Night 12 of the 2026 Premier League Darts takes place on Thursday, April 23rd at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, with the headline quarter-final featuring Luke Humphries against Luke Littler. Liverpool first hosted a Premier League night in 2008, when Phil Taylor beat Raymond van Barneveld 8-2. Memorable matches in the city include Michael van Gerwen's 7-0 whitewash of Taylor in 2014 with a 109.59 average, and Adrian Lewis's 7-4 win over Van Barneveld in 2017 with a 111.52 average and a nine-darter. Since the new format began in 2022, Liverpool has seen four different nightly winners: Jonny Clayton beat Joe Cullen 6-4 in 2022, Michael van Gerwen defeated Michael Smith 6-4 in 2023, Luke Littler beat Rob Cross 6-2 with a 105 average in 2024, and Gerwyn Price won in 2025 with averages of 106.74, 105.27, and 104.43 against Chris Dobey, Rob Cross, and Luke Humphries.
The quarter-finals kick off at 8:15 PM with Gian van Veen versus Gerwyn Price. Van Veen, sixth in the table and four points behind fourth-placed Michael van Gerwen, has won his opening match just once in the last six weeks and has reached four finals without a nightly title. Price, third in the standings, holds an 11-2 head-to-head advantage over Van Veen, including three wins in their four Premier League meetings this campaign, with Van Veen's only victory a 6-5 win in Belfast. Next, Stephen Bunting faces Jonny Clayton at 8:45 PM. Bunting, second from bottom with 11 points and five behind Van Gerwen, lost 6-1 to Josh Rock last week. Clayton leads the table with 29 points and four nightly wins, including a 6-4 final victory over Littler in Rotterdam last week; he leads their overall head-to-head 14-10 and has won two of their three Premier League matches this year.
At 9:15 PM, Josh Rock meets Michael van Gerwen. Rock, last in the table with 8 points, has won his opening match in each of the last four weeks. Van Gerwen sits fourth with 16 points but struggled at the European Darts Grand Prix last weekend with match averages of 91.37, 88.61, and 82.57. Van Gerwen leads their head-to-head 10-4 and has beaten Rock twice in the Premier League this campaign. The night concludes at 9:45 PM with Luke Humphries versus Luke Littler. Littler is second with 24 points and has won three nights, while Humphries is fifth and yet to win a night, trailing Van Gerwen by three points for a play-off spot. In their Premier League meetings this year, Humphries has won once and Littler twice, with all three matches ending 6-5.
