After previous victories by Nathan Aspinall and Peter Wright, The Dutchman had to win to keep a good chance of participating in the play-offs. Van Gerwen beat Anderson after a nervous last leg as he hit the double 20 with his last dart, after missing three matchdarts before.

The world number one had a good start and broke Anderson in the third leg with a 12-darter. A 15-darter then made it 3-1. The 31-year-old managed to break his Scottish rival again in leg seven with a 11-darter to lead 5-2. However Van Gerwen missed three darts for 6-2 and saw himself 6-5 down a couple legs later.

Van Gerwen kept his own leg to 6-6 and then again took the leg from Anderson to be allowed to throw for the match. The last leg did not go very smoothly despite a 180 score, but with an 18-darter the victory went 8-6 to the five-time Premier League champion.

Despite this victory, Mighty Mike is still fifth in the league standings. He does have as many points as Aspinall, but The Asp has a better leg difference (+5 versus + 2). Van Gerwen plays on the last round against Daryl Gurney, while Aspinall faces a tough match against leader Glen Durrant.

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Daryl Gurney (91.15) 5-8 (99.24) Nathan Aspinall
Glen Durrant (89.11) 6-8 (94.80) Peter Wright
Gary Anderson (100.33) 6-8 (103.17) Michael van Gerwen
Michael Smith v Gerwyn Price

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