Premier League Darts Night 12 tips and predictions: Michael van Gerwen to reignite top four chase
Michael van Gerwen celebrates during the Darts 2025 BetMGM Premier League
Premier League Darts heads to Liverpool for Night 12 as Michael van Gerwen sets sights on his first weekly win after Easter heroics.
The Dutchman was in scintillating form over the holidays as he bagged a nine-dart finish on route to claiming the German Grand Prix title.
This was his first title of the season and the first sign that the Green Machine could finally be hitting some form.
Van Gerwen has been far from his best throughout this Premier League campaign, which is a fact underlined by his failure win a single Night.
Thursday’s trip to Liverpool offers the Dutchman a great opportunity to change that, as he looks to squeeze back into the top four of the overall standings.
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His task is not easy considering he opens Night 12 with a showdown against world champion Luke Littler.
The teenager has hit his own little slump, failing to win any of the last three Premier League events. Then again, calling it a slump may be harsh considering his age.
Van Gerwen has already beaten Littler this season, and we’re backing a repeat in Liverpool. In fact, we’re backing MVG to go all the way at an extraordinary price of 12/1.
Elsewhere, last week’s winner Chris Dobey will be looking to go back-to-back when he arrives on Merseyside.
Hollywood beat Luke Humphries, Nathan Aspinall and Stephen Bunting on his way to a second weekly win of the season. He only lost seven legs in the process and averaged over 100 in all three matches.
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Dobey takes on Gerwyn Price on Thursday, marking their fourth meeting since the Geordie knocked out the Welshman in the quarter-final of the world championship.
Bearing Dobey’s strong recent form, we’re backing him to get one over Price at around the 11/10 mark.
Our third and final tip comes from that same side of the bracket as Bunting goes head-to-head with Rob Cross.
Voltage has won his last eight meetings with Bunting, but he arrives in Liverpool with some shocking recent results under his belt.
Cross has won just two matches since the start of April, bowing out in the first round of four tournaments this month.
Bunting, meanwhile, will have the home fans behind him at the M&S Bank Arena. The Bullet is in solid form having reached last week’s Premier League final in Rotterdam. He also won a recent European Tour event at the start of the month.
With that in mind, we’re adding Bunting to our bet slip at around the 4/5 mark.
Premier League Darts Night 12 tips
Van Gerwen to win Night 12 – 12/1
Good luck, and please gamble responsibly.
(All odds are correct at the time of article publication)
How to watch Premier League Night 12
Premier League Night 12 from the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool will be live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action from 7pm and available to stream with NOW.
Premier League Night 12 schedule and match times
Quarter-final:
Luke Humphries vs Nathan Aspinall - 7:15pm
Michael van Gerwen vs Luke Littler - 7:45pm
Rob Cross vs Stephen Bunting - 8:15pm
Gerwyn Price vs Chris Dobey - 8:45pm
Semi-final:
Humphries/Aspinall vs Van Gerwen/Littler – 9.15pm
Cross/Bunting vs Price/Dobey – 9.45pm
Final - 1030pm
(All times BST)
Premier League Darts current standings
Luke Littler - 30pts - 4 nights won
Luke Humphries - 23pts - 2 nights won
Nathan Aspinall - 17pts - 1 nights won
Gerwyn Price - 15pts - 2 nights won
Michael van Gerwen - 15pts - 0 nights won
Chris Dobey - 12pts - 1 nights won
Rob Cross - 12pts - 0 nights won
Stephen Bunting - 8pts - 1 nights won
Premier League Darts 2025: Schedule and results
Night 1 - The SSE Arena, Belfast
Luke Humphries 6-1 Luke Dobey
Night 2 - OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Luke Littler 6-5 Luke Humphries
Night 3 - 3Arena, Dublin
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Nathan Aspinall
Night 4 - Westpoint Exeter
Luke Humphries 6-4 Luke Littler
Night 5 - The Brighton Centre
Luke Littler 6-3 Nathan Aspinall
Night 6 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
Gerwyn Price 6 Luke Littler 3
Night 7 - Utilita Arena, Cardiff
Luke Littler 6-4 Michael van Gerwen
Night 8 - Utilita Arena, Newcastle
Luke Littler 6-1 Luke Humphries
Night 9 - Uber Arena, Berlin (April 3)
Stephen Bunting 6-5 Gerwyn Price
Night 10 - AO Arena, Manchester (April 10)
Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Luke Humphries
Night 11 - Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam (April 17)
Chris Dobey 6-2 Stephen Bunting
Night 12 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool (April 24)
Night 13 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham (May 1)
Night 14 - First Direct Arena, Leeds (May 8)
Night 15 - P&J Live, Aberdeen (May 15)
Night 16 - Utilita Arena, Sheffield (May 22)
Play-Offs - The O2, London (May 29)
Premier League format
Each 'Night' is an eight-player knockout tournament over the best of 11 legs.
Nightly winner receives five points, runner-up three points, losing semi-finalists two points.
After Night 16 the top four in the final league table qualify for the play-offs at the O2 Arena on May 29.
The play-offs consist of two best-of-19-legs semi-finals and then the a best-of-21-legs final.
Premier League prize money
Tournament winner - £275,000
Runner-up - £125,000
Losing semi-finalists - £85,000
5th place £75,000
6th place £70,000
7th place £65,000
8th place £60,000
Nightly winners earn a £10,000 bonus
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