Littler beats Humphries for record-equalling win

Luke Littler beat Luke Humphries to claim a third successive night win and a record-equalling sixth victory of the season in the Premier League.

The 19-year-old set the record last year and now has two more nights in the league phase to break it.

The win in Leeds backed up victories in Liverpool and Aberdeen in the past two weeks and has seen him open up a five-point advantage at the top of the standings.

The 2024 champion, who is guaranteed a place in the play-offs at London's O2 Arena on 28 May, beat Michael van Gerwen 6-5 in the quarter-finals, before edging past Jonny Clayton in another last-leg decider in the semis.

He won by the same scoreline in the final - for the second successive week against defending champion Humphries.

The final was a sublime game with both players averaging in excess of 100 and more than 45% on the checkouts.

Littler missed darts to break in the fifth leg, and Humphries had the opportunity to break and seal victory in leg 10.

But Littler raised his level in the decider to take the win and deny Humphries a third straight success in Leeds.

More to follow.

Premier League Darts night 14 results

Quarter-finals

Gerwyn Price 2-6 Jonny Clayton

Luke Littler 6-5 Michael van Gerwen

Josh Rock 5-6 Luke Humphries

Gian van Veen 5-6 Stephen Bunting

Semi-finals

Clayton 5-6 Littler

Humphries 6-5 Bunting

Final

Littler 6-5 Humphries

Premier League Darts table

Premier League Darts week 15 fixtures

Thursday, 14 May - Utilita Arena, Birmingham

Quarter-finals

Josh Rock v Gian van Veen

Gerwyn Price v Michael van Gerwen

Luke Humphries v Stephen Bunting

Jonny Clayton v Luke Littler

Premier League Darts format and points system

Premier League Darts is played across 16 initial weeks in the league stage with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final each night.

Each of the eight players is guaranteed to face the other seven in the quarter-finals in weeks one to seven and 9-15, with week eight and week 16 fixtures compiled according to the table. It means we will get fourth v fifth in Sheffield on the final league-stage night, with the play-off spots potentially on the line.