Chris Dobey picked up his first Premier League Darts nightly win of 2025 with a 6-2 victory over Stephen Bunting within the ultimate on Night time 11 in Rotterdam.
A fortnight in the past, Bunting secured his first factors of the whole marketing campaign en path to clinching an evening victory in Berlin, however couldn’t again it up within the ultimate after a night by which he beat Michael van Gerwen and Luke Littler.
The ultimate between Bunting and Dobey noticed eighth face seventh – the primary time such a conflict has occurred since week six of 2022 – with The Bullet failing to show up vs Hollywood when it mattered.
With a semi-final defeat to Bunting, Littler missed out on the possibility to select up a file fifth Premier League nightly win for 2025 – underneath the present format launched in 2022, the file for nightly wins in a single marketing campaign is 4.
The opening three quarter-finals of the evening produced three shock outcomes as Dobey beat Luke Humphries 6-3, Nathan Aspinall defeated Gerwyn Worth 6-3 and Bunting surprised residence favorite Van Gerwen 6-5.
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Dobey checked out an exquisite 126 end on the bullseye throughout his 6-3 victory over Luke Humphries
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Stephen Bunting edged previous Michael van Gerwen throughout their Premier League quarter-final conflict on Night time 11 in Rotterdam.
Littler then took on Rob Cross, and having survived a match dart, was pressured to take out a sensational 145 to assert a dramatic 6-5 win and progress to the semi-finals.
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Luke Littler and Rob Cross performed out a Premier League Darts thriller because the Nuke received 6-5 within the quarter-finals in Rotterdam
Dobey cruised previous Aspinall 6-2 into the ultimate searching for his first nightly win of the marketing campaign, earlier than Bunting secured an exquisite 6-5 victory over Littler in an epic semi-final – Littler a whisker away from trying out 138 with a match dart which hit the wire of double 9.
The ultimate proved completely one-sided, nevertheless, as Dobey streaked to 5-1 forward, clinching the evening the subsequent time he had the darts.
Dobey: I knew I might do it – I am again in play-off combine
Rotterdam winner Chris Dobey advised Sky Sports activities:
“It feels great to be back in the winning circle. I knew I could do it, it’s just about performing on the night. I am a fighter, kept believing and I am here to win.
“Three nice performances and I’m again within the play-off combine.
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Following a scientific show towards Bunting within the ultimate on Night time 11 in Rotterdam, Dobey says he is placing himself again amongst the elite gamers in darts
“I learnt from playing local stuff. My dad never let me win. That stubborn mindset, I have to take my hat off to that!
“I consider I can nonetheless get into the highest 4 if I can hold this efficiency up. I believe I’ve an excellent probability.”
Where does the Premier League head next?
Night 12 of Premier League Darts comes your way from Liverpool on Thursday April 24, live on Sky Sports+ and Sky Sports Main Event from 7pm, with quarter-finals as Michael van Gerwen and Luke Littler renew their rivalry, Gerwyn Price plays Chris Dobey, while Luke Humphries and Nathan Aspinall go head-to-head in the evening’s curtain-raiser.
Quarter-final line-up for Night 12
- Luke Humphries vs Nathan Aspinall
- Michael van Gerwen vs Luke Littler
- Rob Cross vs Stephen Bunting
- Gerwyn Price vs Chris Dobey
Semi-finals
- Humphries/Aspinall vs Van Gerwen/Littler
- Cross/Bunting vs Price/Dobey
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