World Darts Betting Tips Day 11: More than two Lukes in this tournament

• Luke Littler 10/111.91 to win the World Championship

• Woodhouse to continue push for maiden glory

• Littler to come through but may drop a set

Woodhouse to record another win

Max Hopp has been a key figure for German darts, inspiring a new generation when he appeared on the scene.

In 2012, he became the second youngest player ever to compete at the World Championship at 16 years and 117 days.

He was built up and backed by many as a wonder-kid who would go on to achieve greatness, multiple major titles and help change the complexion of darts in his homeland.

He became the youngest ever winner on the Euro Tour in 2018, picking up the German Darts Open title but after losing his tour card in 2022 and suffering from injury, he is back.

Whilst wins haven't been easy to come by on the circuit with just one run to the last 16 on the floor, he was so much better than Martin Lukeman in his opener.

This is a completely different prospect though, facing someone who is experiencing the best year of his senior career to date in Luke Woodhouse who more and more people are sitting up and taking notice of.

Whilst he didn't show the form that has got him to two finals in 2025 in his opener against Boris Krcmar, he did more than enough to advance.

His finishing will need to improve if he's to enjoy a career best run at Ally Pally but he will be confident that he can dispatch of his German opponent with relative ease on Sunday, despite not having a great head to head record against him.

These two first met on the Development Tour back in 2013, they have played each other three times subsequently and Max Hopp has prevailed on three of the four occasions, including their most recent encounter on the Euro Tour in May.

Despite him performing below his seasonal average in his first game, I'm backing him to average in excess of 91.5 at 5/61.84.  

Littler to prevail but backing him to drop a set offers value

Luke Littler is a phenomenon, we know that. He is becoming increasingly difficult to beat over any format with his ability to obliterate opponents and his capabilities to overturn deficits.

He has an enviable record at Ally Pally and I expect his charge towards a third successive final to continue beyond the second round. However, he does face an opponent in David Davies who is riding a crest of a wave himself at the moment.

Having picked up a title on the Challenge Tour and won the Champion of Champions, he looked assured and confident on his debut in London.

Whilst it's going to be hard for him to consistently compete in the scoring phase, I think that at 3/14.00 it's worth backing over +3.5 sets in the match. 

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