PDC World Darts Championship: Day 2 Betting Tips - Afternoon Session

Luke Woodhouse vs Lourence Ilagan

Luke Woodhouse comes to Ally Pally on the back of another solid season and is knocking on the door of the World's top 32. He has a seasonal average of 93.20 and a 55% win ratio, a very respectable return.

His TV game is what he's lacked at times but ‘Woody’ has started to put that right after gaining more experience on the big stage. He had a run to the last 16 of the UK Open earlier in the year and recently in October, he had a deep run to the Semi-Finals of the European Championships.

There are still signs of frailties though after round 1 losses at The Matchplay, The Grand Prix and the Players Championship Finals. If Luke manages to keep his cool he could be due a deep run at this year's World Championships.

The highly entertaining and unpredictable Filipino, Lourence Ilagan is back at Alexandra Palace for his 9th appearance. He qualified by virtue of three wins and four runner-ups on the Asian Tour this season and finished 2nd on the Order of Merit.

There's no doubt Ilagan is a very good dart player and also has a lot of experience here, but he's never really shown his best at the World Championships and that's certainly a big concern.

As much as Lourence Ilagan remains very dangerous, I can't see him troubling the very steady Luke Woodhouse and I expect Luke to deal with him quite easily and set up a second-round contest with the World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker.