Glen Durrant has gone against the grain in terms of
Premier League Darts predictions with runaway leader
Luke Humphries not picked for further success in Manchester.
Instead it is one seventh placed
Gerwyn Price who has only won four matches over the nine nights that has been picked in a bold choice from the 2020 Premier League Darts champion.
"When I think of Manchester, I think of Nathan Aspinall. There's going to be a Wonderwall of noise. 9,000 people singing Mr Brightside. Will that be a help or a hindrance? Well he's playing a potential banana skin in Rob Cross. I'm going to go against the grain and go for Rob Cross to play that party pooper role," said Durrant to SBK.
"Game two, Luke Littler v Michael van Gerwen. I can't separate them. It's time for Michael to get that headline again, I see it going the distance. But maybe Luke just knows how to win right now and maybe wins that 6-4, 6-5."
"Luke Humphries can't do nothing wrong in the Premier League, win after win after win and a European Tour. I'd be mad to think he's not going to win it tonight, he's against Michael Smith who's not one for reputations. He'll love Manchester."
"I think Gerwyn Price beats Peter Wright and goes on to win the whole night. It would be a shock but ten weeks without Gerwyn Price not having the headline. Maybe tonight is the night."