Grand Slam of Darts predictions and winner odds: Noppert knows how to win

Free darts tips, best bets and analysis for the Grand Slam of Darts 2022 which starts at Aldersley Leisure Village on Saturday.

Where to watch

Sky Sports Main Event & Arena, from 1pm Saturday

Best bets

Danny Noppert
1pt each-way 25-1 bet365, Boyles

Damon Heta
1pt each-way 25-1 Betfair, Paddy Power

Rob Cross to win Group D
1pt 13-8 Coral

Nathan Aspinall to win Group E
1pt 13-8 Coral, Ladbrokes

Luke Humphries to win Group H
1pt 7-4 Coral

Grand Slam of Darts preview

Gerwyn Price's love affair with Aldersley Leisure Village makes the Welshman and number one seed a hard man to oppose at the Grand Slam of Darts.

Gezzy has won the title three times in the last four years at the Wolverhampton venue – the one year he missed out the event was held behind closed doors in Coventry.

And while it's a 32-strong field, qualification is random enough for a few lesser lights to have made the draw, whereas a number of top-20 throwers, including James Wade, Gary Anderson and Dmitri van den Bergh, won't be there.

That plays into the hands of the top dogs who are toeing the oche, including Price, another three-time winner Michael van Gerwen and world champ Peter Wright.

But that doesn't mean you should overlook the quality further down the book, where Danny Noppert and Damon Heta are well worth chucking a financial dart at.

UK Open quarter-finalist Heta has won twice on the floor this year, lifted the Gibraltar Darts Trophy and partnered Simon Whitlock to World Cup glory.

By any measure that's a breakthrough year and, as his Gib final victim Wright said at the time, there is a lot more to come.

Eighth seed Noppert is a major winner this year – he dotted up at the UK Open in March – and has also won a floor title. Crucially, he demonstrated his love for the biggest of stages by reaching the semis at the Matchplay and World Cup.

The 32 players are split into eight groups of four, the top two from each section going into the last 16, and Group D looks like a matchbet and a coin toss between Rob Cross and Dirk van Duijvenbode. That makes Voltage at 13-8 a fair shout.

In Group E, Wright just isn't consistent enough to merit clear favouritism ahead of Nathan Aspinall, who is more than capable of going in.

And Group H contains boy wonder Josh Rock who has been talked into silly prices despite his inexperience. Rating Rock over Luke Humphries looks plain wrong.

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