World Matchplay

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The Darts returns tomorrow (horray!) and it's live on Sky Sports. A mention of sad passing of Andy Fordham. yesterday. RIP.

This event was won last year by Van Den Bergh on debut and it's Van Den Bergh who comes into this in the best form in my opinion. Also, he has a nice draw, away from the likes of Peter Wright and MVG. Other than Van Den Bergh, I thought about De Sousa, but at just 7/1 he would need to beat MVG and alot of other players and 7s seems skinny.

Outside of Van Den bergh, I'll be taking big prices as usual. I can't decide who wins out of Dobey/Cullen. Normally, I would have Cullen but his form at the last super series was shocking and Dobey finally got his maiden win (tipped by myself at 100/1) and that's only going to give confidence to the fella. That also goes for Bunting (tipped by myself at 80/1) and Ross Smith (tipped by myself at 150/1)

None of these boys can be completely written off nowadays and it's only the sense of the occasion that, in my opinion, stops them going deep.

3pts Van Den Bergh to win World Matchplay 12/1 betway
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1pt e/w J.Cullen to win World Matchplay 50/1 bet365
1pt e/w Van Duijvenbode to win World Matchplay 50/1 betvictor
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0.5pts e/w R.Smith to win World Matchplay 80/1 bet365
0.5pts e/w C.Dobey to win World Matchplay 100/1 bet365
0.5pts e/w C.Rydz to win World Matchplay 125/1 bet365

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Tonight's action : 

Chisnall Vs Van Der Voort
Clayton Vs Van Duijvenbode
Price Vs Wattimena
Van Den Bergh Vs Petersen

A couple of interesting ones in there. I'm intrigued to see how Chizzy plays, as he went out to Van Der Voort last year. Chizzy has never gone past the Quarter finals, despite hitting decent averages. He has gone out to MVG 3 times but His last 4 exits have been Norris, De Zwaan, Hopp & Van Der Voort. He should be beating all of those 4. That makes me think that De Voort has a chance. As I say, he beat him last year and his form has actually been decent recently, at the Super Series. Quite the opposite for Chizzy. 

Van Den Bergh must produce with the crowds. He has a nice 1st round match against Petersen, who is bang out of form. Devon could easily step his form up with some crowds in the place, although not at full capacity. Same goes with Van Duijvenbode. His form has let him down recently, but he is a big event player.

4pts Van Der Voort to beat D.Chisnall 7/4 betway
2pts Van Der Voort, Clayton & Price 9/2 paddypower