Luke Littler wins Premier League of Darts for the second time – Night 17 | London

The Nuke beat Gerwyn Price and Luke Humphries on his way to stealing back the title.

The O2 crowd were offered a great showing with all 59 possible legs of darts being played.

Semi-final 1: Luke Littler vs Gerwyn Price

During the opening stages Price was on top however never found himself in-front. Littler went into a 2-0 lead, Price levelled up with a 137 and a 41. The next five legs were all holds of throw including Price popping 115 in leg eight.

The Nuke broke Price in leg ten to lead 6-4 as we headed into the break. Littler came out flying and won the next three legs on the spin. The 19-year-old missed three darts to wrap up the contest, missing double 10 and then two at double five.

Price pinned tops for 9-5 but Littler was still only one away and well in advantage. The Welsh #2 began a comeback and added a third 100+ checkout in leg 17 popping 124 with Littler ready to pounce on 88.

The Iceman sent the tie to a deciding leg hitting his beloved double 12. However, as soon as the first leg started Littler once again came out the blocks with a maximum. The Nuke ended the tie with double 16 to book his spot in his third consecutive Premier League Final.

Result: Littler (98.47) 10-9 (100.42) Price

Semi-final 2: Jonny Clayton vs Luke Humphries

The Ferret had throw due to finishing second in the table and took a 1-0 lead checking out 58. However, six of the best seven legs all went in the favour of Cool Hand.

Humphries had a huge chance to go 7-2 up but missed two darts at double 16, Clayton capitalised pinning double five.

The Ferret then went on a riot of his own and reeled off six of the next seven legs to find himself a leg away at 9-7.

Cool Hand came back and won the best two legs hitting 121 to send the tie to a decider. Clayton missed a dart at double 16 for a spot in the final and appeared annoyed at a member of the crowd.

Cool Hand took out double eight to set up a third consecutive Luke v Luke final.

Result: Clayton (95.86) 9-10 (96.16) Humphries

Final: Littler vs Humphries

After six legs the score were level with Humphries leading 2-1 then Littler 3-2. Cool Hand reeled off the next three legs to lead 6-3, hitting three ton+ finishes in consecutive legs with a 134,112 and 121.

The 19-year-old took out 81 in leg 10, with Humphries going into the break with a two-leg lead. After the break there were three breaks of throw with Humphries lead cut to 7-6.

The next five legs saw five holds of throw with the score at 9-9. Littler broke throw in leg 19 to make it 10-9 and throw for the match. The Nuke missed a dart at tops and Humphries nicked the leg back with double four.

The tie went down to the wire with Humphries sat on 16, Littler required 54. The Nuke missed single 14 and slipped into single 11, leaving just a single dart at tops. The World Champion made no mistake and took out 40 for the match.

Result: Littler (111.67) 11-10 (105.60) Humphries

Littler has topped the table and reached the final in his first three years in the competition winning twice. Humphries was a dart away from having a chance of winning the match, not too bad for someone sat in seventh after night 10, but not to be.

PDC chief executive Matt Porter has recently hinted at a change in Premier League format stating, “watch this space”, as fans have complained about repetitive matches.