Gary Anderson is in pole position to seal the final Premier League play-off spot next week despite losing to Raymond van Barneveld in Birmingham.
The Scot, outclassed 7-3 by the veteran Dutchman, heads into the final night of the regular season in Aberdeen two points better off than fifth-placed Daryl Gurney with a superior leg difference.
TABLE!
Michael van Gerwen tops the table for a sixth consecutive year!
Here’s how the @unibet Premier League table shapes up after NIGHT 14. #Unibet180 pic.twitter.com/42ZBm03Jn1
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) May 3, 2018
Anderson takes on defending champion Michael van Gerwen next in his homeland while Gurney, having produced checkouts of 147 and 167 in a 6-6 draw with Michael Smith, faces second-bottom Peter Wright.
Anderson and Gurney are in a battle to join Van Gerwen, Smith and Rob Cross at the O2 Arena on May 17.
Simply sublime from Mighty Michael van Gerwen!
The top of the league man runs riot against Rob Cross in Birmingham#Unibet180 #LoveTheDarts pic.twitter.com/p4l15XFV5I
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) May 3, 2018
Van Gerwen has topped the table for a sixth consecutive year, producing a season-high average of 111.57 to hammer world champion Cross 7-2.
In the opening game of the evening, Wright moved off the bottom of the table at Simon Whitlock’s expense with a 7-4 triumph over the Australian.
