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Four players are through to the Premier League Darts play-offs: Littler, Humphries, Van Gerwen and Smith.
Teenager Littler, playing in the Premier League for the first time, won four nights on his way to topping the league table with 40 points – a joint-record total in this format.
He’ll face Smith in the semi-finals after the 2023 world champion sealed his spot with a win in Sheffield on the final league-stage night.
The pair have met seven times in the Premier League this season, with Smith leading the head-to-head 5-2.
Humphries, another debutant in the tournament, claimed four night wins, including three in a row from week six to eight, to finish second.
He became only the seventh player in Premier League history to finish the league phase with a 100-plus average and is “the one to beat”, according to former World Championship semi-finalist Wayne Mardle.
Van Gerwen was far from him best in the group stages, being eliminated in the opening game of the night on eight occasions, but four nightly wins meant he finished third.
The Dutchman is seeking a third successive Premier League title having won the previous two years after finishing second and third in the league stage.
The pair have faced each other seven times across different competitions in 2024 and Humphries has won the past six.
Littler and Humphries are looking to follow Gary Anderson in 2011 and Glenn Durrant in 2020 in winning the tournament in their first appearance.
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