Back home now, let's clean this up

Of course Barney then missed a ton of doubles

Before I am about to fall asleep during this highly exciting match ... I just don't see how either of them can threaten MvG atm.

Holy **** Barney actually hit a d3

Barneveld has this disgusted look on his face every time he leaves double 3, yet he for some reason always goes for T20 on 72.

Yeah, t12 would make a lot more sense

Oddly enough in my last competitive game I missed at least 15 darts at d3 for the match so he's not alone

Damnit that 123

Matchsaver.

YES

Sign the board Phil

BULLSEYE

Lmao Barney - does he usually do that with the board? That was too awesome.

He actually did. This could be the end.

96 v 95

MVG wins 6-0 if Barney doesn't up that by 5+ points

Seems all set for an epic MVG Anderson shoot out.

Have updated the stats I did earlier to reflect tonight's results:

MvG vs Barney:

4 visit kills: MvG 31.14%, Barney 16.67%
5 visit kills: MvG 75.93%, Barney 64.81%
6 visit kills: MvG 98.15%, Barney 98.15%
Scoring in losing legs: MvG 101.08, Barney 90.85

Anderson vs Wright:

4 visit kills: Anderson 26.42%, Wright 20.37%
5 visit kills: Anderson 77.36%, Wright 77.78%
6 visit kills: Anderson 98.11%, Wright 96.3%
Scoring in losing legs: Anderson 100.99, Wright 100.33

As we have a day off, I'll shove these through the master computer and see what they say win percentages in a six set match will be (might be not until the morning of the matches as I'm off to football tomorrow then pub). Right now the odds look like MvG 1/5 and Anderson 1/2, the first one might be right, the other one looks a lot closer

Barney missed like 12/16 at d16 in his previous match too

Phil said in a BBC Radio Stoke interview broadcast on Wednesday that he'll have even more of a reduced playing schedule for 2017 and hinted that 2018 may actually see him retire.

A lot of whinging about how it wasn't fun and more like work, how he didn't see the younger generation as rivals (not dismissing them just not in his thought process) but mostly how he's never really had any time off.

Can't see how Barney beats MVG but he has defied the statistics before.

Peter Wright has to play out of his skin and hope Gary Anderson has trouble on the doubles.

When will Barney play MVG tonight?

First game (Anderson) is listed for 8pm, second (MvG) for 10pm CET.

OK, the master computer says:

MvG 6-0: 9.55%
MvG 6-1/6-2: 40.29%
MvG 6-3/6-4: 31.57%
MvG 6-5: 8.82%
Barney 6-0: 0.1%
Barney 6-1/6-2: 1.41%
Barney 6-3/6-4: 4.73%
Barney 6-5: 3.53%

Overall: MvG 90.24%, Barney 9.76%

Anderson 6-0: 2.53%
Anderson 6-1/6-2: 18.71%
Anderson 6-3/6-4: 28.57%
Anderson 6-5: 13.31%
Wright 6-0: 0.78%
Wright 6-1/6-2: 7.96%
Wright 6-3/6-4: 17.62%
Wright 6-5: 10.52%

Overall: Anderson 63.12%, Wright 36.88%

Not sure if I really want to be firing MvG 1/6 or Wright 2/1 with this little edge

go Snakebite

Don't expect to see that many misses at double for the rest of the match tbh

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BOOOOOOOOOO

Casually locking up the decider of a set with a 12 darter (that could have been 10 easily).