Luke Littler in Premier League Darts: TV schedule and who’s playing who in Sheffield

Luke Littler will seal top spot in the Premier League Darts stage by beating Peter Wright in Sheffield (Image: PA Wire)

Compared to how things have been going of late, Luke “The Nuke” Littler had a bit of a rough go of it this week.

A shock first-round exit at the Baltic Sea Darts Open at the weekend followed Michael Van Gerwen’s shot in the semi-finals of the PDC Premier League Darts Night 15, but he is still on the verge of finishing his debut Premier League campaign with a top ranking ranking ahead of the Final Night in London on May 23.

Teenage sensation Warrington and their seven Premier League rivals head to Sheffield on Thursday for the final night of the league stage of the competition, with Littler looking to secure top spot by beating Peter Wright in the quarter-finals.

If he fails to do so, the door will be open for Humphries, but even then, the world number one needs a repeat of his evening victory in Leeds last week to overhaul the 17-year-old.

Littler and Wright will open the show at the Utilita Arena, with the winner facing either Nathan Aspinall or Michael Smith in the semi-finals.

The winner of Aspinall vs Smith will earn the last remaining spot on Finals Night alongside Littler, Humphries and Van Gerwen.

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Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall, Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross, Peter Wright, Luke Littler.

Schedule for PDC Premier League Darts Night 16, Utilita Arena, Sheffield, live on Sky Sports, Thursday 16 May:

Quarter Final 1: Luke Littler vs Peter Wright, 7.15pm

Quarter Final 2: Nathan Aspinall vs Michael Smith, 7.45pm

Quarter Final 3: Luke Humphries vs Gerwyn Price, 8.15pm

Quarter-final 4: Michael Van Gerwen vs Rob Cross, 8.45pm

Semi-final 1: Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 2, 9.15pm

Semi-final 2: Winner of QF 3 v Winner of QF 4, 9.45pm

Final: SF1 winner v SF2 winner, 10.30pm

A reminder of what happened last week:

Results for PDC Premier League Darts Night 15, First Direct Arena, Leeds, Thursday 9 May:

Quarter finals

Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Gerwyn Price
Luke Littler 6-1 Peter Wright
Luke Humphries 6-1 Rob Cross
Michael Smith 6-3 Nathan Aspinall

The story continues

Semifinals

Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Luke Littler
Luke Humphries 6-1 Michael Smith

Final

Luke Humphries 6-5 Michael van Gerwen

PDC Premier League Order of Merit:

Format for PDC Premier League 2024 evenings:

Each evening will feature quarter-finals, semi-finals and a best-of-11 final (one to six).

The players will meet twice in the quarter-finals throughout the season, with the fixtures balanced so that players are in opposite halves of the draw in an equal number of weeks.

The schedules for Night 8 and Night 16 will be based on the league table following Night 7 and Night 15 respectively.

The top four players in the final league standings will advance to the Play-Offs, which will include best-of-19 semi-finals and best-of-21 finals.

The pitching order for all night games in the league will be decided by a walk-off, which will be held beforehand in the training room. For the play-offs, the semi-finals will see the first player from the final league standings, with a draw for the final.

League points per night:

Night Winner – 5 points + £10,000 bonus

Ranked place – 3 points

Semi-finalists – 2 points

Prize pool:

Winner – £275,000

Runner up – £125,000

Semi-Finalists – £85,000 each

Fifth in the League standings – £75,000

Sixth place in the league table – £70,000

Seventh place in the league table – £65,000

Eighth in the League standings – £60,000

Nightly Winner Bonus – £10,000 x16

Total – £1,000,000

Schedule for remaining PDC Premier League Darts 2024 quarter-finals:

Night 16, Sheffield, May 16: Littler v Wright, Aspinall v Smith, Humphries v Price, Van Gerwen v Cross

Play-offs: The O2, London, May 23: Top four players after 16 nights.

2024 story so far for Luke Littler:

PDC World Darts Vice-Championship

Bahrain Darts Masters Champion, including the nine-dart first leg in the quarter-finals

Dutch Masters Darts Champion

Semi-finalist Premier League Night 1 (Cardiff).

Finalist Premier League Night 2 (Berlin).

Winner of the Players Championship 1 (Wigan), including nine darters in the last 32

Semi-finalist Premier League Night 4 (Newcastle).

Semi-finalist Premier League Night 5 (Exeter).

UK Open quarter-finals

Semi-finalist Premier League Night 6 (Brighton).

Belgian Darts Open champion, including nine darts in the final

Semi-finalist Premier League Night 7 (Nottingham).

Premier League Night 9 winner (Belfast).

Premier League Night 10 winner (Manchester).

Finalist in Premier League Night 11 (Birmingham).

Premier League Night 13 winner (Liverpool).

Austrian Open Darts Champion

Premier League Night 14 winner (Aberdeen).