It's the final round of games in Groups E-H at the Grand Slam of Darts on Monday night so here's the full order of play, match-by-match predictions, Sky Bet odds and a suggested accumulator.
Group E Position: 3rd - 4th
Group Points: 2 - 0
Head-to-head: N/A
Jim Williams was one of the BDO players I thought could get through the group stage but he's really up against it now and must beat Max Hopp by two legs or more to stand a chance. His performance against Peter Wright gave me hope but blew his chances against Josh Payne. I think he can beat Hopp but we'll have to see if it's good enough to progress.
Prediction: 3-5
Peter Wright () v Josh Payne ()
Group E Position: 1st - 3rd
Group Points: 4 - 2
Head-to-head: 5-2
2018 meetings: 4-1
After getting out of jail against Williams on day one, Peter Wright claimed a more routine victory over Max Hopp although he still needs to win at least four legs against Payne to guarantee his spot in the next round. Winning this clash convincingly could help Jim Williams too, although that won't be a motivation.
Prediction: 5-2
Dimitri van den Bergh () v Mark McGeeney ()
Group H Position: 2nd - 3rd
Group Points: 2 - 2
Head-to-head: N/A
The World Youth Champion, who defends his crown against Martin Schindler later this month, could easily have four points on the board instead of Rob Cross and his performance against Voltage almost deserved it. As much as BDO world championship runner-up Mark McGeeney is a great battler, I reckon the young Belgian will have enough quality to reach the next round.
Prediction: 5-3
Monday night's suggested darts bets
- Whitlock to beat Price at 1/1
- Schindler to beat Suljovic at 11/5
- Bunting v Mitchell to have over 7-5 legs, checkout of 112.5+ and over 3.5 180s at 9/2
Monday night's darts accas
- Durrant, Whitlock, Mitchell & Van Den Bergh at 6.84/1
Grand Slam of Darts: Group standings
- PDC players unless stated
Group A
- Jonny Clayton P 2 W 2 L 0 LegDiff +4 Pts 4
- (1) Michael van Gerwen P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff +3 Pts 2
- Gary Robson P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff -3 Pts 2
- Joe Murnan P 2 W 0 L 2 LegDiff -4 Pts 0
Group B
- (8) Michael Smith P 2 W 2 L 0 LegDiff +3 Pts 4
- Krzysztof Ratajski P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff +1 Pts 2
- Raymond van Barneveld P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff -1 Pts 2
- Adam Smith-Neale (BDO) P 2 W 0 L 2 LegDiff -3 Pts 0
Group C
- (5) James Wade P 2 W 2 L 0 LegDiff +7 Pts 4
- Keegan Brown P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff -1 Pts 2
- Wesley Harms (BDO) P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff -3 Pts 2
- Mark Webster P 2 W 0 L 2 LegDiff -3 Pts 0
Group D
- (4) Gary Anderson P 2 W 2 L 0 LegDiff +7 Pts 4
- Ian White P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff 0 Pts 2
- Michael Unterbuchner (BDO) P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff 0 Pts 2
- Steve Hine P 2 W 0 L 2 LegDiff -7 Pts 0
Group E
- (2) Peter Wright P 2 W 2 L 0 LegDiff +4 Pts 4
- Josh Payne P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff +1 Pts 2
- Max Hopp P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff -1 Pts 2
- Jim Williams (BDO) P 2 W 0 L 2 LegDiff -4 Pts 0
Group F
- Gerwyn Price P 2 W 2 L 0 LegDiff +4 Pts 4
- Glen Durrant (BDO) P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff +3 Pts 2
- (7) Simon Whitlock P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff -1 Pts 2
- Andrew Gilding P 2 W 0 L 2 LegDiff -6 Pts 0
Group G
- Stephen Bunting P 2 W 2 L 0 LegDiff +4 Pts 4
- (6) Mensur Suljovic P 2 W 0 L 1 LegDiff +1 Pts 2
- Scott Mitchell (BDO) P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff +1 Pts 2
- Martin Schindler P 2 W 0 L 2 LegDiff -6 Pts 0
Group H
- (3) Rob Cross P 2 W 2 L 0 LegDiff +4 Pts 4
- Dimitri Van den Bergh P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff +1 Pts 2
- Mark McGeeney (BDO) P 2 W 1 L 1 LegDiff -1 Pts 2
- Ryan Searle P 2 W 0 L 2 LegDiff -4 Pts 0
Group format & what happens if there are ties?
The 32 players are drawn into eight groups of four players during the round-robin stage, and they will play each other once. The opening games are decided by a draw, with the second set of matches seeing the two winners from the first games meeting each other, and the two losers also playing each other. The third set of matches will consist of the pairings which have not previously met.
Two points are awarded for a win and no points will be awarded for a loss. Each game is the best of nine legs.
The top two players in each group will progress to the knockout phase. Should there be a two-way points tie for first place in any group, then the player with the best leg difference will be deemed to have won the group. If both players have the same leg difference, then the player who won the group match between the two players will be deemed to have won the group.
Should Points, Leg Difference, Tournament Average and Legs Won Against Throw not be able to separate three players, then if one player has defeated both of the other two players then this player will be deemed to have finished higher, and the winner of the group match between the remaining two players will be the ‘second’ of the three. Should the three players have secured one win apiece against each other, then a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out will be played between the relevant players to determine final standings, with the highest aggregate score over nine darts being used to separate players.
In the event a “Nine-Dart Shoot-Out” finishes level between two or more players, those players who have tied on the most points will continue to throw three darts each in the same order until one player scores more points than the other player(s) with his three darts.
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