Nathan Aspinall Odds

As an emerging player on the PDC Tour, Nathan Aspinall is a man to watch in the next few years. Having won the UK Open in dramatic fashion in 2019, the darter known as The Asp has added his name to the list of live contenders for all tournaments moving forward and the future is bright for the man from Stockport.

Aspinall made that UK Open breakthrough at the age of 27 and he’s therefore entering his prime as a darts player. What can he achieve in 2020 and beyond? Read on to find out what we think of this promising thrower.

Career

The Nathan Aspinall darts journey began as a product of the PDC Development School and while he has briefly been involved with BDO Tournaments, he’s largely been tied to the Professional Darts Corporation for the whole of his career.

After a long battle through those PDC qualifiers, The Asp reached his first major event in 2015 when he qualified for the UK Open of that year. Defeat came in the fourth round at the hands of James Wade but wins over Chris Dobey and James Richardson suggested that Aspinall had some potential.

A year later, Nathan Aspinall reached the first quarter final of his career when he made it to the last eight of a Players Championship. Progression was steady at this stage even though we may not have suspected that we had a major talent amongst dart players on our hands.

2017 produced similar results until the first Nathan Aspinall darts breakthrough arrived in September 2018. It was here that he claimed the 18th Players Championship of that year by beating Ryan Searle 6-4 in the final. Although the Players Championship events are important, they do provide some upsets at times but this was still a notable achievement.

Aspinall reached the last 32 of the Players Championship Finals of that year but, as we’ll see when we move to his record summary, his best achievements to date have come in 2019.

It all started with a semi final appearance in the PDC World Championship of that year. The big win came with victory over Gerwyn Price in the second round but Aspinall maintained his level of quality as he moved through to the last four.

Nathan Aspinall was chosen as one of nine temporary replacements for Gary Anderson in the 2019 Premier League but the big breakthrough win came in the UK Open in March. As darts fans will know, this is a long tournament and a test of stamina as much as anything else but The Asp overcame it. Once again, Gerwyn Price was a victim as Aspinall beat the Iceman in the semis before a comprehensive, 11-5 win followed over Rob Cross in the final. it all finished with a 170 checkout in the last leg and suddenly, the PDC division had a new star on their hands.

2019 was productive in the sense that Nathan Aspinall also returned his best results in the World Matchplay, the World Grand Prix and the European Championship. Now he needs to keep improving in 2020 and beyond.

Record

Here is a summary of Nathan Aspinall’s darts performances since he first turned professional.

Those stats underline the potential of this thrower and it’s been a steady rise for the man from Stockport since he first qualified for a PDC event back in 2015. 2018 saw a minor breakthrough before that stunning UK Open victory came along a year later.

The challenge for Nathan Aspinall moving forward is to turn those results into more consistent performances and to go deep into those PDC tournaments every time he takes to the oche.

Odds

Despite reaching the semi final of the PDC World Championships in 2019, the bookmakers don’t expect Nathan Aspinall to beat other darts players and claim his first world title in 2020. With a month to go until the first dart is thrown in anger, Aspinall was available at best odds of 33/1 with BetFred and SportingBet to win the trophy on New Year’s Day and that figure made him the ninth favourite in the outright betting. That’s a typical set of circumstances for the man from Stockport and until he starts challenging on a regular basis, he’ll remain among the mid-priced darts players for the next year or so.

The immediate aim for The Asp must be to qualify for the prestigious Premier League. He may consider himself unlucky not to have been called up in 2019 as a permanent replacement for the injured Gary Anderson but once again, consistency is the key here. Once he’s in that elite group of eight, the bookmakers will take notice and Nathan Aspinall darts odds will start to shorten.

The current figures also mean that we’re less likely to see enhanced odds or price boost offers relating to Nathan Aspinall. At best, we could potentially see one or two bookies offer small price lifts of less than a point for tournaments across the next few months.

Undoubtedly, Nathan Aspinall shows some serious potential and the onus is on The Asp to go deep into PDC tournaments on a more regular basis. Until then, he’ll be out at prices between 28/1 and 33/1 but, as we’ve already seen from this promising darter, there is the potential for a good return when he does get over the line.