Thursday's BoyleSports World Grand Prix predictions and darts betting tips

Darts tips, best bets and analysis for the BoyleSports World Grand Prix at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.

Where to watch

Sky Sports Arena & Main Event, 7pm Thursday

Best bet

Stephen Bunting
2pts 5-4 Paddy Power

Danny Noppert -1.5 sets
1pt 11-8 Hills

Match previews

Stephen 'The Bullet' Bunting is firing on all cylinders in Leicester this week and looks a top-value outsider against Ryan Searle in their last-eight shootout at the BoyleSports World Grand Prix.

The layers make Searle the favourite even though the rankings rate Bunting higher.

And while it's true that both men have looked rock solid thus far and each has toppled a seed to make the quarter-finals, it's not easy to see why Bunting is the outsider.

The St Helens slinger produced one of the performances of round one on Sunday, averaging 99 in a whitewash of Daryl Gurney. And averaging just shy of a ton in a double-in, double-out contest is seriously high-class arrowsmithery.

He followed that up by taking care of the fourth seed, James Wade, in round two. There were fewer fireworks statistically, but the bottom line is that almost 50 per cent finishing and restricting two-time champ Wade to just four legs is headline-making stuff.

The world number 15 is playing better than ever and will undoubtedly fancy his chances against world number 30 Searle.

The Somerset headbanger is also enjoying a fine tournament having disposed of fifth seed Dimitri van den Bergh in his opener and then close pal Luke Humphries in round two. Five of his seven sets have gone to a deciding leg and he has won four of those so there is no questioning the hippy's bottle.

Searle averaged almost 93 against Humphries and this promises to be a belter. But Bunting just smacks of being the value.

Defending champion and world number one Gerwyn Price is second on against Dave Chisnall and ought to have too much consistency for Chizzy. Price isn't right, however, at around 4-11.

Danny Noppert has dumped fellow Dutch arrowsmiths Michael van Gerwen and Vincent van der Voort out of the event and he can add Stoke's Ian White to his list of scalps.

The Joure thrower has recorded three-dart averages of 96.72 and 91.24 and the ultra-consistent Dutchman is yet to drop a set at the Morningside Arena.

White improved against Darius Labanauskas last time out, but he was still some way off Noppy's level and his first-round game against Gary Anderson was a rotten affair.

Noppert can be backed at 11-8 giving White a 1.5-set start and that looks a diamond bet.

Krzysztof Ratajski's clash against Jonny Clayton completes tonight's quarter-final line-up.

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