Humphries beats Littler to win Exeter final

World fig 1 Luke Humphries defeated satellite champion Luke Littler 6-4 to triumph nighttime 4 of the Premier League successful Exeter.

Humphries, 30, came from 3-1 down to bushed the 18-year-old, who had been successful outstanding signifier successful his earlier 2 matches contempt suffering from a cold.

It was a 2nd nighttime triumph for league person Humphries, who won the opener successful Belfast earlier losing the Glasgow last to the teenager.

Littler was runner-up to Humphries successful the 2024 satellite last but bushed him to triumph past year's Premier League.

And this was Humphries' archetypal triumph successful 7 Premier League matches against his chap Englishman.

Humphries deed 2 stunning checkouts - a 167 followed by a 116 - to snatch a 6-5 triumph against Rob Cross successful the semi-finals.

Littler saw disconnected Nathan Aspinall 6-2 with a 109 average, having topped 112 successful his opening decision of Stephen Bunting.

The teen deed 10 maximums - a grounds successful this best-of-11-leg Premier League format - successful the 6-3 triumph implicit Bunting, who deed six 180s of his own.

Little averaged 112.34 and was 67% connected his doubles successful a convincing triumph implicit Bunting.

It was a 4th decision from 4 for Bunting, but helium was acold from disgraced with an mean of 104.89.

Last week's victor Gerwyn Price went down 6-4 to Humphries, who yet got implicit the enactment aft blowing 4 lucifer darts successful a nervy 10th limb wherever the Welshman missed six shots astatine the double.

Seven-time Premier League champion Michael van Gerwen mislaid his opener for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth arsenic helium squandered 3 lucifer darts successful a 6-5 decision by Cross.

Aspinall edged different shootout, performing marginally amended connected doubles to get the amended of Chris Dobey.

Final

Luke Humphries 6-4 Luke Littler

Semi-finals

Rob Cross 5-6 Luke Humphries

Nathan Aspinall 2-6 Luke Littler

Quarter-finals

Michael van Gerwen 5-6 Rob Cross

Gerwyn Price 4-6 Luke Humphries

Chris Dobey 5-6 Nathan Aspinall

Stephen Bunting 3-6 Luke Littler

Premier League Darts is played crossed 16 archetypal weeks successful the league signifier with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a last each night.

Each of the 8 players is guaranteed to look the different 7 successful the quarter-finals successful weeks 1-7 and 9-15, with weeks 8 and 16's fixtures done disconnected the table. It means we volition get 4th v 5th successful Sheffield connected the last league-stage night, with the play-off spots perchance connected the line.

Players gain 2 points per quarter-final win, an further constituent if they triumph their semi-final and 5 for winning the night.

The apical 4 players aft the radical signifier advancement to the play-off nighttime astatine London's O2 Arena connected 23 May, with archetypal facing 4th and 2nd against 3rd successful a best-of-19-leg match. The final, which is the champion of 21 legs, follows.

If players are level connected points aft the 16 weeks past places are decided by nights won and past matches won.

Brighton, 6 March, 19:00 GMT

Gerwyn Price v Michael van Gerwen

Luke Littler v Chris Dobey

Rob Cross v Luke Humphries

Stephen Bunting v Nathan Aspinall