{"id":86481,"date":"2025-05-09T04:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/86481\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T04:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:56:10","slug":"premier-league-darts-live-results-luke-littler-misses-out-on-back-to-back-nightly-wins-after-losing-to-humphries-in-thrilling-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/86481\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Darts LIVE RESULTS: Luke Littler misses out on back-to-back nightly wins after losing to Humphries in thrilling final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Littler* 2-1 Luke Humphries<\/p>\n<p>Littler&#8217;s 180 streak continues but this time is followed by Humphries who breaks straight back with a double 16. <\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t half-entertain these two. <\/p>\n<p>Luke Littler 2-0 Luke Humphries*<\/p>\n<p>A clinical presence has shown up early on for Littler. <\/p>\n<p>He once again hits a 180 that sets up an eventual double 19 finish. <\/p>\n<p>Luke Littler* 1-0 Luke Humphries<\/p>\n<p>180 land for Littler on his second visit. <\/p>\n<p>A dart bounces off the board on his return, a few for him in recent weeks which hands Humphries a look out a finish position. <\/p>\n<p>He dose not take and Littler hits the double 6 to open this encounter. <\/p>\n<p>Finale<\/p>\n<p>Both have set the standard for darts this last 12-24 months and continue to do so. <\/p>\n<p>Even in a relative off night, they are by far the best two in the elite field. <\/p>\n<p>Implications on the standings are minimal as the two are certain of their O2 spot and a win for Littler would guarantee the already-known: top spot. <\/p>\n<p>TV lot are backing Humphries\u00a0and it&#8217;s weird one because neither have played anywhere near their best stuff for any sustainable period of time tonight. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, you would not be surprised if they pulled it all out for this encounter. <\/p>\n<p>The latest instalment of dart&#8217;s hottest ticket, Littler vs Humphries\u00a0is upon us. <\/p>\n<p>Luke Humphries 6-4 Stephen Bunting*<\/p>\n<p>Bunting unable to convert a 180 attempt on his third visit, and would follow it up with a 77 and another double 16 miss which failed to clear the 32. <\/p>\n<p>It was solid but not enough as Humphries finishes this contest with a double 20. <\/p>\n<p>Luke vs Luke up next in Leeds. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Editorial use only. All images are copyright Every Second Media Limited. No images may be reproduced without prior permission. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Young\/Every Second Media\/Shutterstock (15290431bq) Luke Humphries throws during the BetMGM Premier League Darts, Night 14, at First Direct Arena, Leeds, England, United Kingdom on 8 May 2025 Credit: Alex Young\/Every Second Media BetMGM Premier League Darts, Leeds,, First Direct Arena, United Kingdom - 08 May 2025\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-34867686\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RexShutterstockBetMGMPremierLeagueDartsLee15290431bqjpg-JS993159250.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RexShutterstockBetMGMPremierLeagueDartsLee15290431bqjpg-JS993159250.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a>Luke Humphries* 5-4 Stephen Bunting<\/p>\n<p>Some lax play from Humphries would hand Bunting the momentarily initiative which he was unable to take at double 6. <\/p>\n<p>He would be granted the chance again and took it. <\/p>\n<p>He has made one comeback this evening&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Littler* 2-1 Luke Humphries Littler&#8217;s 180 streak continues but this time is followed by Humphries who breaks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,7408,393,4884,1860,1921,33939,21102,21103,40219,21101,1922,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-86481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-darts","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-live-blogs","14":"tag-luke-humphries","15":"tag-luke-littler","16":"tag-michael-van-gerwen","17":"tag-premier-league-darts","18":"tag-section-sportdarts","19":"tag-sport-live-blogs","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114476101557631165","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}