World Darts Championship: Thursday predictions, odds, betting tips, accas, order of play & TV times

The first round of the tournament is over. Today is the penultimate day of second-round games at Alexandra Palace. Adrian Lewis, Mensur Suljovic and Stephen Bunting are in action.

The World Darts Championship starts on Thursday. Sky Sports will broadcast the first/second round live.

Jermaine Wattimena is the favourite to beat Michael Barnard in the third round of the World Darts Championship. Wattinena has won two Players Championship semi-finals this season. Barnad has lost all five of his ties with Mensur Suljovic and both ties against Andrew Gilding.

World Darts Championship starts on Thursday.

Steve Lennon beat James Bailey 3-0 in the first round. Alan Norris is seeded but he's not playing well. Chuck has only twice reached the last 16 in any ranking tournament in 2018. Steve Lennon and Chuck have a head-to-head record of 2-1. Sky Bet's match action targets are modest.

Luke Humphries is playing Stephen Bunting in the first round of the PDC World Championship. Bunts won the BDO world title in 2014 and reached the semi-finals of two major tournaments. He has a good record against Humphry, but he won their only meeting this year. The betting is on Bunning to win and hit the most 180s at 6/4 and the match to have over 14.5 legs, a high checkout of over 116.

Steve Beaton is aiming to win his 28th world championship. Chris Dobey has beaten Dave Chisnall and James Wade at the Players Championship Finals. The match is expected to go the distance. The winner will be announced on Thursday.

Sky Sports will broadcast the World Darts Championship on Thursday at 1900 GMT.

Rowby-John Rodriguez and Cristo Reyes are playing in the World Darts Championship on Thursday. They have a good head-to-head record, with Reyes winning the last four meetings. They are also playing against each other for the first time in a PDC title.

Mervyn King and Jan Dekker are playing each other in a PDC World Championship. King has never missed a World Championships since his debut in the BDO version in 1997. Deker won his seventh PCDC title this season after beating James Wade in Players Championship final.

Adrian Lewis and Ted Evetts are playing in the World Darts Championship on Thursday. Lewis is aiming for his third world title. Ted is competing at the Alexandra Palace for the second year. Evets beat Simon Stevenson 3-0. He is an emerging prospect. He should start with a 1.5 set start.

Mensur Suljovic and Ryan Searle are playing in the World Darts Championship on Thursday. Sulijovic won two titles this season. Searles won his first match. He beat Stephen Burton 3-0. He is the current holder of the PDC title.

Norris v Lennon to have over 14.5 legs, a checkout of over 116. 5 and more than 5 180s. Bunting v Humphries over over 15.

Norris v Lennon will have over 14.5 legs, a checkout of over 116. 5 and more than 5 180s. Bunting v Humphries will be over 13.

Lennon, Bunting, Beaton and Reyes are suggested accas for Thursday's World Darts Championship.

Benito van de Pas, John Henderson, Steve West and Kyle Anderson are playing in the World Darts Championship on Thursday.

Ian White, Jelle Klaasen, Gerwyn Price, Nathan Aspinall and Jonny Clayton are playing in the World Darts Championship on Thursday.