Darts / Jaymes Monte / 21 March 2012 /

Jaymes Monte picks his best bets from Dublin as the Premier League group stages reach the halfway point...

Punters by enlarge can be a stickler for reputation. Form often goes out of the window, or worse still, isn't even considered, when a man, woman or team goes into a contest with a reputation preceding them.

A case in point is Gary Anderson in this year's Premier League. We all know that the Scot is a heavy scorer, probably the best in the game, right? And therefore he should be the favourite in the Most 180s market whoever his opponent, right? Wrong.

Anderson has been the favourite to hit the most maximums in each of his six matches to date in the Premier League, but has only come out on top in the 180s department on two occasions this season. Painter, Hamilton, Taylor and Whitlock have all outscored the Scot in a market where he is perceived to be untouchable. While only two players - Wade and Painter - have scored fewer than Anderson's 17 180s in the tournament so far.

Raymond van Barneveld, on the other hand, has hit 24 maximums in his six matches - a statistic only bettered by Adrian Lewis - and has hit more 180s than his opponent in half of his matches to date.

And the odds on who will hit the most 180s in this match? Yep. You guessed it; weighted heavily in favour of Gary Anderson. The Scot is quoted at around the [1.6] mark while Barney can be backed at circa [2.5].

Of course Anderson can outscore anyone in the game when on fire. But he's not on fire at the moment and so long as that trend continues we should, in this instance, ignore the hype and follow the stats.

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Back Barney to hit most 180s @ [2.5]

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