Ryan Meikle vs Martin Schindler Prediction: A tough contest for the two players

Ryan Meikle and Martin Schindler will battle it out in the Darts Players Championship at Butlin’s Minehead Resort. The two players won their last game. How will they approach this encounter?

Ryan Meikle pulled off a 5-6 hard-fought victory over Gary Anderson in his last game in this competition and will look to keep things running. However, prior encounters to that win saw Ryan Meikle lose to Danny Noppert and Michael Smith, games that ended 6-4 and 1-6. Yet, Ryan Meikle has had four wins in his last six matches, defeating Dave Chisnall, Michael Mansell, and Neils Zonneveld in that run. 

Martin Schindler won his last encounter in this Players Championship, defeating Brendan Dolan 2-6. However, the German has lost three of his last five matches, coming against Wessel Nijman, Cameron Menzies and Danny Noppert. While he picked up a win over Beau Greaves in that run, Martin Schindler will be confident of showing character in this fixture. As favourite, Martin Schindler is expected to be at his best and approach this game with the best strategy as he hopes to make it to the next round. 

I will gladly back Martin Schindler in this game, looking at his encounters against tough opponents. However, while Ryan Meikle is not performing poorly, Martin Schindler is still ahead of him, and their past meetings also resulted in a win for the German player. This should be a high total legs game, but a handicap win for Martin Schindler is the best option.