The 2026 Premier League season reaches its climax with Finals Night, as four of the sport\u2019s biggest names go head-to-head for the \u00a3350,000 top prize at The O2 in London tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following 16 nights of league action, the darting roadshow will draw to a close in blockbuster style, as reigning champion Luke Humphries bids to retain the coveted crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Humphries is aiming to join Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen in becoming only the third player to win back-to-back Premier League titles, having toppled Luke Littler in last year\u2019s showpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite languishing in seventh spot following Night Ten, Humphries enjoyed a timely resurgence to preserve his title hopes, featuring in four consecutive nightly finals to round off the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Humphries\u2019 solitary nightly victory came on Night Fifteen in Birmingham, and the world number two admits that retaining the Premier League crown would rank as one of his greatest achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve said it many times – this is one of the toughest tournaments to win,\u201d declared Humphries, who boasts a tournament average of 101.20 \u2013 the highest in this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Premier League is gruelling, it\u2019s mentally tough and making the top four is difficult in itself, so to win it twice on the trot would be very special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI almost think it would mean more than last year, because it\u2019s been more of an uphill battle for myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had to grind out results and go through self-doubt, so if I can retain the title, it would be one of the most special trophies I\u2019ve won.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Humphries leapfrogged Gerwyn Price to finish the league phase in third spot, and, as a result, he will face 2021 champion Jonny Clayton in Thursday\u2019s second semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clayton has performed magnificently on his return to the Premier League fold, registering four nightly wins in Glasgow, Nottingham, Brighton and Rotterdam to seal a second-place finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Welsh number one is the only player in this year\u2019s field to have occupied a Play-Off position throughout the entire league phase, and he\u2019s in philosophical mood ahead of his O2 return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m a massive believer that if it\u2019s meant to be, it\u2019s meant to be,\u201d revealed Clayton, who has remarkably pinned almost 45% of his attempts at double throughout the league phase – the best conversion rate from this year’s eight players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited. I love the Premier League. This is my fourth appearance and my fourth Finals Night, so I must be doing something right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI know what I have to do. I\u2019m playing with a smile on my face, confidence is high, which makes the game that little bit easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all on the night on Finals Night. We should have two great semi-finals, and hopefully it\u2019s going to be me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The evening\u2019s opener will see Littler and Price renew their rivalry in the capital, in a repeat of last year\u2019s semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Littler has amassed six nightly wins across the season \u2013 equalling the record he set 12 months ago \u2013 to confirm top spot for a third consecutive year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Champion has won his last eight meetings against Price \u2013 including all six in this year\u2019s league phase \u2013 and he\u2019s bidding to extend that record and reclaim the title he lifted on debut in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling confident,\u201d declared Littler \u2013 the tournament favourite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been another good season. Obviously I had a shaky start, but as long as you make it to The O2, that\u2019s the most important part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve won every major so far this year and now the Premier League is the next one up, so I\u2019m looking to get that trophy back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Premier League was my first big TV title. I came up short against Luke [Humphries] but here I am again, and hopefully I can make it three consecutive finals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Price is the only semi-finalist without a Premier League title to his name, although the 2020\/21 World Champion is determined to etch his name into the history-books on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 41-year-old has qualified for Finals Night in three of the last four seasons, and he\u2019s enjoyed another impressive campaign \u2013 headlined by nightly successes in Antwerp and Manchester respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is probably one of the Premier League campaigns I\u2019ve enjoyed the most,\u201d insisted the 2023 runner-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe crowd have been right behind me and I\u2019m getting great support week in, week out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been under so much pressure in previous years which has definitely made me a better player, and now they\u2019re with me, it spurs me on even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt feels any of the four of us can win it. It\u2019s going to be tough, but I believe I can do it and I\u2019m there to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Semi-Finals The 2026 Premier League season reaches its climax with Finals Night, as four of the sport\u2019s biggest names<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-13174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-darts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed.jpg",2400,1601,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025WGPsf-_Humphries-17_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13175,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13174\/revisions\/13175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Luke Littler v Gerwyn Price
Jonny Clayton v Luke Humphries
Best of 19 legs<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"