Michael Smith vs Michael van Gerwen Prediction: An exciting night 1 ahead

The Professional Darts Corporation is in charge of organizing the Cazoo Premier League Darts in 2023. This will be the nineteenth iteration of the competition. The competition will get underway at the SSE Arena in Belfast on Thursday, February 2, 2023, and will conclude with the play-offs at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Following Michael van Gerwen's 11–10 victory over Joe Cullen in the 2022 championship match, van Gerwen is the reigning champion.

Micahel Smith did well in The Masters competition, getting all the way to the semi-finals before losing to Chris Dobey. This came on the heels of a tremendous performance that led to Micahel Smith winning the PDC World Championship. The player who is currently ranked No. 1 in darts has struggled to maintain his form ever since he won the PDC World Championship. He also fell to Peter Wright in the semi-finals of the Nordic Darts Masters. On the other hand, given that he wants to move on to the next round of competition, we anticipate a different level of motivation from him in this match.

Michael van Gerwen will be looking to bounce back from his defeat to Rob Cross in the quarterfinals of The Masters by winning this match and advancing to the semifinals. In the matches leading up to this competition, van Gerwen had a record of two wins and three losses. However, he is still at a slight advantage in this game, and a fantastic answer is certainly required from him in order for him to win this match. Since he is the current winner of this competition, we expect him to do well in this match and try to keep his title.

This contest will be decided in the nick of time. Both players have a strong chance of coming out on top in this encounter. However, based on what we know about the two players and what we've analyzed, we believe that this match will last centuries.