On Thursday evening, 19/3/2026, the seventh week of play in the Premier League Darts is on the schedule, this time staged in Dublin, Ireland. For the first time in the competition we immediately see a quarterfinal clash between Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen. Both could do with a good result again.
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The Premier League Darts is once again being played in the now familiar mini-tournament format this year. Each night features a knockout system with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Players can collect points per night based on their performances. After sixteen regular nights, the top four in the standings qualify for the play-offs, which are staged at the end of May. That is where the Premier League champion is ultimately decided.
In Dublin, as every week, there is a £10,000 bonus for the night winner, along with five ranking points. The runner-up receives three points, while the losing semifinalists add two points to their tally. The players who go out immediately in the quarterfinals remain pointless.
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Premier League Darts 2026 schedule
Thursday, 19/3/2026 (from 7:00 PM)
3Arena, Dublin - Night 7
| Time | Player 1 | v | Player 2 | Round |
| 7:45 PM | Stephen Bunting | v | Luke Littler | QF |
| 8:15 PM | Josh Rock | v | Gerwyn Price | QF |
| 8:45 PM | Jonny Clayton | v | Luke Humphries | QF |
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Gian van Veen v Michael van Gerwen (* now cancelled)
We were due Michael van Gerwen v Gian van Veen in Dublin to kick off the night but that has now been axed with Van Veen ironically suffering a similar fate to MVG earlier in the tournament when he had to withdraw with illness.
Van Veen has kidney stones so has had to withdraw from tonight suddenly and so he goes onto -6 leg difference from the night. MVG gets the win and now faces either Bunting or Littler in the first semi-final. A good win albeit not one he would've wanted through illness but helps him.
Stephen Bunting v Luke Littler
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Next up is a clash between Stephen Bunting and reigning world champion Luke Littler. Both made a slow start to their campaigns but have posted decent results in recent weeks. Bunting and Littler have each already won a night, “The Bullet” in Belfast and “The Nuke” in Cardiff.
Bunting seemed on course for a repeat of last year’s struggles with three opening-match defeats in the first three weeks. However, in week four in Belfast he suddenly took the night win, and last week he also reached the semifinals again. Due to his poor start, the Englishman still sits seventh on 7 points. Littler also started slowly and managed only 4 points across the first four weeks. He claimed his first nightly win in week 5 and reached the semifinals again last week. Thanks to those last two nights he has climbed to second place on 11 points.
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On head-to-head form, Littler is clearly favored. He has won eight of their twelve meetings, while Bunting has prevailed only four times. Looking solely at the Premier League, they have met five times before, and Littler also leads there with four wins.
Josh Rock v Gerwyn Price
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The third match of the evening features Josh Rock against Gerwyn Price. Rock’s Premier League debut is certainly not going as he had hoped, while Price, with a string of solid results, remains firmly in the hunt for a top-four finish.
Rock will mainly be hoping to finally notch his first win soon. After six weeks, the Northern Irishman is still stuck on 0 points. “Rocky” has yet to win his opening match on any night, which is already sending his play-off chances towards the bin. Only if he starts posting results weekly does a small chance remain. Price, by contrast, has made a fine start to his Premier League and sits on 9 points after six nights. “The Iceman” won the second night in Antwerp, among other results. Rock therefore appears the ideal opponent for the Welshman to collect more points and look towards the top two after this week.
The head-to-head between the two slightly favors Price, who has won six of their ten meetings. Rock has beaten the Welshman four times. They have faced each other on TV six times, with the head-to-head there tied at 3-3.
Rock threw a nine-darter in this Premier League, but after six weeks he is still stuck on 0 points.
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Jonny Clayton v Luke Humphries
Finally, we get a clash between Jonny Clayton and Luke Humphries. Clayton is by far top of the table, while Humphries currently sits fifth, narrowly outside the play-off spots.
Jonny Clayton has been the standout of the 2026 Premier League Darts so far. “The Ferret” has won his opening match every week and reached three finals, winning two nights. That puts him on 19 points after six weeks, 8 clear of second-placed Luke Littler. Humphries, by contrast, had a slightly slower start and picked up just 4 points in the first four weeks. However, he reached the final last week, where he lost to his opponent this evening. He now sits on 9 points, level with Gerwyn Price and Gian van Veen.
Based on the fact that Clayton has not lost an opening match in this Premier League and sits comfortably on top, the Welshman is the favorite on paper. The head-to-head also favors “The Ferret.” Clayton has beaten Humphries 9 times in 14 meetings. In addition, they have already played each other twice in this Premier League, and in both cases “Cool Hand Luke” had to bow to the Welshman.
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- Probably i will receive a lot of backlash and hate for this reaction, but well, so be it. I am more than sick and tired of those lies of you Barry Hearn. How dare you defend yourself over the back of Fallon’s son! He has a disability and not an illness, so let me correct that for you! I know because I have the exact same disability. I have tried to reach out to Fallon in the past, and offered her to help her and her son, because I was struggling with the same problems, and I understood the boy. I wanted him to have finally someone who understood him. However she told me that she did not want my help, and I have respected Fallon’s choice. I have never asked Fallon for money. They don’t need money in that case. I only ever wanted the best for Fallon and Rory, but I have to be honest about the situation. Fallon should tell the true story and not be forced to tell lies. I don’t hate Fallon, and I don’t begrudge or envy a single penny that she gets, but this situation/case is just not fair. I hate the lies and the dishonesty and injustice. I don’t want Fallon to be hated because there is an unfair disadvantage created. Don’t proclaim your false lies over the back of Rory! I only stand for integrity and justice. I am precisely the one who always sticks up for Fallon. And you don't, you don't give a damn about them. You were never there for them, and now you only want to save your own position! You are just trying to talk your way out of your own bad behavior at the expense of someone with a disability. And to Fallon, I don’t know if this may ever reach you, and you read it, but I want you to know I love you and I love your son Rory very much, I am sorry how things developed and went. I hope you and Harriet are still friends. I am sorry if I were too persistent to you, or you experienced it that way, but it was never my intention. Please understand I have autism as well. As Barry Hearn would say, I am only just a human being too, and I also make mistakes and misjudge things sometimes. I promise you I did everything out of the deepest love and care for you and Rory. If I were you, I should just keep all the money, only please never be dishonest or tell lies anymore for Barry Hearn, or anyone else. I hope you have the best life, and I wish nothing more than the best for you. I have always loved the two of you. Farewell.Hiddo05-11-2026
- She is a professional. If darts is her income, she is a professional. Same as Adrian Lewis, Martin Adams. A tour card just means someone can play on the PDC tour. You could even make a case that Clayton wasn't a professional (until recently I believe) because he had employment elsewhere.BandB04-11-2026
- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
- Such a shame that lakeside has been reduced to this. Fantastic venue,and previously a great tournament. Not any morerick6703-11-2026
- Seems to me that the top 16 players pick and choose whatever they want to play. Good,all the money will get spread out more. They get more money from exhibitions than tournaments so let them all withdrawrick6703-11-2026
- Play all legs and the winners split the pot. Luke gets the lot of he wins them all. If your occupation is darts player you can't enter, regardless of ability.BandB01-11-2026
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- Fair play to Fallon. But...shows the mockery when a professional players wins what was meant to be an amateur v Pro event, Littlers performance was poor, and what about the players who didn't get a game? Would have been better if the pot was split amoungst all the winners and they all got a leg.BandB31-10-2026