PDC World Darts Championship: Day 5 Betting Tips - Afternoon Session

• Chris Landman to win 3-0: 7/5 at Ladbrokes

2023 WDF World Championship runner-up, Chris Landman will play in his second PDC World Championships this year. The Dutchman hasn't found it easy on tour this season and has failed to progress past round 4 in the Players Championship floor events until a miraculous run to the Semi-final, hitting on a 9 darter on route in the penultimate event of the season.

This pushed Landman up to 61 on the Pro Tour order of merit which meant he Qualified for the Players Championship Finals and Ally Pally. He failed to get past round 2 in both Majors he qualified for this year and has a seasonal average of 90.05.

Lok Yin Lee is arguably the weakest player of the Asian qualifiers this year and left it late to qualify for his debut here by reaching the Semi-Finals of the Asian Championship. He finished 14th on the Asian Tour order of merit with a seasonal average of 78.59.

He will need to massively improve on that to win his first-round match here. The 23 year old has represented Hong Kong three times at the World Cup, so he does have some stage experience.

Chris Landman will be hoping to reignite his form, and the World Championship will be the perfect time to do so. I can't see him being troubled by Lok Yin Lee and I can see it being a comfortable victory through to round 2.

• Martin Lukeman Most 180s, Highest Checkout and Win: 1/1 BetVictor

Martin Lukeman comes into this year's World Championship in terrific form. Although he hasn't been seen a great deal in the TV Majors this year, he’s certainly taken advantage of the ones he has been in. A great run to the UK Open Quarter Final in March with solid victories over Gary Anderson and Danny Noppert on route.

He then qualified for the Grand Slam in November and had a terrific run to his first Major Final, ultimately losing to Luke Little but ‘The Nuke’ was on a different planet in that game.

He’s had a Semi-Final and two Quarter Finals in the floor events this year and has a running average of 93.87. He’s lost in the second round the previous two years but ‘Smash’ will play Andrew Gilding if he wins here and I think he could be ready for another deep run in a Major.

Nitin Kumar has qualified for his 4th World Championship by winning the Indian Qualifier. He’s been playing on the Asian Tour this season and has had some good results with 3 Quarter Finals, 2 Semi-Finals and a Final.

In his previous 3 appearances at Ally Pally he's lost his opening game on each occasion and failed to win a set, with his running average at just 80.72 for the season, I can see that happening again this year if he doesn't improve.

Lukeman should be way too strong in this match and I can't see him being troubled, especially with his form on TV this season. He shouldn't lose a set unless Kumar dramatically improves on what we’ve seen previously on the Ally Pally stage.