Premier League Darts Night 1 LIVE: Schedule, results and format as Luke Littler begins title defence against Michael van Gerwen

The 2025 Premier League Darts begins this evening, and Luke Littler starts his title defence with a blockbuster.

‘The Nuke’ won the 2024 competition in his debut year, beating ‘Cool Hand’ Luke Humphries in the final to pocket the £275,000 prize money.

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Littler heads into the contest as a world champion following his dominant victory over Michael Van Gerwen at the Alexandra Palace finale last month.

The 17-year-old takes on Van Gerwen again on the opening night, as some of the best in the sport begin a 17-week extravaganza.

World No.1 Humphries, Stephen Bunting and Gerwyn Price are all also in action this evening.

Premier League Darts Night 1: How to follow

Night 1 of the 2025 BetMGM tournament will take place on Thursday, February 6.

Things are expected to get started at around 7:15pm tonight, with coverage scheduled to get underway from 7pm.

The opening matches are being held in Belfast before they move between venues around England, as well as Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff, and the Netherlands across the 17 weeks of play.

The playoffs will begin at The O2 in London on Thursday, May 29.

Sky Sports will once again be home of the Premier League in 2025, with their coverage set to be shown on Sky Sports Action.

talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with all the latest. 

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Premier League Darts Night 1: Format

Each night of the competition will stage an eight-player knockout tournament, with all seven games played over the best of 11 legs.

Players will receive five points per final win, three points per runner-up finish, and two per semi-final finish.

The top four in the table will contest two knockout semi-finals at the end of the first 15 weeks before a final will crown the overall winner.

The format on Premier League Finals Night is slightly different with a best of 19 legs in the semis, and the final being a best of 21 legs. 

The first thrower in the semi-finals is decided by standings in the Premier League. 

For the final, players will have a bull-off in the practice room to decide the first thrower. 

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Premier League Darts 2025: Prize money 

The total prize pot for the Premier League this year is £1million.

The four to reach Finals Night is guaranteed at least £85,000. 

That is the prize for the two losing semi-finalists while the winner and runner-up get more. 

Second place will receive £125,000 while the winner gets a whopping £275,000. 

For those who haven’t reached Finals Night, their prize money decreases per position with 5th place £75,000, 6th place £70,000, 7th place £65,000, and 8th place £60,000.

Each winner of the 16 nights of the Premier League will receive an additional £10,000 bonus.

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Premier League Darts 2025: What has been said?

Welshman Gerwyn Price has admitted he’s fallen back in love with darts again just in time to take part in the Premier League.

Speaking exclusively to talkSPORT.com, he said: “Like I said I had time off, not that I wanted to.

“I had a little bit of a break, I missed out on the Grand Slam not qualifying for that.

“It gave me a lot of time to reflect on what I was doing if I was playing darts, and there isn’t much to do.

“If I wasn’t in the Premier League, I’d be stuck in the house bored out of my skull.

“So it’s best to be out on the road again, and back doing it on the big stages in the Premier League.

“Being out of tournament gives you a lot more time at home and a lot more time to think.

“If I wasn’t in the Premier League this year and I was given three months to think, I’d have been a bit gutted about it.

“I’m looking forward to it now, and things change as time goes on.”

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Premier League Darts 2025: Dates

• Night 1 – The SSE Arena, Belfast – Thursday February 6
• Night 2 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow – Thursday February 13
• Night 3 – 3Arena, Dublin – Thursday February 20
• Night 4 – Westpoint Exeter – Thursday February 27
• Night 5 – The Brighton Centre – Thursday March 6
• Night 6 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham – Thursday March 13
• Night 7 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff – Thursday March 20
• Night 8 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle – Thursday March 27
• Night 9 – Uber Arena, Berlin – Thursday April 3
• Night 10 – AO Arena, Manchester – Thursday April 10
• Night 11 – Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam – Thursday April 17
• Night 12 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – Thursday April 24
• Night 13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, Thursday May 1
• Night 14 – First Direct Arena, Leeds – Thursday May 8
• Night 15 – P&J Live, Aberdeen – Thursday May 15
• Night 16 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield – Thursday May 22
• Play-Offs – The O2, London – Thursday May 29

Premier League Darts 2025: talkSPORT BET Odds

Outright winner:

Luke Littler – 5/4

Luke Humphries – 11/4

Michael van Gerwen – 11/2

Stephen Bunting – 12/1

Gerwyn Price – 14/1

Rob Cross – 20/1

Chris Dobey – 20/1

Nathan Aspinall – 33/1

*odds subject to change. 18+ gambleaware.org

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