It's a battle in Berlin on Night Eight of the Premier League with the PDC's leading stars heading for Germany.

Luke Littler took optimum points in Dublin last Thursday, to decrease Jonny Clayton's lead at the top of the table to just 3 points and the Nuke is now a 2-5 opportunity to complete top of the league.

Things are getting desperate for Josh Rock, who lacks a success in 7 weeks of action and 1-4 to end up bottom of the stack.

Premier League Darts Night Eight wagering ideas & predictions

Luke Humphries to reach the Premier League last 4pts 15-8 Hills

Luke Humphries to win Night Eight 1pt each-way 4-1 bet365, Coral, Ladbrokes

Jonny Clayton -1.5 legs v Josh Rock 1pt 17-20 Coral, Ladbrokes

Stephen Bunting -2.5 legs v Luke Littler 1pt 11-10 Betfair, Paddy Power

Premier League Night Eight preview

Before getting stuck into tonight's matches, punters should consider backing Luke Humphries to reach the Premier League last at London's O2 Arena in May.

Cool Hand presently sits in 4th place in the table and the defending champ is simply one point adrift of Gerwyn Price in third.

Only Luke Littler is putting up a higher general average than Humphries 100.82 in this season's competitors, and the quotes about Cool Hand in contrast to his 7 Premier League competitors, provide a greater points expectancy than Jonny Clayton and Price, who sit above Humphries in the standings.

The safeguarding Premier League champ handles Michael van Gerwen in this week's quarter-finals and the Newbury arrowsmith hammered MVG 7-2 on the Euro Tour last weekend. The time is right to back Humphries to reach the last, with the 15-8 on deal unlikely to be seen again this season.

Remaining on the Humphries style, Cool Hand should likewise be backed at 4-1 to Thursday's Berlin contest.

The former world champion remained in outstanding type on the European Tour last week, beating Dirk van Duijvenbode, Wattimena, Chris Dobey, Michael van Gerwen and Clayton on his way to the Belgian Darts Open title. That's an entire host of top-level performers dismissed and there were averages of 102.91 and 105.96 along the way.

Humphries was beaten by a huge performance from Price in Dublin recently, however the PDC world number 2 has signed up varieties of 101.35, 103.44, 97.56 and 105.71 in his last 4 Premier League games.

Luke Littler has obstructed Humphries' course to splendor on many occasions this season, but the Newbury male is the only performer to get near deactivating the Nuke, and most importantly, the world's finest 2 arrowsmiths are in opposite halves of the Berlin bracket.

An each-way play on Cool Hand can land in Germany.

Jonny Clayton vs Josh Rock

Jonny Clayton was the man beaten by Humphries in last weekend's Belgian Darts Open final, but that was another exceptional effort from the Welshman, who is carrying out at the top of his game.

The 2021 Premier League champion clearly enjoys this event and it hasn't taken long for the Ferret to twitch to the top of the standings. Clayton hammered Josh Rock 6-2 on the opening night of Premier League action in Newcastle and that was the start of a disappointing project for Rocky.

The Northern Irishman has actually lost all of his 7 profession Premier League matches and the Antrim ace could provide approximately only 84.21 in an abysmal 6-0 loss to Price in Dublin last week. Clayton can give Rocky a whipping in Berlin and get rid of a 1.5 leg handicap.

Luke Littler vs Stephen Bunting

Luke Littler is the dominate force in darts, but there is a huge enigma over the Nuke in Germany - he has actually skipped the two European Tour occasions there this season - and the boo kids will be out for him once again.

Littler lost in Germany alongside Humphries at the last-16 phase of in 2015's World Cup in Frankfurt, and the 19-year-old has actually won just one match at the European Championships in Dortmund.

The Nuke takes on Stephen Bunting, who he beat 6-3 in Dublin last Thursday, but the Bullet averaged 104.10 in that loss and the Merseyside man can be fancied to narrow the space with the world champion most likely to feel the heat.

At 11-10, Bunting needs to be backed in receipt of a 2.5-leg start.

2026 Premier League Darts Schedule

Premier League Darts FAQs

What is the format for Premier League Darts?

The competition includes eight players completing in a knockout bracket every night. Players make points based upon their finishing position weekly (5 for a win, 3 for runner-up, 2 for semi-finalists). All matches are played with a best-of-11-leg format. The semi-finals are finest of 19 with the final a best-of-21-leg competitors.

Who remains in the 2026 Premier League Darts?

World champ Luke Littler is signed up with by automatic qualifiers Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen and Michael van Gerwen. Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Josh Rock and Gerwyn Price were picked as wildcard selections by the PDC.

Where can I view Premier League Darts in the UK?

Every match of the 2026 Premier League Darts season is broadcast specifically reside on Sky Sports.

Who won the 2025 Premier League Darts?

Luke Humphries won the 2025 title, defeating Luke Littler 11-8 in a thrilling final at The O2.

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