Joyce was the first player through to the knockout stages after winning his opening two games but suffered a 5-3 defeat in his final game to his good friend Chris Dobey, producing his lowest average of the three games he’s played so far at 89.03. On that basis there’s not much to choose between the two.
Ryan Joyce has very similar stats with a tournament average of 97.35, a doubles percentage of 43.33% and has also notched up six 180’s, at 0.26 per leg. There’s not too much wrong with his game at all at present. He won his first nine legs of the event this year and his tournament average of 98.08 is excellent, his doubles percentage of 41.38% is superb and six 180’s at 0.30 per leg is very good. He went from looking assured of qualification pre-match to looking potentially on the ropes if the scoreline had gone against him.Ĭross has won 34 of his last 41 matches in all competitions and he’s registered seventeen 100+ averages in his last thirty-six matches, a truly impressive string of performances and one that means he’s a contender in all the events in the coming weeks and months. He did however survive a bit of a scare in his latest game where he suffered a 5-2 defeat to James Wade. ‘Voltage’ has had a resurgent second part of 2021 winning two events of late including the European Championships where he defeated none other than MVG in the final. These two met recently at Players Championship 28, in their first encounter since July of 2019 and it was Rob Cross who came on top in a last leg decider 6-5 against the throw.
SL Acca: Click here to back Wade, Cross, Clayton (-3.5 legs) & Price (-3.5 legs) at 3/11 with Sky Bet Ryan Joyce (11/5) vs Rob Cross (4/11) Sky Bet odds | Paddy Power | Betfair Sportsbook Wednesday November 16: Second round Darts betting tips: Grand Slam of Darts day fiveĠ.5pt on either Rob Cross or Ryan Joyce to checkout 121 at 7/2 (Sky Bet)ġpt Both James Wade and Rowby-John Rodriguez to hit 4+ 180’s at 2/1 (Sky Bet)Ģpts Gerwyn Price to win the match, score over 3.5 180’s and checkout over 99.5 at 11/10 (Sky Bet)Ģpts Jonny Clayton to win the match, score over 3.5 180’s and checkout over 97.5 at 11/10 (Sky Bet) The eight players in who came through Groups A-D are in action tonight, including Gerwyn Price, Jonny Clayton, James Wade and Rob Cross.