Lisa Ashton vs. Matthew Dennant: Matthew’s Fight Against Lisa’s Commendable Experience

Amongst all the compelling games the Online Live League has to offer, one will be on 22 February 2022, and Lisa Ashton and Matthew Dennant will be in competition for this game.

One of the great BDO and PDC players Lisa Ashton, is the four-time winner of the BDO World Championship and was the first woman to win a PDC Tour Card in 2020 and a match in the 2021 UK Open, by Aaron Beeney 6-2. Lisa is an excellent player of her time and till date, she hasn’t put forward a weak game. The most recent 2 games she won as a part of the PDC Players Championship were against Peter Jacques 6-2 and Ted Evetts 6-3. However, in the matches of the Grand Slam of Darts, Lisa has lost 3 straight games by Michael van Gerwen 5-0, John Henderson 5-2, and Joe Cullen 5-2. The overview of the last 5 games she participated in shows no victories. The player doesn’t seem to be at her finest but underestimating her wouldn’t be very wise as she’ll be aiming for success to break the chain of defeat finally.

Matthew Dennant has been an active player through this season of the Online Live League. However, his performance hasn’t been very consistent. Soon after a victory over Keelan Kay 4-1, the last 3 games Matthew competed in ended in defeat against Rob Collins 4-2, Shaun Griffiths 4-3, and Kevin Burness 4-3. A few matches back, Matthew whitewashed Connor Scutt 4-0. His performance highlights his potential but to win the coming game; he’ll have to be quite vigilant as with the experience of Lisa Ashton, Matthew will be facing strong opposition in the forthcoming match. 

The players have not had any head-to-head in the past and will be keen to secure the first win in order to gain the upper hand. Since the coming tournament will be the first time Matthew and Lisa will be facing each other, it can put forward a very unexpected outcome. However, Matthew has the odds-on him and will take advantage of his chance to start the head-to-head in dominance.