Premier League Darts 2025: Luke Humphries beats Luke Littler for first time in event to win Night time 4

Luke Humphries earned his first Premier League Darts victory over Luke Littler on the seventh try within the Night time 4 last in Exeter, additional stretching his lead on the high of the 2025 desk.

Littler threw an astonishing 19 maximums over the course of his three video games, albeit his degree dropped within the last in opposition to the world No 1, averaging 97 after a few scintillating performances within the earlier rounds.

Littler began the competition with a bang, taking out 144 within the opening leg earlier than breaking Humphries within the fourth for a 3-1 benefit.

He may, and maybe ought to, have turned that right into a 4-1 lead however missed darts at double 10 and double 5 allowed Humphries to interrupt straight again, whereas these two exact same doubles got here again to hang-out Littler as he was damaged once more within the ninth leg, Humphries closing issues out from there.

It implies that Humphries’ factors tally by way of the primary 4 weeks now sits at 15, seven away from Littler in second, with the one different nightly winner in 2025, Gerwyn Value, in third on seven after his quarter-final exit in Exeter. Michael van Gerwyn makes up the highest 4, on six factors, regardless of additionally dropping his opener on Night time 4.

Littler storms into last however finally falls quick

Littler threw a staggering 10 180s, averaging 112, when beating Stephen Bunting 6-3 of their quarter-final, his opponent nonetheless winless by way of 4 weeks of the event, regardless of himself averaging close to 105 and throwing six maximums within the contest.

Littler then blew Nathan Aspinall away of their semi-final, racing right into a 3-0 lead and finally taking it 6-2 with a 110 common and three ton-plus finishes, closing issues out and reserving his place within the last with a lethal dart on the bull.

Humphries, against this, wasn’t at his scintillating finest regardless of reaching his third last by way of the primary 4 nights of the event, as he first beat Night time Three winner Value within the quarters, earlier than battling again to eliminate Rob Cross within the last 4.

Humphries nailed a 156 checkout within the fourth leg of his match in opposition to Value, grabbed the all-important break of throw within the ninth however then stumbled over the ending line as he missed 5 match darts – even by chance busting his rating at one stage – earlier than clinching victory, lucky to see Value fail with six darts of his personal at tops which might have pressured a deciding leg.

In his semi-final in opposition to Cross, Humphries let a two-leg lead slip, falling 5-4 behind attributable to some dodgy doubling – hitting solely 4 of 14 – earlier than nailing a shocking 167 checkout and a 116 in successive legs to win it.

Earlier within the evening, within the different quarter-finals, Cross and Aspinall overcame Van Gerwyn and Chris Dobey, respectively, in final-leg deciders.

What’s subsequent?

The Premier League continues with Night time 5 in Brighton on Thursday March 6, the place Van Gerwen faces Value within the opening match of the night forward of Littler taking over Dobey within the high half of the draw.

Cross meets world No 1 Humphries earlier than Bunting performs Aspinall to spherical off the quarter-final motion. Watch Night time 5 of the Premier League Darts on Thursday from 7pm, reside on Sky Sports activities Principal Occasion and Sky Sports activities+.

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