Wednesday Evening PDC World Championship Tips – JP
Wednesday Evening PDC World Championship Preview
We’ll have plenty of money to play with after this afternoon’s session. James Punt went 4/4 with winners at 1.67, 2.10, 2.05 and 1.57. Let’s hope for more bookie bashing tonight, check out James’ Wednesday Evening PDC World Championship tips below.
Nathan Aspinall vs. Joe Murnan
Murnan kicked off his World Championship campaign with a laboured 3-2 win over Paul Lim where both players averaged 79. His seasonal average is 91.5, so he is capable of better, and he will feel a bit more settled having got his win. He has won just three of his last ten matches and he is up against it here.
His problem is that he faces one of the elite players, a two time semi-finalist, and Aspinall has been looking in good form lately. Seven of his last ten matches have seen him hit ton plus averages. That should be too hot for Murnan but the H2H stats show a surprising 2-0 advantage to Murnan. Their last meeting was in February 2020 and a 6-4 win. This is the World Championship of course and Murnan’s record at Ally Pally is played four and won one.
Aspinall is the 1.17 favourite and just 1.30 with a -1.5 set handicap. Prohibitively short odds. Aspinall has been smashing the treble 20 since switching to a new style of points. His annual 180 per leg rate is 30.45% but in the last couple of months it is 37.7% and he is acceptable value to win and have the most 180s. Murnan’s rate is 20.68%, well shy of The Asp.
Wednesday Evening PDC World Championship Tips: 2 points Aspinall to win and have the most 180s @ 1.62 with Betfair
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Boris Koltsov
If we are talking 180s per leg, The Aubergenius is top of the table with 41.86% since the start of October and he tops the annual rate table with 36.68%. He has won just five of his last ten matches, but he has just come up against players who have played out of their skin against him. That won’t last forever. Like Aspinall, his 180 scoring power gives him a lot of chances to get to the doubles first.
Boris Koltsov enjoyed his first round 3-0 win over Jermaine Wattimena, and so did I. It wasn’t an earth-shattering performance, just a 91.2 average, but he was playing to the crowd and really came out of his shell. He has won six of his last ten matches and he has been putting in some good performances.
Their H2H record is 1-0 to Koltsov but that was nearly four years ago, and Dirk is a much improved player these days. The bookmakers have Duijvenbode as the 1.33 favourite and Koltsov 3.80. Those odds are hard to argue with but just like the match above, coupling a win for Dirk and the most 180s makes sense, seeing as how he is the best in the business on the maximums.
Wednesday Evening PDC World Championship Tips: 1 point Dirk van Duijvenbode to have the most 180s and win the match @ 1.73 with Betfair
Kim Huybrechts vs. Steve Beaton
Steve Beaton de-throned the Queen of the Palace in his opening match and it was very good performance. Not a huge average, but it was a match he could have lost and he dug in and won in the deciding set. He has won five of his last ten matches and his scoring has not been heavy, so he is likely to need to improve in that department.
Huybrechts had some difficulty getting from Belgium to the UK, having been turned back at the French border on his way to the Eurostar. A change of plans and a flight from Brussels was required, but he arrived in plenty of time in the end. Kim has won six of his last ten matches, but he still has the tendency to play a couple of good matches and then throw in a stinker. Their H2H record is 9-9. Huybrechts is averaging 94.6 so he is the heavier scorer of the two and he deserves to be the 1.44 favourite. Steve Beaton can be backed at 3.10.
It is hard to see an angle in this match, Huybrechts is not banker material, but he should edge it.
Simon Whitlock vs. Martijn Kleermaker
Kleermaker was OK when beating John Michael, but a 91.1 average is not going to get him much further and Whitlock is a tougher proposition even if he is not at his best. The Aussie veteran has lost six of his last ten matches but beat Kleermaker 6-3 in their only previous meeting in July of this year. Whitlock has won nine of his twelve last 64 round World Championship matches. This will only be Kleermaker’s second match at Ally Pally, so Whitlock has a lot more experience.
Whitlock is not getting any younger and is slipping down the rankings, but he never gives up and remains a hungry player and hard to write off. Kleermaker has being struggling lately and only won three of his last ten and Whitlock should be able to take advantage if Kleermaker misfires again.
