PDC World Darts Championship: Day 14 Betting Tips - Evening Session

• Stephen Bunting Most 180s & Win: 1/1 at SkyBet
• Peter Wright to average over 94.5: 5/6 at William Hill

Peter Wright came into this tournament as a 125/1 outsider but he's now been backed into 10/1. I completely understand the shift in the market too because like I said when I tipped ‘Snakebite’ to beat Humprhies he just looked so comfortable using equipment he has proven himself with before.

The reason I tipped Wright to beat the World number 1 was simply because he looked so solid using his 2020 World Championship winning darts in his last 32 win against the inform Jermaine Wattimena.

I said before that if he sticks with those darts he has a huge opportunity to beat Humphries and when he switched darts after it went 1-1 I felt it was a huge mistake but luckily for him, he switched back a few legs later.

Peter Wright is without doubt one of the greatest dart players ever but if he continues to switch darts he will carry on his free fall down the rankings. I think everyone apart from him knows this but for some reason he continues to switch.

Comfortability just from my experience at the top level is everything and if you're doubting even just a little bit at what you're throwing with, then you're in big trouble. Everything in this Quarter Final depends on if he uses the darts he has done in this tournament and if he doesn't, he's in big trouble.

The Scotsman rolled back the years in the last 16, beating the defending World Champion and World number 1 Luke Humphries. It was vintage ‘Snakebite’ at times on his way to a 4-1 victory.

An average of 101.93, five 180s and an incredible 70% checkout rate. Only twice has a player won a best of 7 sets match with a checkout percentage of 70% or more and Wright has done them both.

This is the first time Wright has been back in a World Championship quarter final since 2022 when he won his second World title. He’s elevated himself back into the Premier League conversation out of nowhere and if he wins again tonight I really think they’ll select him.

Stephen Bunting has continued his great form this season at the World Championship and has only lost two sets in 3 matches on his way to the Quarter Final.

He beat Kai Gotthardt 3-1 with a 92.12 average in the second round and I said previously that he was always going to improve on that performance because of the way his preparation was interrupted.

In the third round, he laid down a marker, producing a brilliant 100.06 average, beating Madars Razma 4-1. 6 180s and a 34% checkout rate. He then demolished Luke Wooodouse 4-0 in the last 16. He hit 6 180s and averaged 96.78 in that match, including winning 12-3 in legs.

This will be Bunting’s third quarter final in the last 5 years which shows just how consistent he has been. He’s also in serious contention for the Premier League and because of his performances this season and at this event, I expect him to be selected.

‘The Bullet’ has transformed his image with the public and has become extremely popular and is now a big crowd favourite. It will be interesting tonight though to see who has the most support as Wright is also very popular with the fans.

As I mentioned previously, this match will all depend on what equipment Peter Wright decides to use tonight. Bunting will no doubt be as solid as he always is and if ‘Snakebite’ is even just a little bit off form, he’ll get punished.

Peter Wright’s tally of 10 180s during his match against Jermaine Wattimena was the most he’s had in a single match for over two years and 250+ matches, so based on that stat I don't expect him to hit as many as Bunting this evening.

It's been brilliant to see Peter Wright back on form because it's brilliant for the sport but I just feel as though Bunting will be too strong tonight.

Wright has a running average in this tournament of 95.87 but has played better than that in his last 2 matches, averaging 96.19 and 100.93 so I think there's lots of value in the average market.

• Luke Littler Most 180s, Highest Checkout and Win The Match: 6/5 at Ladbrokes
• Luke Littler to average over 102.5: 10/11 at Betway
• 9 Darter in the match: 14/1 at BetVictor

Luke Littler has once again been sensational at the World Championships and he is starting to look much more comfortable, which is a scary proposition for the rest of the players left in.

He’s definitely looked very edgy at times at this tournament but he showed his character and fight during his last 16 victory.

Littler came through a brilliant match with Ryan Joyce, who pushed him all the way. ‘The Nuke’ won 4-3 with 103.14 average and 14 maximums, including a 110.89 average in the final set when under enormous pressure.

Putting in a performance like that will really help the young man going forward and it will make him even more dangerous tonight.

In PDC World Championship history, 47 players have at least one match average over 100 and 15 players have had 5 or more. Luke Littler already has 7 which is more than Price, Bunting and Clayton, amongst others.

Unbelievably it's only taken the teenager 10 matches to reach that feat which shows you how consistently excellent he performs.

Luke Littler has had 36 180s so far which is the most in the tournament and when he’s attempted three darts at a treble 20 thus far in the World Championship he has scored 180 38% of the time. That's mind boggling and shows you how unbelievable his scoring power is.

He is in his second consecutive World Championship quarter final and if he wins tonight he will rise up to Number 2 in the World Rankings after just one season on the PDC tour.

Nathan Aspinall continued his return from injury with a 4-0 victory against a completely out of sorts Ricardo Pietreczko. This was a match I thought would be a potential banana skin for ‘The Asp’ because of how solid the German usually is, but he had a complete stinker and averaged just 78.46 and won only 2 legs.

Aspinall averaged 94.28 with a 38% checkout rate and 6 180s. In truth I don't really know how much we can take from that performance as the German was acting very strangely and Aspinall did well just to keep his composure.

It's still very hard to predict right now how Aspinall is going to perform because he's clearly still a little rusty from his long injury lay off and here and there you can still see his dartitis woes in his throw.

Nathan is so experienced though and is clearly still an elite dart player so I dont think it will take much longer before he’s back to his brilliant best.

If Nathan Aspinall settles early tonight and looks as if he’s flowing smoothly then he will certainly cause Littler problems. That's definitely a big if though as for me he still just doesn't look quite right and if he doesn’t hit the ground running he could easily get blown away by the teenager.

In my opinion I can't see ‘The Asp’ causing Littler too many problems tonight as he’s just breezed through to this stage without any of his opponents being at their best so he may struggle to handle the brilliance of ‘The Nuke’.

Littler has been threatening a 9 darter already at this tournament and now he looks more settled, I think we could potentially see one tonight, especially as it's over a longer format.

His running average so far is 100.88 and I expect him to put on a real statement performance tonight.