World Champs-Day 6 - Evening (Tue)
Steve Lennon will be looking forward to his opening match with James Bailey, and so he should - it's a match he should be capable of winning comfortably.
Bailey is one of the weakest players in the event this year - having qualified from the Oceanic Regional Qualifiers. He wins fewer than 10% of his throwing legs inside 15 darts which is going to make him extremely vulnerable - he might expect to be broken around every three throwing legs on that rate against a player such as Lennon.
Lennon has an average winning leg length of around 15.7 darts per leg, and should be capable of averaging into the 90s against the better players in the tournament. As it is, he might dip lower than that in this one, but it should be comfortable.
A 3-0 win looks possible, and that can be backed at 2/1 with Sporting Bet or 7/4 in a host of other places, which is acceptable.
2pts Lennon to win 3-0 at 7/4 (General)
Dimitri van den Bergh is a very short price to beat Chuck Puleo, and there is no doubt he should get the job done easily. So easily in fact, we're almost certainly looking at a 3-0 and it could be only a few legs longer than a full on whitewash.
Factor in that Puleo isn't a prolific 180 builder - just over 0.11 per leg, and we are unlikely to see him hit more than 0-1 maximums.
Betfair Sportsbook offer 6/4 on him getting under 1.5 in the match and that looks superb value in our eyes.
2pts Under 1.5 Puleo 180s at 6/4 (Betfair)