Unibet Premier League Darts - Night Four, Exeter - Wade ends van Gerwen's perfect run

World champion Michael van Gerwen fell to his first Premier League defeat of the season in Exeter at the hands of James Wade.

Photo from BBC Sport

Going into week four, van Gerwen had three wins from three, but lost 7-3 to Wade, having lead 3-2 early on.

Former world champion Rob Cross was on the receiving end of a thrashing by the Green Machine, but this week returned to winning ways with a 7-1 win over Daryl Gurney.

Mensur Suljovic got his first victory, despite a mini resurgence from Peter Wright, the Austrian won 7-4.
Winless Raymond van Barneveld was beaten 7-4 by World Championship runner-up Smith who won despite showing signs of discomfort, having had groin surgery three days ago to remove an abcess.
In-form Welshman Gerwyn Price missed double 12 for a nine-dart finish in his 6-6 draw with Luke Humphries.
World Championship quarter-finalist Humphries, this week's Contender, impressed on his Premier League debut and twice narrowly missed big checkouts to seal victory, he would have become the first of Gary Anderson's replacements to win.

Points won by the Contenders will not count towards the league table, but their opponents will retain theirs if they earn any from the match.
The player who finishes ninth in the table after Judgement Night in Rotterdam on 28 March will be eliminated.
The remaining eight throwers will then battle it out for a place in the top four to make it to the play-offs at The O2 Arena, London on 23 May.

FIXTURES & RESULTS
Night One Results 
7 February, Newcastle
James Wade 7-4 Raymond van Barneveld
Gerwyn Price 7-4 Daryl Gurney
Chris Dobey 6-6 Mensur Suljovic
Michael van Gerwen 7-5 Michael Smith
Peter Wright 6-6 Rob Cross

Night Two Results
14 February, Glasgow
Peter Wright 6-6 Michael Smith
Rob Cross 7-4 James Wade
Raymond van Barneveld 6-6 Gerwyn Price
Daryl Gurney 7-3 Glen Durrant
Mensur Suljovic 3-7 Michael van Gerwen

Night Three Results
21 February, Dublin
Gerwyn Price 6-6 James Wade
Steve Lennon 5-7 Peter Wright
Michael van Gerwen 7-2 Rob Cross
Michael Smith 5-7 Daryl Gurney
Mensur Suljovic 6-6 Raymond van Barneveld

Night Four Results
28 February, Exeter
Luke Humphries 6-6 Gerwyn Price
Daryl Gurney 1-7 Rob Cross
Mensur Suljovic 7-4 Peter Wright
Michael van Gerwen 3-7 James Wade
Michael Smith 7-4 Raymond van Barneveld

Night Five Fixtures
7 March, Aberdeen
Michael Smith v Rob Cross
Daryl Gurney v James Wade
Mensur Suljovic v Gerwyn Price
Peter Wright v Raymond van Barneveld
Michael van Gerwen v John Henderson

Night Six Fixtures 
14 March, Nottingham
Nathan Aspinall v Michael Smith
James Wade v Mensur Suljovic
Rob Cross v Raymond van Barneveld
Gerwyn Price v Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright v Daryl Gurney

Night Seven Fixtures
21 March, Berlin
Gerwyn Price v Rob Cross
James Wade v Peter Wright
Michael van Gerwen v Daryl Gurney
Michael Smith v Mensur Suljovic
Max Hopp v Raymond van Barneveld

Night Eight Fixtures
27 March, Rotterdam
Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith
James Wade v Dimitri van den Bergh
Rob Cross v Mensur Suljovic
Peter Wright v Michael van Gerwen
Raymond van Barneveld v Daryl Gurney

Night Nine Fixtures 
28 March, Rotterdam (Judgement Night)
Daryl Gurney v Mensur Suljovic
Peter Wright v Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Raymond van Barneveld v Michael van Gerwen
James Wade v Michael Smith

Night 10 Fixtures
4 April, Belfast
TBC

Night 11 Fixtures
11 April, Liverpool
TBC

Night 12 Fixtures
18 April, Cardiff
TBC

Night 13 Fixtures
25 April, Birmingham
TBC

Night 14 Fixtures
2 May, Manchester
TBC

Night 15 Fixtures
9 May, Sheffield
TBC

Night 16 Fixtures
16 May, Leeds
TBC

Night 17 Fixtures
23 May, London
Semi-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
Two matches TBC

Finals (Best of 21 legs)
One match TBC

Current Standings

#	Competitor	P	W	D	L	LD	Pts
1	Michael van Gerwen (NED)	4	3	0	1	+7	6
2	James Wade (ENG)	4	2	1	1	+4	5
3	Rob Cross (ENG)	4	2	1	1	+4	5
4	Gerwyn Price (WAL)	4	1	3	0	+3	5
5	Mensur Suljovic (AUT)	4	1	2	1	-1	4
6	Peter Wright (SCO)	4	1	2	1	-1	4
7	Daryl Gurney (NIR)	4	2	0	2	-3	4
8	Michael Smith (ENG)	4	1	1	2	-1	3
9	Raymond van Barneveld (NED)	4	0	2	2	-6	2

Tie-breakers:
1) Points
2) Leg difference
3) Legs won against throw

4) Tournament average 

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