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A 137 from Humphries gives him three darts at 52 to take the second leg.

He finds the 20, but misses both chances at double 16.

With 80 left, Snakebite finds tops with the first dart, misses the second, but finds it again with the third to level it up and break back. What a finish!

It is the start Humphries wants in this match, with three visits of 100+ to start off the opening leg.

Peter Wright does get the chance of a 115 checkout and lands treble 19, 18 and then is just low on tops.

Humphries responds with one dart in double 14 to take a 13-dart opener and break the throw.

Peter Wright is the first out tonight and as Wayne Mardle says, he can disrupt his opponents in these final six weeks of the group stage, especially if last week's brilliant match with Gerwyn Price is anything to go by.

Humphries had a good run at the Players Championship on Tuesday but needs to turn that form back to Premier League form after back-to-back quarter-final exits.

Snakebite to throw first, game on!

Wayne Mardle
Former World Championship semi-finalist on Sky Sports

Nothing is coming easily for Peter Wright at the moment. It's all a chore.

He'll be a spoiler. He can't qualify for me anymore but he can stop someone reaching the semi-finals.

Luke Humphries talking to Sky Sports: "I am feeling good. I am a bit tired. I get phases where I'm excited to be everywhere and then other times where I feel flat and it is tough to go again. That is part of the Premier League though, it is hard and gruelling, but you've got to get on with it.

"This is what you want to be doing. You want to be playing in front of 10,000 people and that will definitely lift my spirits.

"I am close to the play-offs and every first game I win now is massive. There is a lot of pressure on my shoulders but I know I can handle it."

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Tonight's opening quarter-final in Birmingham sees Peter Wright take on Luke Humphries.

Although he starts the night bottom of the table, Wright was very unfortunate not to win his quarter-final against Gerwyn Price in Manchester last week, having posted an average of 109.52.

Meanwhile, Luke Humphries starts the night in second place in the table, dropping off top spot following back-to-back quarter-final defeats.

This is the fourth meeting between the pair this season, with Humphries winning each of the previous three.

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World champion Luke Humphries was beaten in the final of the eighth Players Championship event on Tuesday following Luke Littler's early exit.

Humphries beat Gary Anderson and Chris Dobey, winner of Monday's event seven, on his way to the final in Leicester before losing 8-6 to Danny Noppert.

The Dutchman, 33, earlier beat Gerwyn Price before his clinical finishing took him past Humphries.

Littler lost 6-5 to Kevin Doets in the third round.

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After back-to-back wins in Belfast and Manchester, Luke Littler has moved above Luke Humphries at the top of the Premier League table.

With tonight being night 11 of 16 in the group stage, we are slowly getting nearer to knowing which four players will make it to the play-off night at the O2 in London on 23 May.

In case you are unaware of how the table works, here is a quick explainer.

Players who win in the quarter-finals are awarded two points. Players who lose in the quarter-finals get no points.

The two players who win their semi-finals see their points tally for the night increase to three points and the winner of the final picks up five points.

The top four players in the table after night 16 will advance to the play-offs.

For any players level on points, the first tie-breaker is nights won. Should that be level, the next tie-breaker is matches won.

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Here's what is in store for us this evening. More cracking matches on the cards in tonight's quarter-finals, including a clash between Michael van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall, who both start the night in the top four.

Quarter-finals (from 19:15 BST)

• Peter Wright v Luke Humphries
• Rob Cross v Luke Littler
• Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith
• Michael van Gerwen v Nathan Aspinall

The semi-finals will follow from approximately 21:15 BST, while the final should get under way at about 22:30.

Night 11 of the 2024 Premier League Darts season takes us to the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.

Teenager Luke Littler recorded his second night win in as many weeks in Manchester last Thursday.

Can the 17-year-old make it a hat-trick tonight? Let's find out.

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