Darts results LIVE: Luke Littler returns to Premier League action TOMORROW vs Gerwyn Price, Humphries faces Aspinall

Littler braced for rare tough reception

Manchester United fan Luke Littler is expecting an interesting reception at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena tomorrow night for Premier League Darts Night 13.

Littler posted and then deleted a tweet teasing his club's main rivals after the Red Devils KO'd them in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

He posted a meme on involving himself with the Liverpool boss, adding the words: "What is the difference between Luke Littler and Jurgen Klopp. Littler has more trebles!"

Anfield fans on social media took less than kindly to the joke.

And it's thought they might noisily confirm their displeasure with his trolling when the Warrington whizkid competes at the M&S Bank Arena on Thursday evening.

Littler starts a round early in Austria

Luke Littler must start the Austrian Open in the first round - while Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Gary Anderson and Peter Wright join a stage later at the last 16.

Other big names alongside Littler in the opening round at Graz are Joe Cullen, Chris Dobey, Martin Schindler and James Wade.

The tenth annual event has previously been won by Justin Pipe in its first year, 2012 - plus Michael van Gerwen (2013, 2017, 2019 and 2022), Vincent van der Voort (2014), Phil Taylor (2016) and Jonny Clayton (2018 and last year).

Luke out to avoid double flop

Luke Littler aims to avoid two straight Prem quarter-final losses for the first time when he's back in his native North West tomorrow evening.

The Nuke, from Warrington, opens against Gerwyn Price at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena.

Price himself needs victory to boost his hopes of qualifying for the play-offs.

Littler, 17, dropped to second in the table last Thursday behind Luke Humphries, who then beat him in the European Darts Grand Prix in Germany last weekend.

And if Humphries beats Nathan Aspinall tomorrow night, then he'll face Littler in the semi-finals.

Littler and Price are set to launch Thursday evening's action at 7.15pm.

'We're all there to knock Littler down'

Nathan Aspinall says all the publicity surrounding Luke Littler has "got under everyone's skin" on the darts circuit.

And that's left The Asp concluding it's everyone's job to "knock him down as much as we can".

Having already described Luke Humphries as in a class of his own, Aspinall took the Warrington whizkid down another peg - but it's nothing personal nor meant as a criticism.

Evans in late call-up for Austrian Open

England's Ricky Evans has earned an 11th-hour call-up for this weekend's Austrian Darts Open - despite losing in the final round of qualifiers.

One player had to pull out - opening up a vacancy taken by the Kettering 33-year-old.

'Rapid Ricky' will now travel to Graz for the fifth Euro Tour tournament of the season, starting on Friday.

Evans is the second player promoted from the reserve list -following Richard Veenstra.

Austrian Darts Open this weekend

Tomorrow night's Premier League Darts will be followed by the Fifth Euro Tour event - the Austrian Darts Open from Friday to Sunday.

The six hours of daily play start at around noon.

He's the best - Aspinall

Nathan Aspinall has said that he believes Luke Humphries is the best darts player in the world "by a million miles".

Aspinall told Sky Sports' Love The Darts Podcast: "Standard-wise, Humphries is the best player in the world by a million miles. When he brings his A-game, we can't beat him.

"He has been producing numbers that are obscene. I don't even do that in a practice room, let alone on the stage.

"I beat him last week and can hopefully count on that experience and get another result but he is definitely the best player out there at the moment."

Luke's football skills

Luke Littler passed the crossbar challenge TWICE in a Life of Pie YouTube video.

He appeared alongside the likes of Angry Ginge and Bateson in the video.

And The Nuke showed his class by hitting the crossbar twice back-to-back with his first two efforts.

Littler, 17, then hit the woodwork a third time with a brilliant curling shot from around 20 yards, before falling just short with his next two efforts.

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Watch Luke Littler smash crossbar challenge TWICE in a row... in Man Utd kit

Ready for boos

Luke Littler has said he expects to face boos at the next Premier League Darts event.

That's because he's a massive Manchester United fan.

The player has taken to Instagram to taunt Liverpool in recent weeks and is expecting a hostile reception.

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Premier League Night 13

Night 13 of Premier League Darts is almost upon us, with the action travelling to Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on Thursday.

Four nights of action now remain before the play-offs on May 23.

Here is the schedule of matches for this week:

Quarter-finals:

• Luke Littler vs Gerwyn Price
• Luke Humphries vs Nathan Aspinall
• Peter Wright vs Michael van Gerwen
• Michael Smith vs Rob Cross

Semi-finals:

• Littler/Price vs Humphries/Aspinall
• Wright/Van Gerwen vs Smith/Cross

Who will Littler take on next?

Premier League Darts action returns tomorrow with the action coming from Liverpool.

Luke Littler faces a tricky opener against Gerwyn Price as he looks to create some breathing space at the top of the table.

Premier League Darts table

Premier League Darts action will be travelling to Liverpool tomorrow.

Here's a look at the table in what is turning into a very close title race.

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Humphries supports mental health charity

World champion Luke Humphries is supporting Liverpool-based charity Chasing the Stigma ahead of the Premier League Darts.

Night 13 takes place at the M&S Bank Arena in the city on Thursday.

Ahead of the event, Humphries has teamed up with the charity to champion mental health awareness.

He told PDC.tv: “Everybody’s struggles are different, but we all go through it and we all try and manage it as best as we possibly can.

“I’m proud of the way I battled the demons in my head. Speak to the people who are closest to you the most, they’re the people who are there in the toughest moments.

“It’s important to open up on the subject and talk about it because I feel as if it’s not talked about enough.  I went out and spoke to the right people and now I stand here as a World Champion.”