Summary

  • Brilliant Humphries wins for third night in a row

  • World champion hammers Smith 6-2 in final

  • Humphries seven points clear at top of table

  • Smith beats below-par Littler 6-4 in first round

Live Reporting

Phil Cartwright & Jonty Colman

  1. Price wins!
    Breaking

    Result: Van Gerwen 5-6 Price

    A BIG win for Gerwyn Price against Michael van Gerwen, who is out at the quarter-final stage for the fourth week in a row.

    Price hits his sixth 180 of the match to move clear of Van Gerwen in the decider, the Dutchman gets a pop at 160 but can't find a treble 20 with his second dart, and Price returns to hit the winning double.

    He lets out a roar of relief as he gets over the line to secure some crucial points in his bid to get back into top-four contention.

  2. Van Gerwen 5-5 Price

    Glen Durrant
    Former Premier League champion on Sky Sports

    We are going to a final leg again. The first three darts are massive, the most important in this match. Price has been so good with the darts.

  3. Into a decider...

    Van Gerwen 5-5 Price

    Gerwyn Price misses a match dart at double 10 and Michael van Gerwen takes out 60 to take this one to the distance as well.

  4. Van Gerwen 4-5 Price

    Glen Durrant
    Former Premier League champion on Sky Sports

    The importance of that 120. It's a tough section of the draw, but Price needed that.

  5. Van Gerwen 4-5 Price

    The Welshman stops the rot with a 120 finish, ending on double top, and he moves one away from the semis.

  6. Van Gerwen 4-4 Price

    Glen Durrant
    Former Premier League champion on Sky Sports

    PriceGetty Images

    We've got parity, it's a best of three now!

  7. Van Gerwen levels

    Van Gerwen 4-4 Price

    With Van Gerwen waiting on double eight, Price adds pressure with a maximum.

    What pressure? Straight in the middle of the red bit.

    All square.

  8. Van Gerwen 3-4 Price

    Glen Durrant
    Former Premier League champion on Sky Sports

    Gerwyn Price's reaction might be "here we go again". It was the big fish against the champagne 132.

  9. Van Gerwen 3-4 Price

    Superb from Michael van Gerwen to take out 132 on the bullseye and break the Price throw!

    Will that be the turning point?

  10. Van Gerwen 2-4 Price

    Van Gerwen drifts into the treble one at the start of an attempt to take out 100 and fails. Price gets a shot at the bull for a 5-1 lead - just off target.

    Van Gerwen mops up to reduce Price's lead and stays in touch.

  11. Van Gerwen 1-4 Price

    Can the real Ali G please stand up?

    Ali GGetty Images

  12. Van Gerwen 1-4 Price

    Both players averaging more than 105, which is making breaks of throw a precious commodity.

    Price holds once more and is in command of this quarter-final.

  13. Van Gerwen 1-3 Price

    Glen Durrant
    Former Premier League champion on Sky Sports

    You talk about the acoustics, if we get a nine-darter, it might blow the roof off!

  14. Van Gerwen 1-3 Price

    Not much to separate them in terms of scoring in leg four, but Price leaves himself on a bogey number - you can't finish in three darts on 159 - which gives Van Gerwen some breathing room to register his first leg of the night.

  15. Van Gerwen 0-3 Price

    Glen Durrant
    Former Premier League champion on Sky Sports

    Gerwyn Price has average over 112 at the moment, these are the stats they care about. Superb from him.

  16. Van Gerwen 0-3 Price

    They break down midway through the nine-darter, but it's Price who takes the leg in 11 darts with a 96 checkout.

    He looks in the mood tonight and the Dublin crowd are singing his name.

  17. Van Gerwen 0-2 Price

    Both players start leg three with a maximum...

  18. Van Gerwen 0-2 Price

    Glen Durrant
    Former Premier League champion on Sky Sports

    This is the start that Price wanted!

  19. Van Gerwen 0-2 Price

    Price puts some pressure on Van Gerwen's finish of 80 and MVG can't get it, leaving the Welshman to jump in and break the throw, which is greeted by a huge roar.

  20. Van Gerwen 0-1 Price

    Michael van Gerwen's form has been up and down during this Premier League. It's been feast or famine for the Dutchman - either a night win or a quarter-final exit.

    He was excellent in a losing cause against Luke Littler last week in Nottingham.

    A slowish start from Van Gerwen here, as Gerwyn Price takes out 74 to win the first leg.