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World Series of Darts Finals Betting Tips And Predictions

The PDC heads to the Netherlands this weekend where the 2021 World Series of Darts Finals will take place at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam. 

The field will consist of 24 players, with the top eight seeded players entering the tournament in the second round.

The final will begin on Sunday the 31st of October, which as we all know is Halloween, so we will wait to see how Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright, will make his highly-anticipated appearance.

Seven Dutchman are in the field so the home fans will have plenty to cheer about, but the favourite remains Welshman and returning champion Gerwyn Price.

Queen Of The Palace

Fallon Sherrock, who this week qualified for the PDC World Championships of Darts, will also be in action. 

The Queen of the Palace is actually the second seed on account of her runner-up finish in the Nordic Masters in Copenhagen a few weeks back.

Despite that, bet365 have priced her up at 100/1.

To be fair, she only needed to win two matches to reach that final after her scheduled opponent in the quarter-final, world number one Gerwyn ‘The Iceman’ Price withdrew from the competition with an injury. All the same, her comeback against the Dream Maker Dimitri van den Bergh in the semis was still hugely impressive.

There is a nervousness about those that have to play her and in this case, it will be the winner of the first-round match between Krzyzstof Ratajksi and the big German Gabriel Clemens.

The Draw

The top half of the draw features two of dart’s current big three, world champion Price, his compatriot Jonny Clayton, who has enjoyed a great run the past 12 months, plus Dutch local hero Michael van Gerwen.

The other member of darts big three, Peter Wright, finds himself in the considerably softer bottom half of the draw, where the main threat would seemingly be Michael Smith, who looks like he is coming back into form.

The Scot is a 6/1 shot while his English rival is a far tastier 22/1, which given his win last week in the Players Championship is exceedingly tempting.

For Bully Boy to emerge victorious, he would need to overcome just three opponents, the first of which would be against Belgium’s Kim Huybrechts, who is ranked 33 in the world to Smith’s tenth.

Huybrechts is a rival who Smith has beaten on their last two meetings, the most recent of which came only one week ago in Barnsley.

On form, which admittedly he hasn’t been for some time now until recently, speedy Smith can beat anyone, and three victories will not be out of the question making 22/1 definitely worth your consideration.

That said, the big three of Price (1/3), Wright (6/1) and van Gerwen (3/1) — the latter of whom will have the luxury of home support — can never be ruled out. The same can be said for the player that is surely the player of the year, Jonny Clayton (8/1).

All darts betting odds are provided by bet365.

World Series Of Darts 2021 Schedule 

Friday October 29 (1800 GMT)

• Maik Kuivenhoven v John Henderson
• James Wade v Mervyn King
• Nathan Aspinall v Vincent van der Voort
• Jeffrey de Zwaan v Dirk van Duijvenbode
• Krzysztof Ratajski v Gabriel Clemens
• Niels Zonneveld v Dave Chisnall
• Jose de Sousa v Danny Noppert
• Kim Huybrechts v Michael Smith

Saturday October 30 (1800 GMT)

Second Round (Best of 11 legs)

• Michael van Gerwen v Kuivenhoven/Henderson
• Madars Razma v James Wade or Mervyn King
• Jonny Clayton v Nathan Aspinall or Vincent Van der Voort
• Gerwyn Price v Jeffrey De Zwaan or Dirk Van Duijvenbode
• Fallon Sherrock v Krzysztof Ratajski or Gabriel Clemens
• Gary Anderson v Niels Zonneveld or Dave Chisnall
• Dimitri Van den Bergh v Jose De Sousa or Danny Noppert
• Peter Wright v Kim Huybrechts or Michael Smith

Sunday October 31

Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)

• Eight Matches

Semi-Finals (Best of 21 legs)

• Two Matches

Final (Best of 21 legs)

• One Match

QUICK GLANCE AT THE WORLD SERIES OF DARTS FINALS 

Venue: AFAS Live, Amsterdam

Dates:  29 – 31 October 2021

Format: Best of 11, 19 and 21 legs

Current Champion: Gerwyn Price

Where To Watch: ITV 4

When To Watch: 1800 (BST)

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World Series Of Darts Finals Betting Tips

As the players move on to this weekend’s World Series Final in Salzburg, the Austrian darts fans will also be back in attendance, making it the first PDC event played in front of a crowd since March. 

24 players in total will be in competition over the next few days including the world’s top 15 stars plus a select few choices including Fallon Sherrock (300/1). 

Of the heavyweights, only Gary Anderson will be missing after choosing not to travel. Michael van Gerwen will be there, however, and has started to raise his game after he unimaginably missed out on the Darts Premier League playoffs, a poor performance which followed losing to Dimitri van den Bergh at the World Matchplay.

MVG has been quickly installed as favourite and, as the number one seed, finds himself in the sweeter side of the draw. Bear in mind though that MVG is destined to meet Premier League leader Glen Durrant or his new/old nemesis Van den Bergh in round two. 

Those two meet in round one and if Duzza can bring his Darts Premier League A game to Austria then you would think that a clash with the Dutch world number one beckons next. A wager on Duzza, win or each way, is tempting given his pre-tournament odds of 16/1.

There must surely be some money lumped on two-time Grand Slam of Darts champion Gerwyn Price, however, who arrives in the kind of form that has seen him book to back Autumn Series successes in which he averaged 104 over six matches. 

The Iceman is another that didn’t make it to the Darts Premier League playoffs and this week finds himself in the bottom half of the draw along with world champion Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall, but if he can summon the same form here in Salzburg that he has produced of late, then the Welshman can go all the way and claim another TV title.

If you are looking for a longer odds darter, at least at each way, then may we suggest Krzysztof Ratajski, a member of the top 16 and already a winner on the tour this season. The Polish Eagle also made the last eight of the World Matchplay and finished eighth in the Autumn Series Order of Merit and meets Mensur Suljovic first up on Friday.

As a local hero, Suljovic will have the crowd behind him though making him a tough hurdle to get past.

The event will be shown on ITV4 this Friday at 1900 GMT.

World Series Of Darts Betting Odds 

All prices provided by bet365

• Michael van Gerwen 9/4
• Peter Wright 7/2
• Gerwyn Price 11/2
• Nathan Aspinall 10/1
• Michael Smith 14/1
• Glen Durrant 16/1
• Rob Cross 25/1
• Daryl Gurney 28/1
• Dimitri van den Bergh 30/1
• Krzysztof Ratajski 30/1
• James Wade 33/1
• Dave Chisnall 35/1

QUICK GLANCE AT WORLD SERIES OF DARTS FINALS

Venue: Salzburgarena, Salzburg

Dates: 18th September – 20th September 2020

Format: Best of 11 legs, 19 legs, 21 legs

Current Champion: Michael van Gerwen

Where To Watch: ITV4

When To Watch: (1900 GMT)

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