European Championship: Thrilling 1st round evening session
Published:
Holly Thackeray | October 28, 2015
European Championship
- First round evening session
- Friday, October 30th
- Scheduled for 19.10pm-10.30pm GMT
- Hasselt Ethias-Arena, Belgium
- Live on ITV4
The darts European Championship is certainly a marathon not a sprint, and there are a host of fantastic fixtures set for the first enthralling day in Belgium.
There’s a two-hour and 40 minute tea break following the opening day’s frantic afternoon session, but the evening roster is more than worth returning for on Friday night.
So, Coral experts bring you the best of the rest from the 1st round and some rather brilliant bets to ward off the winter blues…
Adrian Lewis v Benito van de Pas
Former champion Lewis looks great value at 15/8 to be King of the oche (player to win match, most 180s and highest checkout. If any of the markets are tied, bets will be settled as losers), especially after his recent Auckland Masters victory. Yet, the Englishman is not infallible as evidenced by his World Grand Prix second round flop, so recent Players Championship finalist Van de Pas may fancy his chances at 21/10 to progress.
Mensur Suljovic v Dave Chisnall
Maximums man Chisnall did narrowly defeat the Gentle in their only previous meeting by a narrow one-leg margin, but may be better value for punters at just 5/4 to clock-up over 3.5 180s.
James Wade v Terry Jenkins
Though, Jenkins (7/4 to charge to triumph) will not go down without a fight and, as two of the pair’s previous four fixtures have ended 6-3 in Wade’s favour, back another repeat of that result at 9/2.
Gary Anderson v Brendan Dolan
Jelle Klaasen v Raymond van Barneveld
Veteran Van Barneveld has outfoxed his opponent nine times from 13 before, but it could be a close battle worth backing at 11/2 for the fray to finish 6-5 with the Hague-born hitman victorious.
Phil Taylor v Vincent van der Voort
Pitted against the Dutch Destroyer, decorated giant The Power is 1/5 to make his recent conqueror pay. The Stoke-born superstars is unlikely to make the same mistake twice, but Van der Voort is generous at 7/2 to pounce again if he does.
Michael van Gerwen v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Competitor and compatriot the Black Cobra (6/1) is just 19 and a recent PDC convert, but will be up against it in Hasselt.
Kim Huybrechts v Mervyn King
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Betting tip: Suljovic is superb at 13/8 to beat Chisnall
