Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Ross Smith Prediction: A long match with over being the best option

European Tour 2 match between Dirk van Duijvenbode and Ross Smith will take place in Ostermann Arena, Leverkusen. Both of these players come into this encounter having won their most recent match before this one. In spite of this, the bookies continue to have their money on Dirk van Duijvenbode, while Ross Smith is facing increasingly long odds of winning.

Dirk van Duijvenbode will seek to continue his dominant performance from his previous match against Ted Evetts, in which he defeated the 25-year-old Englishman with a score of 6-3. However, prior to that success, Dirk van Duijvenbode had lost two consecutive matches in the Players Championships against Michael van Gerwen and Damian Mol. Despite this, Dirk van Duijvenbode, who is once again the favorite in this match, will attempt to retain his perfect victory record over Ross Smith intact in the event that they face each other.

If Ross Smith wants to advance to the next round of this competition, he will need to finally beat Dirk van Duijvenbode. This match will be an important opportunity for him to do so. The Englishman won his most recent match, which took place against Joe Cullen, by a score of 4-6, which enabled him to secure a berth for himself in this round 1/8 of the European Tour 2. It is noteworthy that Smith has won six of his past seven matches, with the sole loss coming against Ricardo Pietreczko.

The results of matches between these two darts players are typically very tight, and we do not anticipate that this encounter will be any different in that regard. Although we are going to go with the bookies and predict that the Dutchman will come out on top, we think that betting on over 9.5 with odds of 1.83 on 1xBet is also a solid idea.