Michael van Gerwen vs Brendan Dolan Prediction: In form Gerwen to ease past Dolan

In the first round of the sixteenth event of the Darts World Matchplay, which will take place at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, Michael van Gerwen will face off against Brendan Dolan. While Michael van Gerwen is coming into this match in excellent form, the bookies have made him the favorite, and Brendan Dolan, who is from Northern Ireland, will enter into this match as the underdog. 

Michael van Gerwen will start out as the favorite in this match, and the Dutchman will be looking to extend his winning streak to a fifth consecutive victory. Michael van Gerwen has been undefeated in his most recent matches, with victories over Adam Gawlas, Luke Humpries, Michael Smith, and Dimitri Van den Bergh, among others. In fact, Michael van Gerwen had only recently been crowned champion of the Poland Masters competition, which took place in the Arena COS Torwar in Warsaw. Michael van Gerwen is expected to come into this match at a great level, demonstrate character once again, and retain his cool.

The odds are stacked against Brendan Dolan, who will be competing as the underdog in this match. The darts player from Northern Ireland will be looking for a far improved showing than the one he turned in against Ted Evetts in their most recent meeting. In that match, Ted Evetts defeated Brendan Dolan in the Players Championship 16 match that took place at the Morningside Arena. The match consisted of 11 legs, and Brendan Dolan was defeated with a score of 3-6. However, a general analysis of the Northern Irish player reveals that despite suffering two losses in his most recent five encounters, he still performed well to pick up wins in three of those contests. Brendan Dolan was victorious over Josh Rock, Radek Szaganski, and James Hurrell in the previous three matches; however, he was defeated by Luke Humpries in a contest that had a score of 7-2.

A strong player like Michael van Gerwen, who is hungry and desperate to win matches and trophies, should find matches like this one to be rather simple and straightforward to win. The Northern Irish player Brendan Dolan is on a level that is just far lower than that of Michael van Gerwen at the moment, despite the fact that we are not attempting to diminish Brendan Dolan in any way here. When we consider the outcomes of Brendan Dolan's previous matches against top competitors, we conclude that we should not expect him to put up much of a fight here.