After a dramatic start to this years Premier League, Wayne Mardle makes his predictions for night two in Newcastle.Defending champion Gary Anderson will make his first appearance in the competition after recovering from a virus as he faces Michael van Gerwen.World No 1 Van Gerwen will be searching for his first win of the campaign, as will Phil Taylor, who faces James Wade in a battle of former winners. All the action is live on Sky Sports on Thursday night. Raymond van Barneveld v Peter Wright Raymond van Barneveld will be hoping to build on his win over Phil Taylor They both played especially well on the first night, especially Barney who had Phil Taylor to beat. We spoke to Raymond after the match last week, me and Dave Clark, and he actually admitted there is something about the World Championship and Premier League which switches him on. Out of the 10 previous years, he has qualified for the play-offs eight times. Van Barneveld dominated his match against Taylor These two have played each other in the Premier League three times and there have been two draws and a 7-5 win to Barney. I think this will be close, probably down to the last leg, and Barney will nick it. Sky Bet Price Boost MVG, Lewis and Wright all to win, was 7/1, NOW 9/1 Adrian Lewis v Dave Chisnall Adrian Lewis has rediscovered his best form in recent months Im in turmoil over this match. Lewis to me is starting to look like he is playing his best darts since 2011. Ive been saying this for the last three or four years and Im glad Im being proven right now. He cannot keep relying on just his talent alone. There is a saying that hard work beats talent, if talent does not work hard. That is Adrian Lewis in a nutshell. Adrian Lewis had to settle for a 120 after his third dart got caught Dave Chisnall has got a lot of talent, but he works hard at his game. He tries hard to get everything right. Lewis for me, is someone I back with no confidence, but if I back against him, he will lose me money.Im going to go for a draw on this one. I cannot call it. They both can play at such a great standard.Gary Anderson v Michael van Gerwen Gary Anderson begins his campaign against Michael van Gerwen Gary is lucky to be back in just a week after a virus. He could have been out for much longer. Ive always had theories about joining the party late. I think it takes an hour or so to get involved. You walk in when everyone is all settled and you do feel like an outsider. For Gary its week one.Michael, after his performance against James Wade, will definitely be thinking I need two points on the table here. Im not saying he will be trying harder to win, because that is what he will do anyway, but Gary Anderson cannot be 100 per cent. He will have hardly practiced. 2013 champion Michael Van Gerwen lost his first match of the season Ive got to go for Van Gerwen here to win, purely because Gary has been out for a couple of weeks and Michael will be absolutely match fit. John Parts Picks Back the selections of Sky Sports pundit John Part with Sky Bet James Wade v Phil Taylor Phil Taylor beat Van Gerwen in the final of the UK Open qualifier three at the weekend Phil Taylor is turning into a normal human being, where he doesnt play well every week. I think weve now got to accept the fact that hes going to have these games, these tournaments where he obliterates the field and other nights he looks like everyone else. Last week, against Barney he just looked like a normal darts player. This week he could go up and average 110. Phil Taylor is turning into a normal human being, where he doesnt play well every week. Wayne Mardle During the weekend he played well and that can only help his confidence. Its not on the big stage where he wants to do it more, but these are little stepping stones.I think he will beat James Wade. James looked really good last week, but Michael van Gerwen missed a dart to go 4-0 up, missed a dart to go 4-1 up, missed another dart to go 5-3 up. The result could easily have been different. I just feel that James Wade will play roughly to the same standard, but I think Phil Taylor plays better than he did last week, purely because hes had a confidence boosting weekend, and will win this one.Watch night two of the Premier League this Thursday night, starting at 7pm on Sky Sports 1. Or watch for £6.99 without a contract, on NOW TVAlso See:Sky Live: PL night twoWATCH: Taylors PL perfectionAnderson back in NewcastleFixtures/ResultsNike Zoom Fly Dam . The Celtics closed out their first preseason under Stevens on Wednesday night with a 101-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who rested a lot of their lineup including former Celtics Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. 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Billiga Vapormax Plus . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12.WASHINGTON -- Arizona Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale wasnt sure what to expect from Matt Koch in his first major league start. He just knew it wouldnt be a long outing.Koch knew it, too, and he made the most of his limited time on the mound, allowing one hit and two runs in five-plus innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks lost 4-2 to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.The 25-year-old no-hit the NL East champions through five innings before Jose Lobaton singled to lead off the sixth. Walking pinch-hitter Wilmer Difo spelled the end of Kochs night at 69 pitches with a blister issue cropping up along the way.Hale said the pitch count and not the blister was the reason he took Koch out of the game after an impressive showing.We wanted to see him pitch up here and get a chance to start, Hale said. He showed us he can do it. ... We were real close on the 70-75 pitches we wanted to get him, so we were really happy with what he did. Its too bad. He had a win in his pocket there and it went away quick.Anthony Rendon hit a three-run home run off Randall Delgado (4-2) to provide the winning margin for the Nationals, who cut their magic number for home-field advantage against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Division series to five. Diamondbacks second baseman Jean Segura hit a leadoff home run off Max Scherzer (19-7) and Welington Castillo had an RBI double in the third, but the Cy Young Award candidate settled in to strike out 10 in six innings.Hale acknowledged being surprised by Kochs performance, even if the right-hander didnt impress himself.Just trying to get quick outs, Koch said. I knew I was at my pitch limit, so I was just trying to make the most of the pitches I had and trying to get quick groundball outs.It worked for most of the game, and the Louisville product started thinking about a potential no-hittter after getting through four.ddddddddddddy mindset was just stay focused and keep the ball down, he said.Koch succeeded in doing that even if Delgado made a mistake that cost the Diamondbacks a victory. With the organization looking ahead to next season and beyond, Koch did well in a spot start in place of Zack Greinke after five career relief appearances.This was a guy who has already shown in the relief appearance that we gave him that hes not afraid and he goes right at guys, Hale said. He was very, very, very good.SCHERZER DOMINATESScherzer mixed his slider, curveball and changeup in with his overpowering fastball to wrest control of the game back. At one point he struck out six consecutive hitters.What allowed him to settle in is that he changed his game plan because you could tell their game plan on him was to sit hard and early in the count, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. That was just a veteran making the adjustment at the right time.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: Hale said RHP Rubby De La Rosa successfully had stem cell injections in his elbow. De La Rosa is trying the stem cell procedure in an attempt to avoid a second Tommy John surgery.Nationals: C Wilson Ramos is out for the rest of the season and playoffs after an MRI revealed a torn ACL in his right knee. ... LHP Sammy Solis threw a perfect seventh inning in his first appearance since Aug. 15 after a stint on the DL with shoulder inflammation. ... OF Bryce Harper missed another game with a left thumb injury. ... 2B Daniel Murphy remained out with a strained glute.UP NEXTLHP Gio Gonzalez (11-10, 4.51 ERA) starts the third of the four-game series for the Nationals against Diamondbacks RHP Shelby Miller (2-12, 6.47). ' ' '