PDC World Darts Championship: Day 13 Betting Tips - Afternoon Session

• Chris Dobey Most 180s & Win: 5/6 at BoyleSports
• Over 5.5 sets: 10/11 at BetVictor

Kevin Doets remains one of the most frustrating players to watch for me on TV. He has an extraordinary natural ability but at times seemingly goes completely off the boil.

This is exactly what happened in his third-round match against Krzysztof Ratajski, losing the first 2 sets 3-0, 3-0 with an 88 and a 74 average.

It was a very strange start from the Dutchman but we could perhaps put it down to the occasion, as this is the furthest he has got to at the PDC World Championship.

He seemingly worked it out after the 2nd break and came out in blistering form winning the next 2 sets and eventually winning the match 4-3 to progress to the last 16.

Doets averaged 89.67 and hit 8 180s but he did allow Ratajski to have match darts and that's something he needs to improve on to progress any further in this competition.

Chris Dobey was once again extremely impressive on the Ally Pally stage and came through a very tricky tie in the last 32 against Josh Rock.

‘Hollywood’ averaged 97.29, hit 9 180s and had a 45% checkout rate. All those numbers are pretty much where you would expect nowadays with the Geordie as he's just a very hard player to beat.

He’ll definitely be relieved to have got past Rock though, because he without a doubt was a potential banana skin for him.

Dobey looks set to reach his third Quarter-final at the World Championship on the trot if he wins this afternoon and if that does happen I can't see past him as a Premier League pick. I just personally feel like this could be a real breakthrough next 12 months for Dobey and it wouldn't surprise me if he was in the top 8 in the World Rankings by this time next year.

This match looks set to be a very good contest but it all depends on how quickly Kevin Doets settles. He came back magnificently against Ratajski but I can't see Dobey allowing that to happen as easily so if the Dutchman doesn't get a set on the board early he could easily get rolled over by the Geordie.

Experience is everything at this stage of a big Major tournament and I think that's what could be the telling difference in this match I expect Dobey to come through this and progress to his third World Championship Quarter Final on the bounce.

Both these players are prolific 180 hitters so like I said earlier, if Doets settles quickly then there could potentially be a lot of sets for maximums to be hit.

• Under 5.5 sets: 1/1 BetVictor
• Callan Rydz Most 180s, Highest Checkout & Win: 7/4 Betfred

Robert Owen is one of the stories of this year’s World Championship as he wasn't even supposed to be in this tournament.

Dom Taylor received a ban 2 weeks before the start of this event which allowed the Welshman to sneak in and take his place.

He’s certainly made the most of it as he's now into the last 16, adding £35,000 to his rankings and has now miraculously saved his Tour Card.

He’s made it to this stage after 3 brilliant wins against, Niels Zonneveld, Gabriel Clemens and most recently, Ricky Evans. The match against Evans in the last 32 was in my opinion the most impressive.

Under the pressure he had, knowing a win would save his professional status and with the crowd completely behind his opponent, he showed remarkable grit. He scored the better of the two throughout the match but kept missing a couple of doubles to let Evans in and the Englishman had 2 darts for a 3-1 lead.

Owen held his nerve though and came through 4-2 with a 92.92 average and 7 180s. ‘Stack Attack’ will know himself that he needs to play better today to get through but as he said in his post-match interview, he's had a great tournament, he's done his job so he can now relax and play darts, which could well make him very dangerous.

Callan Rydz has been sensational at the World Championship this year and is arguably the player of the tournament so far.

His remarkable scoring power has allowed him to breeze through to the last 16 without losing a single set. Wins against Romeo Grbavac, Martin Schindler and Dimitri Van den Bergh are not an easy draw, but he’s certainly made it look easy.

Throughout his third-round match against Dimitri, he looked in phenomenal form and was averaging 115 after 2 sets including a 119.95 average in set 2.

He finished with a 105.31 average and 8 180s but it could have been so much more. If Rydz carries on in this vein then he could well go on to reach the World Championship Final and if he keeps calm and does not get frustrated he will be extremely hard to beat.

This is the second time Rydz has got to this stage of a World Championship without losing a set which is pretty remarkable for a player who blows so hot and cold with form.

However, this time round at Ally Pally he looks in top-notch form and I think he may well blow Robert Owen away here.

Rydz has shown no signs of frailty and he's been in this position before and reached the Quarter Final in 2022 so he's no stranger to this.

• Ricardo Pietreczko To Win: 1/1 at Betfred
• Ricardo Pietreczko to have the highest checkout: 1/1 10Bet

Ricardo Pietreczko put on another clinic in finishing during his third-round match against Scott Williams and rounded off his performance with a 52% checkout rate.

The whole tournament he’s hit doubles in that vein and that's why he's now made it to a career best last 16 in the PDC World Championship. He defeated last year’s semi-finalist, Scott Williams 4-1 with a 97.00 average and in truth it was pretty dominant, winning 13-8 in legs.

These performances from the German have been extremely surprising to me after he came into this tournament on the back of a really poor season. What hasn’t surprised me though is how he’s proved once again how much better he is on TV compared to on the floor and that's a brilliant trait to have if you want to progress well at Ally Pally.

I'm sure in the long run he’ll work out his form on the floor and kick on properly in his career but for now, he has bigger things to concentrate on and that's a big showdown with Nathan Aspinall. After his run so far here, he's now back in the top 32 in the World which will be a huge boost for ‘Pikachu’

Nathan Aspinall continued his return from injury with a 4-0 win against a completely out-of-sorts Andrew Gilding. This was a match I thought would be a potential banana skin for ‘The Asp’ because of how solid Gilding usually is, but he showed his class and came through extremely comfortably.

Aspinall averaged 92.17 with a 60% checkout rate and if he improves on his scoring he could be a real threat in this tournament.

It's 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 don't think it will take much longer before he’s back to his brilliant best.

Ricardo Pietreczko has just been so solid in this tournament so far and if he does the same again today I think he will come through this match.

However, Aspinall is so capable and I'm waiting for a big performance from him to announce himself back on the big stage.

The German has never been past this stage at Ally Pally and that could play on his mind but if he has the big German support that is sometimes around at this stage of the tournament at the World Championship then I think he can certainly win this game.

Finishing could well be the difference here and if Aspinall does not improve his scoring he’s in big trouble against ‘Pikachu’. For me, the price is too big to ignore for the German and there's too much value there for me.