Gerwyn Price will begin his bid for back-to-back nightly wins against his World Cup partner Jonny Clayton on Thursday evening, as the BetMGM Premier League rolls into Glasgow.
Night Three of the darting roadshow will take place at the OVO Hydro on February 19, as league leader Michael van Gerwen and World Champion Luke Littler were due to go head-to-head on Scottish soil.
Van Gerwen boasts a three-point lead at the Premier League summit after featuring in successive nightly finals, although he was beaten 6-3 by an imperious Price in Antwerp last week and will not be present tonight due to illness.
Welshman Price averaged north of 104 to claim the Night Two spoils, having also defeated Gian van Veen and Clayton to triumph on a landmark night in Belgium.
“This week I’ll be even more relaxed and hopefully I can play even better,” insisted Price, who has won each of his last ten meetings against Clayton.
“In patches I’m probably playing the best I’ve ever played, but so is everybody else.
“I think the fact the two Lukes are playing so well has probably kicked us up the backside a bit. I am practising more than ever now, and it’s paying off.
“I’m sure Michael [van Gerwen] and everybody else are doing the same, and it’s good for the sport because everyone is on their toes.”
The winner of Thursday’s all-Welsh affair will face Night One winner Van Gerwen or world number one Littler in the semi-finals, as the Dutchman aims to cement top spot in the embryonic table.
Van Gerwen ran out a 6-4 winner when the pair locked horns in the Night Two semi-finals, before his five-match winning run in the Premier League was halted by Price.
Littler, meanwhile, registered his first victory of the season with a deciding-leg win over Luke Humphries, averaging 105 to overturn a 5-4 deficit against the reigning Premier League champion.
Humphries responded by claiming his first ranking title of 2026 at Players Championship Four on Tuesday, registering six consecutive ton-plus averages in the process.
The world number two will be hoping to maintain that sparkling form when he faces Josh Rock, who is yet to open his account following 6-2 defeats against Clayton and Van Gerwen respectively.
“I’m feeling really good about my game,” declared Humphries, who currently occupies sixth spot in the table.
“Last week was a setback missing those doubles to beat Luke, but the new equipment is still going well.
“It was a really nice feeling to win in Wigan. It gives me a lot of confidence because it’s the first tournament I’ve won in a long time.
“There’s going to be a lot of graft this year, but if I keep playing like this then the rewards will come.”
The evening’s other quarter-final tie will see former Masters champion Stephen Bunting play Night One runner-up Gian van Veen, with Humphries or Rock awaiting the winner.
Bunting is also searching for his first points of the new season, having surrendered a 4-0 lead against an inspired Clayton on Night Two.
Van Veen was left to rue a missed match dart against Price in their quarter-final clash in Antwerp, but the Dutch number one occupies fourth spot, a point above Littler and Humphries.
The 2026 Premier League sees eight of the sport’s biggest names contesting 16 mini-events during the season, with each league night comprising quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final over the best of 11 legs.
Ranking points will be awarded per night – with five to the winner, three to the runner-up and two to the semi-finalists – to form the league table from which the top four players will progress to Finals Night at The O2 in London on Thursday May 28.
The 2026 BetMGM Premier League will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK & Ireland, through the PDC’s worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV for Rest of the World Subscribers (outside of the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria & Switzerland).
2026 BetMGM Premier League
Night Three – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Thursday February 19
Quarter-Finals
Stephen Bunting v Gian van Veen
Luke Humphries v Josh Rock
Michael van Gerwen v Luke Littler
Jonny Clayton v Gerwyn Price
Semi-Finals
Bunting/Van Veen v Humphries/Rock
Van Gerwen/Littler v Clayton/Price
Final
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All matches best of 11 legs
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