premiership results from week seven in Dublin saw 19-year-old Luke Littler overturn a 5-0 deficit to beat Gerwyn Price 6-5, claiming his second weekly win of the season. The comeback came after Price dominated early but missed multiple match darts, allowing Littler to reel off six legs in a row and take the title. Littler had earlier edged Michael van Gerwen 6-5 in a semi-final that contained two maximum 170 checkouts.
Premiership Results: Match facts
Littler recovered from being 5-0 down to win the final 6-5 in Dublin, cutting the gap to league leader Jonny Clayton to three points. Gerwyn Price had been imperious early, whitewashing Josh Rock 6-0 and then beating the defending Premier League champion Luke Humphries 6-1 before the final; Price missed five darts for the match and then further match darts as Littler mounted his comeback. In the earlier semi-final, Littler beat Michael van Gerwen 6-5 in a match that featured two maximum 170 checkouts, with Littler and van Gerwen both producing 170 finishes in that contest. Littler finished the final with a 95. 54 average, four 180s and a 50% checkout rate.
Immediate reactions
Luke Littler, 19-year-old Premier League Darts player, said, “I have no idea how I’ve done that, ” and described feeling “gone” when Price was 5-0 up. Gerwyn Price, world champion, left the stage kicking himself after missing the darts that would have finished an otherwise dominant night. Jonny Clayton, league leader, now holds a three-point cushion in the table after the night’s results. Michael van Gerwen, the Dutchman, had been awarded a semi-final bye earlier when Gian van Veen withdrew with kidney stones, a development that shaped the semi-final lineup.
Quick context and what’s next
Week seven in Dublin produced high drama: Littler claimed his second weekly victory of the season and delivered a performance that will shift momentum in the table. The night’s results included Price’s earlier wins over Josh Rock (6-0) and Luke Humphries (6-1), Littler’s 6-5 semi-final victory over Michael van Gerwen with two 170 checkouts, and the final’s swing from a 5-0 hole to a 6-5 win.
Looking ahead, the premiership results will reverberate through the remaining weeks as Littler rides a surge of form and Jonny Clayton remains the table leader; attention now turns to how contenders respond in the next league night and whether Price can regain composure after the missed match darts that cost him the title.
