Can Luke Humphries continue upturn in form and defend Premier League crown?

[p]After 16 weeks of fierce action, we have finally reached the BetMGM Premier League of Darts Finals night. We started with eight, and are now down to four: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/littler-luke/0URN6Xks/"]Luke Littler[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clayton-jonny/tx0y2xRD/"]Jonny Clayton[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/humphries-luke/n34VOAWo/"]Luke Humphries[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/price-gerwyn/8dDDoW0B/"]Gerwyn Price[/a].[/p][p]In one of the biggest nights on the PDC calendar, one of those four will walk away with the trophy and the prize money. One of those four men will sit atop the roost when the action is done on Thursday night in the O2 in London, and we can’t wait to find out which.[/p][p]Below, we have everything you need to know ahead of the final night of the Premier League.[/p][h2]Night 16 key information[/h2][p]• Date: Thursday, May 28[/p][p]• Start time: 20:00 CET[/p][p]• Venue: The O2 Arena, London[/p][p]• Odds: LITTLER (10/11) - HUMPHRIES (9/4) - PRICE (5/1) - CLAYTON (9/1)[/p][embed guid="d2cc74cd-1ca3-4e83-9c41-83c043f5e0e1" url="https://x.com/SkySportsDarts/status/2057865007564497311" social-type="twitter" /][h2]The semi-final bracket[/h2][p]Luke Littler vs Gerwyn Price[/p][p]Jonny Clayton vs Luke Humphries[/p][h2]The Final Four[/h2][p][b]Luke Littler[/b][/p][p]The PDC World No.1, Littler, is the bookies’ favourite to win on Thursday night. The 2025 Premier League Champion is out to retake his throne and was quite convincing in the later stages of the competition, winning three nights in a row from 12-14. Overall, he won six nights, equalling his record, and topped the table. He will be the man to beat.[/p][p][b]Jonny Clayton[/b][/p][p]The Ferret started really strongly by winning Nights 3 and 6, before going on to win Nights 10 and 11 as well. He finished second in the table but has lost form in the latter stages of the competition, exiting in the quarter-finals on three of the last four events. Clayton has won the Premier League before, though, and is more than capable of doing it again.[/p][embed guid="f1664672-1ab4-4ae6-9d4e-8b3219cb15c8" url="https://x.com/OfficialPDC/status/2059273358286754190" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Luke Humphries[/b][/p][p]Humphries has come into form at the right time. When he was on the brink of exiting the competition, the 31-year-old went all the way to the final and from there he went from strength to strength. He finished third in the table with one nightly win overall, but has reached numerous finals to achieve his current position. Last year’s champion could easily walk away as the reigning champion.[/p][p][b]Gerwyn Price[/b][/p][p]Price is the only one of the four to not have won the Premier League before. He reached the final, back in 2023, and is now ready to go a step further. Some health issues recently stopped the Iceman’s momentum, but Price is always a danger. He finished fourth in the table and will have the unenviable task of facing Littler straight away.[/p][h2]Prize money & trophy[/h2][p]The prize pot is at £1,250,000, with the champion taking home £350,000 and the trophy. The full breakdown of the prize money is:[/p][p]Champion: £350,000[/p][p]Runner-up: £170,000[/p][p]Semi-finalists: £110,000[/p][p]Fifth place: £95,000[/p][p]Sixth place: £90,000[/p][p]Seventh place: £85,000[/p][p]Eighth place: £80,000[/p][p]With each of the 16 nightly winners taking home £10,000 , that makes the total prize money a sizeable £1,250,000.[/p]