Early spot from next week's darts matches from the early moves. It's the final week before relegation of two players. Whitlock is gone for sure and one spot remains between Newton, Chiz and Thornton. An interesting 'bent' draw opportunity might arise here if Taylor beats Thornton then Chiz and Newton will both qualify for the final stages with the draw assuming the tie breaker for equal points is leg difference (wiki link below states this is the case but obviously this is not 100% trustworthy). I am not 100% sure on the order of play yet but obviously if Taylor/Thornton play first then this will affect the thinking of the other two.
Also I am pretty sure looking at the table that if Taylor and Thornton draw they will also both be safe as well whatever the Newton Chiz game ends.
If Thornton beats Taylor then Newton can only stay up by beating Chiz and this will end up with Chiz being relegated.
The market seems to have cottened onto the Chiz Newton draw as its been backed into 3/1. However the same situation seems to apply for the Taylor game as well. The only downside of Taylor playing for a draw is he is much more likely to be looking for a win for a top 4 finish than the other 3 players who, with all due respect, will just be happy to make the final 8 and pick up another round of appearance money from the second half of the season.
Does anyone know where we can get a confirmed order of play for next week as order of play in these bets is important.
This is the wiki link for the schedule.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Premier_League_Darts#3_April. No idea if this order of play is accurate.
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