On Friday evening, the best four players in
Premier League Darts will battle for the title on Finals Night with
Michael van Gerwen the forerunner for the title.
Van Gerwen has already reached seven Premier League Finals of which he has won five but he has strong opposition this time.
In particular from a debutant who he could meet in the final in
Jose de Sousa. 'The Special One' has only lost two of his last thirteen games in the Premier League with both coming against Mighty Mike.
He has a tournament average of 99.78 which is the highest of all four semi-finalists and a poor start aside could have topped the table.
This has also seen him break the 180 record with 81 in all as well as a finishing percentage of 42.80%.
Aspinall has the lowest tournament average of those in the play-offs with 97.30 but the highest checkout percentage with 43.10%. He has also hit the most 180's after De Sousa.
'Mighty Mike's favourite status is lauded but he is not in the top two of any of the statistic areas. His tournament average of 98.49 (third) and 39 180's in all. He also has a finishing percentage of 41.53% with only
Jonny Clayton having worse with 38.46%.
'The Ferret' though has a better tournament average of 99.21 and 59 180's.
Tournament average:
99.78 José de Sousa
99.21 Jonny Clayton
98.49 Michael van Gerwen
180's:
81 José de Sousa
59 Nathan Aspinall
50 Jonny Clayton
39 Michael van Gerwen
Checkout percentage:
43.10% Nathan Aspinall
42.80% José de Sousa
41.53% Michael van Gerwen
38.46% Jonny Clayton
Highest checkout
161 Nathan Aspinall
151 Jonny Clayton
149 José de Sousa
148 Michael van Gerwen