Gary Anderson vs Glen Durrant
29th August 20:40hrs
Darts – England – Premier League
Pick Durrant To Win
Bookmaker Paddy Power
Odds: 6/5 odds taken 23:15 GMT, Friday 29th August
It has been a great week for Premier League Darts and the action rolls on for Saturday as well.
This is all happening in Milton Keynes on what is a big season catch-up.
This match features Glen Durrant who is in red-hot form at the moment, taking on Gary Anderson who has hit a purple patch as well.
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Gary Anderson Preview – Anderson starts to raise it
Back to back wins for Gary Anderson has moved him up into the top four in the Premiership and he’s looking in much better shape.
It is a W5 D2 L3 record that he is on now for the season. Across the last two nights he has taken some big wins.
It has been Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen that Anderson has beaten.
Those are two of the three players ahead of him in the standings, Durrant being the other.
So Anderson has managed to close the gap very well and they have been strong wins as well.
Anderson did suffer reverse against Durrant when they met on Night 3 in Cardiff.
The Flying Scotsman went down 7-4 in the fixture and despite his little bump in form over the last two nights, he is the 8/5 underdog* (odds taken 23:15 GMT, Friday 29th August).
We need to take a closer look at the head to head between these two players to size things up better.
This will only be the third match between them and the standing is even at one win each.
For the first time this season Anderson has managed to win consecutive matches in the Premier League Darts.
Can he make it three on the spin?
Glen Durrant Preview – No let up from Durrant
Glen Durrant looks to be unplayable at the moment as he has stormed on to a three-match winning streak.
It is a W4 D1 record that he has taken in his four matches over the last week.
He drew against Peter Wright at the start of that run and followed with wins over Micahel van Gerwen, Rob Cross and then last night against Gerwyn Price.
It was an 8-4 win that he posted against Price last night. In three of his last four matches, Durrant has posted over a 100 three-dart average.
In what is his debut season, Durrant has opened up a four-point gap at the head of the table with six matches left to play in the regular season.
So he is in fantastic shape and undefeated in his last six Premier League Darts matches.
Durrant is the 6/5 favourite and at odds-against, is well worth a look in darts betting* (odds taken 23:15 GMT, Friday 29th August).
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Glen Durrant has now occupied the top spot in the Premier League for nine of the eleven rounds of action.
The other three weeks were held by Michael van Gerwen. So will Durrant be able to keep up the momentum?
Without question, the consistency is currently there and one big factor of his game is his ability to win legs against the throw.
Duzza has taken 25 of them now in this campaign, which is the best in the league, seven better than any other player in the top four.
Gary Anderson vs Glen Durrant Betting Advice
Well, what do with betting for this big darts match? Durrant is steaming along at the moment but is meeting Anderson perhaps at not an ideal time.
Anderson has really turned it on in the last two nights, pumping up his three-dart average to take out Van Gerwen and Wright.
So that makes this a highly fascinating contest.
Key Facts – Gary Anderson vs Glen Durrant Betting Tip
- Gary Anderson has posted back to back wins in the last two nights
- Gary Anderson and Durrant are level in the head to head at one win each
- Glen Durrant has won five of his last six matches (D1)
But it is the overall form of Durrant that has to swing betting things in favour of Duzza.
He is full of confidence at the moment and has really been in the zone and we can’t look past the odds-against price on him outright.
But because Anderson has hit form, we see value in a tight game and a Durrant 8-6 correct score comes in at 6/1* (odds taken 23:15 GMT, Friday 29th August).
The best betting odds for Gary Anderson vs Glen Durrant
Gary Anderson to win: 8/5 at Bet365
Draw: 7/2 at Bet365
Glen Durrant to win: 6/5 at Bet365
