MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 22:12 UK

Luke Woodhouse beats Luke Littler 2-1

PDC World Grand Prix · Last 32 · Mon 28 Sep

Luke Littler 1–2 Luke Woodhouse
LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

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LEG 1
1–0

Set 1, leg 1: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Littler takes out 57 in 1 dart.

Luke Littler115.62leg average
Luke Woodhouse36.75leg average
57 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 2
1–1

Set 1, leg 2 — back level: Luke Woodhouse takes out 56 in 2 darts.

Luke Littler83.75leg average
Luke Woodhouse107.36leg average
56 CHECKOUT
LEG 3
2–1

Set 1, leg 3 — into the lead: Luke Littler cannot take out 71 and leaves 40; Luke Littler closes 40 with Luke Woodhouse waiting on 84 in 1 dart.

Luke Littler79.11leg average
Luke Woodhouse69.50leg average
40 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
3–1

Set 1, leg 4 — break of throw: Luke Woodhouse cannot take out 20 and leaves 20; Luke Littler punishes it immediately by taking out 106 in 2 darts, a break of throw.

Luke Littler75.15leg average
Luke Woodhouse68.71leg average
BREAK OF THROW 106 CHECKOUT
LEG 5Set 2 · leg 1
3–2

Set 2, leg 1 — run stopped: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Woodhouse takes out 54 in 2 darts.

Luke Littler96.00leg average
Luke Woodhouse107.36leg average
54 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 6Set 2 · leg 2
4–2

Set 2, leg 2: Luke Littler closes 32 with Luke Woodhouse waiting on 90 in 1 dart.

Luke Littler93.94leg average
Luke Woodhouse82.20leg average
32 CHECKOUT
LEG 7Set 2 · leg 3
4–3

Set 2, leg 3: Maximum from Luke Woodhouse! Luke Woodhouse closes 40 with Luke Littler waiting on 56 in 2 darts.

Luke Littler111.25leg average
Luke Woodhouse107.36leg average
40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 8Set 2 · leg 4
5–3

Set 2, leg 4: Maximum from Luke Woodhouse! Luke Littler closes 55 with Luke Woodhouse waiting on 24 in 1 dart.

Luke Littler93.94leg average
Luke Woodhouse95.40leg average
55 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 9Set 2 · leg 5
5–4

Set 2, leg 5: Luke Woodhouse cannot take out 50 and leaves 32; Luke Woodhouse closes 32 with Luke Littler waiting on 100 in 2 darts.

Luke Littler66.83leg average
Luke Woodhouse75.15leg average
32 CHECKOUT
LEG 10Set 3 · leg 1
5–5

Set 3, leg 1 — back level: Luke Woodhouse takes out 60 in 1 dart.

Luke Littler70.20leg average
Luke Woodhouse79.11leg average
60 CHECKOUT
LEG 11Set 3 · leg 2
5–6

Set 3, leg 2 — lead change: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Littler cannot take out 20 and leaves 20, Luke Woodhouse punishes it immediately by taking out 40 in 2 darts.

Luke Littler80.17leg average
Luke Woodhouse75.15leg average
40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 12Set 3 · leg 3
6–6

Set 3, leg 3 — match-clinching leg: Luke Littler takes out 98 in 1 dart; 13 darts in total.

Luke Littler115.62leg average
Luke Woodhouse63.25leg average
98 CHECKOUT
FULL SCORE RECORD

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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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Luke Littler faces Luke Woodhouse at PDC World Grand Prix in Last 32 and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Luke Woodhouse who has the result at 2-1, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there.

Set 1, leg 1: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Littler takes out 57 in 1 dart. Set 1, leg 2 — back level: Luke Woodhouse takes out 56 in 2 darts. Set 1, leg 3 — into the lead: Luke Littler cannot take out 71 and leaves 40; Luke Littler closes 40 with Luke Woodhouse waiting on 84 in 1 dart.

Set 1, leg 4 — break of throw: Luke Woodhouse cannot take out 20 and leaves 20; Luke Littler punishes it immediately by taking out 106 in 2 darts, a break of throw. Set 2, leg 1 — run stopped: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Woodhouse takes out 54 in 2 darts. Set 2, leg 2: Luke Littler closes 32 with Luke Woodhouse waiting on 90 in 1 dart.

Set 2, leg 3: Maximum from Luke Woodhouse! Luke Woodhouse closes 40 with Luke Littler waiting on 56 in 2 darts. Set 2, leg 4: Maximum from Luke Woodhouse! Luke Littler closes 55 with Luke Woodhouse waiting on 24 in 1 dart. Set 2, leg 5: Luke Woodhouse cannot take out 50 and leaves 32; Luke Woodhouse closes 32 with Luke Littler waiting on 100 in 2 darts.

Set 3, leg 1 — back level: Luke Woodhouse takes out 60 in 1 dart. Set 3, leg 2 — lead change: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Littler cannot take out 20 and leaves 20, Luke Woodhouse punishes it immediately by taking out 40 in 2 darts. Set 3, leg 3 — match-clinching leg: Luke Littler takes out 98 in 1 dart; 13 darts in total.

Luke Littler posts the higher three-dart average, 82.75 compared with 82.21. Luke Littler hits 3 maximums and Luke Woodhouse hits 2. On the doubles, Luke Littler converts 37.0% and Luke Woodhouse finishes at 42.0%. Luke Woodhouse's longest burst is 3 legs in a row.

Luke Woodhouse has the result, but the final score only tells part of it. The match contains 1 breaks of throw and 1 clear lead change. 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.

About this commentary: All Things Darts Match Centre compiles it from the stored match result, statistics and ordered visit-by-visit scoring. It does not invent exact doubles, missed darts or dart segments that are not present in the source data. Per-leg averages are only labelled as exact when darts used are available for every recorded visit in that leg.

MATCH DATA

Match statistics

82.753-dart avg82.21
3180s2
106Highest checkout60
37%Checkout %42%
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