28/04/11 Darts: 888.com Premier League: Adrian Lewis vs. Simon Whitlock
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28/04/11 Darts: 888.com Premier League: Raymond Van Barneveld vs. James Wade
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888.com Premier League DartsThursday 28 April 2011 - Kickoff 22:15
The final match of week 12 in the Premier League Darts is a massive match for the world champion Adrian Lewis who takes on Simon Whitlock in a match which will have a low of implications in the final places in the playoffs next month. These two met earlier in the competition when Lewis beat Whitlock 8-2 and a repeat of that would lift Lewis above Whitlock in the table while a win for Whitlock will as good as end Lewis’ playoff hopes.
Simon Whitlock had been in very good form until a couple of weeks ago. He beat Barneveld 8-5 in round 9 and played sublime darts in that match. To be fair he hasn’t done a lot wrong in his two defeats in the last two weeks. He’s come up against opponents in top notch form particularly Anderson last week and it’s a sign of how well he’s playing that Anderson could hit 11 180’s last week and still only beat him 8-6.
Adrian Lewis has lost his last 3 matches in the Premier League 8-3 to Raymond Barneveld, Phil Taylor and James Wade and he faces another test here. It’s fair to say the world champion has gone off his game in those matches as he’s only hit 5 180’s in the 3 matches when he’s usually hitting that many in one match.
I think Simon Whitlock’s extra confidence could prove significant here. He’s been scoring really well for the last few weeks and crucially he has hit key doubles when he’s needed to. Lewis hasn’t been at the races for 3 weeks and although his average was sky high for a while last week that was distorted by Taylor’s quality shutting him out of most legs. Whitlock has shown enough in the last few weeks to suggest to me he’s in the form to sneak into the top 4 and he’ll go a long way to doing that with a win here..
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888.com Premier League DartsThursday 28 April 2011 - Kickoff 21:30
The third match on the card at the Liverpool Echo Arena in the Premier League Darts is a massive match for James Wade. He takes on Raymond Barneveld in this round 12 match and a win will put the pressure on Simon Whitlock in the final game of the night and bring Barneveld back to the rest of the chasing pack with just two weeks of the weekly rounds left. Wade comes into the night level on points with Whitlock and 3pts behind Barneveld so he really needs a win here. A win for Barneveld will just about secure his semi final spot.
Barneveld has been pretty hot all tournament apart from his matches against Taylor although he’s had some difficulty against Terry Jenkins this season picking up just one point from two matches against him this season. Barney is scoring consistently and generally checking out well too and that’s something he’ll have to do tonight.
James Wade’s tournament has mirrored his 2010 effort in that he started off awfully but is coming on strong at the end. Having won his last three matches in this competition he’s entitled to be very confident coming into this match. If he takes out his doubles like he has been doing then he’s entitled to give Barneveld a real game here.
James Wade has a good record over Raymond Barneveld in big matches having beaten him in many semi finals over the last 3-4 years. He’s comfortable playing against him and often brings his best out against him. This won’t be an easy Barneveld to beat but if Wade clicks his doubles out then I think he’s found the edge on his scoring to cover Barney and go on and claim a massive win in the course of the 2011 Premier League..
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