MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 21:43 UK

Gerwyn Price beats Gian van Veen 6-1

PDC Premier League Darts · Week 8 · Thu 26 Mar

Gerwyn Price 6–1 Gian van Veen
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LEG 1
1–0

Gerwyn Price strikes with a break of throw in Leg 1. Gerwyn Price reaches 76 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 4 still on the board. Gian van Veen is sitting on 101 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Gerwyn Price takes out 4 with Gian van Veen poised on 32; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Gerwyn Price leads 1-0.

Gerwyn Price88.41leg average
Gian van Veen78.17leg average
BREAK OF THROW 4 CHECKOUT
LEG 2
2–0

Leg 2 stays with Gerwyn Price on throw. Gerwyn Price takes out 68 with Gian van Veen poised on 72; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Gerwyn Price leads 2-0.

Gerwyn Price93.94leg average
Gian van Veen85.80leg average
68 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
3–0

Gerwyn Price makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 3. A 180 from Gian van Veen turns up the pressure; Gerwyn Price answers with a maximum; Gerwyn Price shuts the door with a 130 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gerwyn Price leads 3-0.

Gerwyn Price136.64leg average
Gian van Veen112.25leg average
BREAK OF THROW 130 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 4
4–0

Gerwyn Price makes it 4 legs on the spin in Leg 4. Gerwyn Price gets the finish on 40; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Gerwyn Price leads 4-0.

Gerwyn Price93.94leg average
Gian van Veen73.80leg average
40 CHECKOUT
LEG 5
5–0

Gerwyn Price makes it 5 legs on the spin in Leg 5. A 180 from Gian van Veen turns up the pressure; Gerwyn Price answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen has 100 available but cannot take it out, leaving 48. Gerwyn Price is sitting on 54 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Gerwyn Price takes out 54 with Gian van Veen poised on 48; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gerwyn Price leads 5-0.

Gerwyn Price136.64leg average
Gian van Veen113.25leg average
BREAK OF THROW 54 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 6
5–1

Gian van Veen answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 6. Gian van Veen shuts the door with a 113 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gerwyn Price leads 5-1.

Gerwyn Price96.20leg average
Gian van Veen115.62leg average
BREAK OF THROW 113 CHECKOUT
LEG 7
6–1

Gerwyn Price closes out Leg 7. Gerwyn Price answers with a maximum; Gerwyn Price takes out 78 with Gian van Veen poised on 60; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. That's the match - Gerwyn Price wins 6-1.

Gerwyn Price107.36leg average
Gian van Veen88.20leg average
BREAK OF THROW 78 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
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MATCH REPORT

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Gerwyn Price faces Gian van Veen at PDC Premier League Darts in Week 8 and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Gerwyn Price who has the result at 6-1, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there. Gerwyn Price strikes with a break of throw in Leg 1. Gerwyn Price reaches 76 and has a chance to close the leg, but returns with 4 still on the board.

Gian van Veen is sitting on 101 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Gerwyn Price takes out 4 with Gian van Veen poised on 32; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; and that is a break of throw. Gerwyn Price leads 1-0. Leg 2 stays with Gerwyn Price on throw. Gerwyn Price takes out 68 with Gian van Veen poised on 72; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart.

Gerwyn Price leads 2-0. Gerwyn Price makes it 3 legs on the spin in Leg 3. A 180 from Gian van Veen turns up the pressure; Gerwyn Price answers with a maximum; Gerwyn Price shuts the door with a 130 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gerwyn Price leads 3-0.

Gerwyn Price makes it 4 legs on the spin in Leg 4. Gerwyn Price gets the finish on 40; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart. Gerwyn Price leads 4-0. Gerwyn Price makes it 5 legs on the spin in Leg 5.

A 180 from Gian van Veen turns up the pressure; Gerwyn Price answers with a maximum; Gian van Veen has 100 available but cannot take it out, leaving 48. Gerwyn Price is sitting on 54 at the other end, so the pressure is immediate.; Gerwyn Price takes out 54 with Gian van Veen poised on 48; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 11-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gerwyn Price leads 5-0. Gian van Veen answers immediately with a break-back in Leg 6.

Gian van Veen shuts the door with a 113 checkout; the checkout visit needs only 1 dart; that makes it a 13-dart leg; and that is a break of throw. Gerwyn Price leads 5-1. Gerwyn Price closes out Leg 7. Gerwyn Price answers with a maximum; Gerwyn Price takes out 78 with Gian van Veen poised on 60; the checkout visit needs only 2 darts; that makes it a 14-dart leg; and that is a break of throw.

That's the match - Gerwyn Price wins 6-1. The match contains 5 breaks of throw. The decisive difference comes in the moments when one player reaches a finish, the other is close enough to punish a miss, and the next visit suddenly matters more than the average.

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MATCH DATA

Match statistics

101.563-dart avg91.50
3180s2
130Highest checkout113
55%Checkout %100%
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