Peter Wright vs Nathan Aspinall
22nd October 20:15hrs
Darts – England – Premier League
Pick Wright -1.5 Handicap
Bookmaker Ladbrokes
Odds: 5/6 odds taken 20:41 GMT Monday, 7th September
This is the second semi final of the Premier League Darts 2020 season. The end of the regular season was rushed because of a postponement of weekly fixtures earlier in the year.
But Peter Wright powered his way to the finish line in the regular season, finishing in second spot.
He will face up to Nathan Aspinall in the final four, who has made it this far in what has been an impressive debut campaign.
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Peter Wright Preview – Can Wright edge towards another 2020 title?
Peter Wright has yet to get his hands on the Premier League Darts title.
This is a great opportunity now with four-time defending champion Micahel van Gerwen failing to reach the semis.
It has been a prosperous year for Peter Wright who has won both the World Championships and the Masters.
Can he now add the Premier League title to his trophy cabinet?
Snakebite has been to the final of the tournament once before. That was back in 2017 when he faced Van Gerwen.
That match arguably is, one of the best ever finals of the tournament as Wright was narrowly beaten in a deciding leg.
It is the current form that sends Peter Wright into this with some favouritism and the Scotsman is the 8/13 outright favourite for the match win* (odds taken 20:41 GMT Monday, 7th September).
Wright won his final four matches of the regular season in the Premier League Darts and that included a win over Aspinall.
Also in that stretch, Wright beat Michael van Gerwen and Glen Durrant, the latter finishing top of the table.
The other thing that supporters of Snakebite in Darts betting is going to be cheered by, is that he won both matches against Aspinall during the regular season as well.
Nathan Aspinall Preview – Can Aspinall pull off the upset?
Even though Nathan Aspinall lost twice to Peter Wright during the course of the Premier League Darts 2020 regular season, he is up in the overall head to head.
It is a W4 L3 record that Aspinall has against Peter Wright from their previous meetings.
It has been a very good 2020 for Aspinall, from what has been played of course. He reached the semi finals at the World Championships and at the Masters.
For a debut season in the Premier League, this has been impressive stuff from the Englishman.
He closed out the season with a W9 D1 L6 record, and was the only player besides Peter Wright to claim nine match wins.
He has been scoring heavily during this campaign, and Aspinall ended up with the second-best three-dart average and the second-highest tally of 180s.
Unfortunately perhaps for his chances in the semi finals, Apsianll was only bettered in those areas by Wright.
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Nathan Aspinall cannot be totally written off in this one however, just because he has been consistent all season.
The Asp won three of his final four matches of the regular season and is just becoming a bigger and better player on the PDC.
Aspinall had his big breakthrough in winning the UK Open last year and with his form at the aforementioned World Championships and Masters, he will make a nuisance of himself.
He is the underdog but only at a quote of 13/10 and that will be enough to pique interest for punters* (odds taken 20:41 GMT Monday, 7th September).
Peter Wright vs Nathan Aspinall Betting Advice
So how do we settle this? Well, we think that Peter Wright is going to have enough about him to get the job done.
He was in blistering form over his final four matches, knocking off some of his big competitors, including Aspinall.
That just can’t be overlooked, so we have to stick with the match favourite at the 8/13 odds* (odds taken 20:41 GMT Monday, 7th September).
Key Facts – Peter Wright vs Nathan Aspinall Betting Tip
- Peter Wright won his final four games of the regular season
- Peter Wright and Aspinall finishes with the joint-highest amount of wins (9)
- Nathan Aspinall is in his debut Premier League season
Aspinall may be helped by the fact that there is no crowd, which means that there is a little bit of pressure off in that regard for Finals night.
While we expect Aspinall to really challenge Wright, we think he’ll come up short in the best of 19 legs match.
We would go with 5/6 on a Wright -1.5 handicap for the fixtures, which doesn’t sound unreasonable given his comfortable victories over Aspinall during the regular season* (odds taken 20:41 GMT Monday, 7th September).
The best betting odds for Peter Wright vs Nathan Aspinall
Peter Wright to win: 8/13 at Bet365
Nathan Aspinall to win: 13/10 at Bet365
