Premier League: The leading contenders

The Belgian has Jose De Sousa, Wright, Wade and Clayton to come and will need to improve his showing of just four points from those set of games in the first half of the campaign.

The 26-year-old’s experience of winning in Blackpool will at least stand him in good stead for the run-in.

Nathan Aspinall – 13/2

Aspinall had struggled for form playing behind closed doors until the Premier League saw him refreshed and return to his best.

The 29-year-old was top of the table not long ago, but defeats to Clayton and Van den Bergh checked his progress.

He will be buoyed by his displays in the first half of the campaign against his remaining opponents though, taking two wins and the same amount of draws from matches against Van Gerwen, Wade, Gary Anderson and De Sousa.

Aspinall will be determined to go one better after losing to Glen Durrant in last year’s final, having finished third in the table.

Gary Anderson – 16/1

Anderson’s experience could be vital as he bids to sneak into the top four.

A two-time winner of this event, the Scot took fourth spot last year and has reignited his campaign this time around with back-to-back wins over Van den Bergh and Wright after finally finding some consistency on his doubles.

Anderson has no margin for error left as he sits two points off De Sousa, who is also currently 12 legs better off.

It is likely he will need to win three – or all four – of his matches against Clayton, Van Gerwen, Aspinall and Wade.

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