- Luke Humphries to win & most 100+ checkouts vs James Wade - 7/4 with Betfred
- Michael Smith to beat Michael van Gerwen - 11/10 with Betfred
And then there were four.
After seven days play at the World Matchplay in Blackpool, 32 players have ben whittled down to a quartet of arrowsmiths.
Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries and James Wade are just 17 winning legs away from a Matchplay final, and are all capable of lighting up the oche on a well-balanced Saturday night of play.
Let’s take a look at the best tips for Saturday’s semi-final action, plus the best darts betting offers from the top betting sites.
World Matchplay Darts Betting Tips
Luke Humphries to win & most 100+ checkouts vs James Wade
It looks like it’s going to take something very special to get the better of Luke Humphries this week in Blackpool.
The world number one and reigning world champion has bagged three of the top six averages across his three wins this week, racking up monsters including 108, 102 and 101 en route to knocking out Ricardo Pietreczko, Stephen Bunting and Dimitri van den Bergh in style.
But James Wade has been rolling back the years as well.
The “Machine” surprised the Winter Gardens by outscoring Ross Smith in the quarter-finals before taking the match 16-10, and now into his ninth semi-final at the Matchplay – a record that can only be bettered by the man that the trophy is named after: Phil Taylor.
Wade will take plenty of legs off of Humphries in this race to 17, but the ‘special’ moments look set to fall the way of “Cool Hand” Luke.
Humphries to win this duel and do it in style with a handful of 100+ checkouts.
Michael Smith to beat Michael van Gerwen
Michael Smith cantered to a 16-7 win over Rob Cross on Friday night without ever having to get out of second gear.
“Bully Boy” is into his third semi-final at the World Matchplay but he’ll have to play better than he did against “Voltage” in order to take the scalp of three-time winner Michael van Gerwen.
MVG rallied late on against Andrew Gilding to win 16-10 but down at 97 will be concerned that his average isn’t quite up to scratch if he is to dominate in this last four encounter.
Despite Smith’s successful few seasons, van Gerwen has won six of their last seven encounters after a dominant run over this season’s Premier League and will be concerned that the Dutchman has his number… but a race to 17 is a lot different to a short, sharp Premier League game where it’s first to grab six legs.
We fancy a mature Smith over the long distance to win this one and edge closer to winning his maiden World Matchplay title.
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