Anderson-Taylor to Open Premier League Season

The fixtures for the opening nine weeks of the Betway Premier League have been confirmed, with Gary Anderson and Phil Taylor to meet in a rematch of the World Championship final on the opening league night in Leeds on Thursday February 5.

The ten stars of the Betway Premier League will face each other once over the opening nine weeks of the league season in a round-robin format, before the bottom two players are eliminated on “Judgement Night” in Manchester.

The dart match will kick off at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on February 5, live on Sky Sports HD, and the five matches on the night will include the rematch of Sunday’s classic World Championship final, which saw Anderson edge out Taylor for the title.

Dave Chisnall’s clash with Peter Wright will kick off the season, before reigning Premier League champion Raymond van Barneveld takes on Adrian Lewis – who landed a nine-darter when the pair met in the World Championship recently.

Debutant Kim Huybrechts will face world number one Michael van Gerwen in the night’s third clash – with the Belgian having landed a nine-darter when they clashed in November’s Grand Slam of Darts – before Anderson, the 2011 Premier League champion, takes on six-time winner Taylor.

The night’s final game in Leeds will see 2009 Premier League champion James Wade make his Premier League return against debutant Stephen Bunting, the former Lakeside Champion who comes into the elite ten-player event following a superb first year on the PDC circuit.

The second league night will see the tournament return for a tenth time to the BIC in Bournemouth, the Premier League’s longest-running venue, with the games including the all-Scottish clash between Wright and Anderson and the all-Stoke battle between Lewis and Taylor.

St Helens duo Chisnall and Bunting will take to the stage at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Night Three as they face former champions Wade and Taylor respectively, while Anderson takes on van Gerwen in another tasty clash.

The visit to Belfast on February 26 will include the eagerly-awaited battle between van Gerwen and Lewis, while Bunting will get the chance to avenge his recent World Championship defeat to van Barneveld.

Exciting duo Huybrechts and Chisnall will also meet in Belfast, while Anderson takes on Wade in a battle of former Premier League champions and Taylor takes on Wright.

The return to Exeter’s Westpoint Arena on March 5 will open as Holland’s van Barneveld takes on Belgium’s Huybrechts before Wade meets Taylor, Lewis plays Bunting and Chisnall takes on Anderson either side of the rematch of the 2014 World Championship final between van Gerwen and Wright.

The St Helens rivals, Bunting and Chisnall, face off on Night Six in Nottingham, while the world’s top two players, van Gerwen and Taylor, meet in a repeat of the 2013 Premier League final.

The night also features a rematch of the 2011 Premier League final between Anderson and Lewis, while van Barneveld plays Wade and Huybrechts meets Wright.

World Champion Anderson returns to home soil in Scotland for Night Seven in Glasgow on March 19, as he takes on Belgian ace Huybrechts, while Lothian-born Wright will play Stephen Bunting at The SSE Hydro.

Taylor and van Barneveld will renew their rivalry in another Glasgow fixture, with Wade meeting Lewis and Chisnall taking on van Gerwen.

The Premier League then crosses the Irish Sea for Night Eight, with the five games at Dublin’s 3Arena including the all-Dutch rematch of last year’s final between van Barneveld and van Gerwen.

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