Luke Humphries has accused Peter Wright of “mind games” after a war of words broke out at Alexandra Palace ahead of a mouth-watering last-16 clash between the two world champions.

Wright vowed to beat Luke Humphries and Luke Littler at this year’s World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace

Your mind games won’t work on me! And the world No.1 claims trash-talking Snakebite will have “egg on his face” if he is

Luke Littler is preparing to resume his World Darts Championship campaign against Ian White, who will attempt to cause a major upset on Saturday. The Nuke is the favourite to win the tournament but will need to be on top of his game to avoid being dumped out, with plenty of established names having already been sent packing.

Luke Humphries has brushed off Peter Wright’s ‘mind games’ ahead of their Paddy Power World Darts Championship showdown, claiming his rival will end up looking ‘silly’ if he loses the match. A straight-sets victory over Nick Kenny saw Humphries cruise into the fourth round,

World number one Luke Humphries continued his bid for back-to-back World Championship titles after easing through to the last 16.While there was high drama in Alexandra Palace on the first day back after the Christmas break,

Peter Wright, who faces Luke Humphries at the World Championship, once left fellow former world champion Michael Smith raging with a backstage comment.

Luke Humphries has played down suggestions that he's been licking his lips while watching seeded players continue to crash out of the World Darts Championship at the first hurdle. In the second round at Alexandra Palace - the opening match for the 32 seeds - 14 crashed out to unseeded opponents.