PDC World Darts Championship: Day 8 Betting Tips - Evening Session

• Martin Schindler to win: 4/6 at BoyleSports
• Over 9.5 180s in the match: 6/5 at BoyleSports

Martin Schindler has been hugely impressive this season and it's been a real breakthrough year for the German. ‘The Wall’ has been majestic on the European Tour this year with 7 Quarter Finals or better in 13 events.

He won the International Darts Open and the Swiss Darts Trophy which ultimately meant he was the number 1 seed for the European Championship Finals.

He’s been a little disappointing in the TV Majors this year though with first-round exits in the Masters, Matchplay, and European Championships and surprisingly failed to get through his group at the Grand Slam.

If he wants to have a good run in this tournament he needs to find his Euro tour form otherwise he could face an early exit. A 94.89 seasonal average and a 61% win rate shows he's going in the right direction and now the face of German darts, he will have huge support this year at the Palace.

Callan Rydz was sensational in his 3-0 win over an impressive Romeo Grbavac in the first round. He averaged 107.06 had 3 180s and a 60% checkout rate, including an incredible first set average of 118.66.

He also broke the record for the highest three-dart average in the PDC World Darts Championship first round, surpassing Luke Littler’s debut of 106.12 last year.

There's absolutely no doubting the Geordies talent but like I've said previously it all depends on whether he beats himself up or not. He didn't in his first-round game and looked laser-focused, if he does that again tonight this could be a real corker or a match.

For me, this match is one of the ties of the second round but that all depends on whether Callan Rydz can carry on his form from his first game and with their potentially being a partisan German crown in attendance it may affect his performance.

Both players are heavy scorers so we’ll certainly see lots of 180s. Equally, I think this could potentially go the distance but Schindler’s experience should see him through.

• Ross Smith to win 3-0: 19/20 at Ladbrokes
• Paolo Nebrida to average 86.5 or more: 5/6 at Bet365

Ross Smith has notoriously underperformed at the PDC World Championship, never progressing past the 3rd round.

However, I think he's coming into this campaign looking very sharp after a great run to the semi-finals of the most recent major tournament, the Players Championship finals, narrowly losing out to Luke Littler.

‘Smudger’ has had another very solid season on the Pro Tour, winning a tournament at Players Championship 13 and finishing 12th in the seasonal Players Championship rankings. He's also ranked 13th in the averages over the past 12 months 95.77.

Smith will no doubt be going to Ally Pally this year hoping to erase the memories of past disappointment and I fully expect him to do so.

He has a tough quarter with a potential 3rd round match against Gary Anderson and a potential 4th round tie against Michael Van Gerwen but if he plays well and power scores with 180s like he does so often then I think he has a great chance. He's no stranger to winning big games on TV and is a previous major winner at the European Championships in 2022.

Paolo Nebrida was arguably very fortunate to come through his first-round match after Jim Williams missed multiple match darts. The Filipino probably deserved a bit of luck though after losing 3-2 in his previous two appearances here.

Nebrida averaged 86.63 but in my opinion, he definitely looks as though he can produce more and if he does, he may cause Ross Smith some problems.

I think this could be a very tough evening for Nebrida as the Englishman really does look in good form. Ross Smith will no doubt outscore his opponent and that will be the difference in this match in my opinion.

• Gary Anderson Most 180s & Win: 1/2 at BoyleSports
• Over 3.5 sets: 4/5 at Bet365

Gary Anderson comes to Alexandra Palace hunting for his 3rd World Crown and is in great form after looking back to his very best for most of this season.

Winning three tournaments this year, most notably his victory at the European Darts Grand Prix in April. Anderson is ranked number 1 on the averages over the past 12 months 99.41, emphasising his magnificent recapture of form.

The Flying Scotsman is a previous back-to-back winner of this tournament and his record of 51 wins at Alexandra Palace is bettered only by Michael Van Gerwen.

Although not having the best of years in TV Majors, his best being a semi-final at the Grand Slam, you certainly can never write off Anderson at the World Championships. He did lose to Brendan Dolan last year in round 4 and could potentially play Michael Van Gerwen early in this event but he's beaten the Dutchman twice in recent televised events.

Jeffrey de Graaf’s performance in the first round has gone slightly under the radar because of the heroics of Rashad Sweeting who is arguably the story of the tournament so far.

De Graaf lost the first set and then reeled off the next 3 to win 3-1 averaging a very respectable 92.30. With an impressive 43.48% checkout rate and 3 180s, the Swede will know this is a hard task but he’ll be quietly confident about his chances in this match.

Gary Anderson is the clear favourite for this match and rightly so. He's the man in form and the player everyone is predicting to make the final this year because of the half-the-draw he's in.

I expect him to come through this game but I'm not sure if it will be quite as simple as the odds suggest as Jeffrey played very well in his opening match.

• Over 7.5 180s in the match: 11/10 at PaddyPower
• Over 4.5 Sets: 2/1 at Bet365

Dimitri Van den Bergh is another big name coming into this event with barely any form to speak of. He won the UK Open at Minehead in March and everyone assumed the Belgian was back to his best, but with a win ratio of just 48% this season, it's looking more likely he's struggling.

He also have good runs to the Quarter Final of the World Matchplay and a Semi Final at the World Grand Prix.

The main issue with Dimitri is that quite clearly he prefers playing in the big TV tournaments and performs much better on stage, but the Players Championship floor events are just as important and if you're not winning regularly in those then you will struggle to qualify for Majors.

This is the problem he may now face head-on as he’s defending £100,000 from a semi-final run here 2 years ago and if he loses early here, he will fall outside the top 16.

He was 2-0 up at the same stage last year at Ally Pally and lost to Florian Hempel so he needs to ensure that doesn't happen again this time round.

Dylan Slevin came through an all-Irish tie in the first round 3-1 against William O’Connor to record his first win on the Ally Pally stage.

He looked very calm up there and took advantage of an out-of-sorts O’Connor averaging 86.35 and hitting 4 180s, a very solid display.

It's quite clear Slevin has talent and if he ups his game this evening and finishes better than 27.78% in his first game, he may well take advantage once again of a player out of form.

The 180s are the play here as Slevin hit 4 180s in 4 sets last night and Dimitri hits 180s at 0.29 per leg.

I expect this game to go four sets or more which will give plenty of time for the big scores to be hit.