Stephen Bunting hits a 180, but Luke Littler responds with two of them! And when Bunting can't finish 90 Littler most certainly can finish 41 which he does with tops to go two ahead.

Rod Studd
Commentator on Sky Sports

You don't get a game against Manchester United in this Premier League to ease the pressure.

Two more 180s from Luke Littler on his own throw - you've not got much chance against that sort of standard and he can even throw in a 41 to set up tops to go back in front.

Luke Littler's scoring is piling the pressure on Stephen Bunting, but the Liverpudlian is standing strong and takes out 105 to again hold his throw and level.

Wayne Mardle
Former World Championship semi-finalist on Sky Sports

They were both on nines.

Luke Litter's on a nine darter! Six perfect darts from the 18-year-old but he misses the seventh treble 20, to the usual chorus of boos from the crowd.

Stephen Bunting actually has a sniff at pinching it with 136 left, but when he misses he may as wel call that a day as Littler is on double 10....

Naturally he hits it for 2-1.

A 23rd maximum of the Premier League season for Luke Littler but Stephen Bunting just about manages to hold his throw by hitting the tricky double seven at the second attempt.

Stephen Bunting hits the first 180 of the match, but he was miles behind at the time and when Luke Littler left double 10 we all know what happens from there.

The Nuke leads.

Luke Littler not best pleased with som ejostling in the crowd as he was saying hello to his parents. Not sure making him mad will be good for Stephen Bunting...

Here comes Stephen Bunting, with one of the best loved walk-ons in darts right now...

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Luke Littler won in week two in Glasgow and the world champion faces Stephen Bunting next up tonight with the Liverpudlian still searching for his first Premier League win of the season.

The former Masters champion has lost his first match in all three nights so far, with this third straight quarter-final loss last week coming against Luke Humphries despite a ton-plus average.

And it gets no easier for crowd favourite Bunting as he faces Littler tonight hoping to avoid going 0-4 in the Premier League.

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Huge rugby league fan Luke Littler was given a huge honour last week as Warrington renamed their Halliwell Jones Stadium the Luke Littler Stadium for their Super League opener last week.

Littler paraded his World Darts Championship trophy around the stadium before the Wolves edged Catalans Dragons 18-12 to kick-off their campaign with a win.

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Nathan Aspinall is a tough watch at times - he's got a million faces and leaves and breathes every single dart he throws. He never actually looked comfortable up there and especially early on if Chris Dobey coukd hit a double he would have been out of sight.

The stats ended up evening themselves out though, with Aspinall averaging 93.69 with four 180s while Dobey had 92.98 and five maximums so not much in it.

And Dobey actually finished with a better checkout percentage by hitting 5/13 while Aspinall went 6/18.

Last year's champion in Exeter, Nathan Aspinall is off and running this time.

Both men scrapping away until a huge 180 from Nathan Aspinall leave him with 35 for the match.

He takes his time, hits a single three, then misses double 16 with his first attempt before nailing it with his second to win it!

Nathan Aspinall's form falls off a cliff and Chris Dobey can just chip away down to a 90 finish, which he takes out by hitting douvle 15 for the second time in the match.

We're down to a one-leg shootout and Aspinall has the arrows.

80 is the number again, but this time it's for Nathan Aspinall as a 180 spurs him on towards a finish first and he hits treble 20 and later double five to move one away from victory.

Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports

A proper match-up this, it's effectively best of three.

Chris Dobey finds a fifth 180 and he holds his breath as Nathan Aspinall just fails to take out 136, so he can return to finish off 80.

Luckily he hits the treble 18 with his first dart as inevitably he misses his first effort at double eight, but hits double four to level.

For someone with four 180s already, Chris Dobey misses treble 20 by quite some margin as he tries to finish 119.

Instead, Nathan Aspinall can hold his throw and move in front again after winning a scrappy leg in 20 darts.