{"id":958230,"date":"2026-05-14T01:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/958230\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T01:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:19:18","slug":"luke-littler-predicts-fireworks-in-chasing-premier-league-history-in-birmingham-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/958230\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Littler predicts fireworks in chasing Premier League history in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The back-to-back world champion is targeting a record seventh nightly victory on Thursday, having won the last three weeks in Liverpool, Aberdeen and Leeds to put himself five points clear at the top of the table.<\/p>\n<p>He can also secure a third top-placed finish in three years if he beats second-placed Jonny Clayton in the quarter-final in the Second City.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">very happy with that\ud83c\udfc6 6 night wins in total and 3 in a row now. bring on birmingham\ud83e\udee1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2F7eP05gaT\">pic.twitter.com\/2F7eP05gaT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luke Littler (@LukeTheNuke180) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukeTheNuke180\/status\/2052521629754724855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just got to keep going,\u201d\u00a0said Littler, who has recovered from a slow start to this year\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of confidence and now I can go chasing my own records within the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the win against Jonny last week, I knew I was a few points clear. I\u2019ve just got to keep top spot now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it will be a very good game against Jonny. He will be wanting the win, I\u2019ll be wanting the win, so expect fireworks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clayton is also guaranteed to be joining Littler at the O2 for the play-offs on May 28, but the remaining two spots are still up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2.79384101.jpg\" alt=\"Michael van Gerwen, left, on stage with Gerwyn Price \" data-title=\"2025 BetMGM Premier League \u2013 Night Six \u2013 Motorpoint Arena\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Bradley Collyer\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Gerwyn Price (right) takes on Michael van Gerwen in a crunch clash in Birmingham (Bradley Collyer\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Gerwyn Price and Luke Humphries are in contention with two weeks of action to go.<\/p>\n<p>Price withdrew from last week\u2019s event in Leeds and faces Michael van Gerwen in a crunch quarter-final tie.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman is in form \u2013 having won a midweek Players Championship event in Leicester \u2013 and heads to Birmingham in bullish mood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in my own ability and I think I\u2019m playing some good darts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was important after a long time that I managed to win a ProTour. It meant a lot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2.84544921.jpg\" alt=\"Luke Humphries during a darts match\" data-title=\"BetMGM Premier League 2026 \u2013 Night Fourteen \u2013 First Direct Bank\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Nigel French\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Humphries (pictured) opens against Stephen Bunting (Nigel French\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love what I do and especially when I play like this, I love it even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A run to last week\u2019s final puts Humphries in a good position and he opens against Stephen Bunting, whose hopes of qualifying are hanging by a thread.<\/p>\n<p>Gian van Veen takes on Josh Rock in the other quarter-final, with the Northern Irishman already eliminated.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The back-to-back world champion is targeting a record seventh nightly victory on Thursday, having won the last three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":958231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-958230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116570303384856286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958230","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=958230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}