off the stage.
How much do you know about "The Nuke" and his successes?
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
It is a huge evening. The players don't want to fall at this stage of the tournament.
Everybody will have their eyes on Luke Littler again.
Image source, Getty ImagesWe're just a few hours away from the quarter-final line-up being set but there is plenty still to be decided...
(Seeds in brackets)
First quarter
(17) Peter Wright (Scotland)
(8) Stephen Bunting (England) v Luke Woodhouse (England)
Second quarter
(4) Luke Littler (England) v Ryan Joyce (England)
(12) Nathan Aspinall (England)
Third quarter
(15) Chris Dobey (England) v (10) Gerwyn Price (Wales)
Fourth quarter
(3) Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) v Jeffrey de Graaf (Sweden)
Callan Rydz (England)
Right then, we're fast approaching the start of this evening's action and this is what we have to look forward to...
Evening Session
Stephen Bunting v Luke Woodhouse
Michael van Gerwen v Jeffrey de Graaf
Luke Littler v Ryan Joyce
Alexandra Palace is situated in North London and has staged the PDC World Darts Championship every year since the 2008 edition, won by John Part of Canada.
Between 1994 and 2007, it was held at Circus Tavern in Purfleet.
The Ally Pally is also the home of snooker's Masters event, which is played every January.
Image source, PA MediaNathan Aspinall breezed into the quarter-finals of the PDC World Darts Championship with a comfortable 4-0 win over Ricardo Pietreczko.
The Englishman, seeded 12th, held steady at an average in the low 90s throughout the match - finishing on 94.28 - and his German opponent's struggles meant that was all that was required.
Pietreczko impressed in his 4-1 win over Scott Williams in the previous round but averaged just 78.46 in his first appearance in the last 16 at Alexandra Palace.
Meanwhile, Callan Rydz came out on top in a topsy-turvy contest against qualifier Robert Owen to make the quarters for the second time with a 4-3 win.
Chris Dobey set up a quarter-final against Wales' Gerwyn Price after a 4-3 win over Dutchman Kevin Doets.
Before we go any further, let's have a look back on the action from this afternoon...
Image source, PA MediaLet's. Play. Darts.
Yep, we're back again for another big, big night of arrows and if we get even half the drama we had last night, we're in for a cracker!
Luke Humphries is defending champion no more after Peter Wright rolled back the years to move into the quarter-finals.
Perhaps the only person happier about that result than Wright would be Luke Littler...
The teenager was set to face Humphries in the semis but that major hurdle has now been removed.
Littler still has two matches to win to get that far, of course, is back in action tonight when he will play Ryan Joyce in the evening's final match.
We've had two exciting games before that, though, starting with Stephen Bunting taking on Luke Woodhouse then three-time champion Michael van Gerwen up against Jeffrey de Graaf.