LUKE 'The Nuke' Littler will be feeling buoyed for Premier League Darts Night 3 in Ireland tonight after coming out on top in Scotland last week.

The defending champion survived a quarter-final scare against Rob Cross at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow , amazingly coming back from 5-1 down to win 6-5.

He then hammered Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals before edging out Night 1 winner Luke Humphries in a last-set decider to clinch his first trophy since being crowned world champion.

The 18-year-old Warrington superstar faces a fresh challenge at the 3Arena in Dublin, with Welsh ace Gerwyn Price being his first hurdle in the bid to achieve back-to-back maximum points.

They are due on stage for the second contest of the night at around 7.45pm.

Whoever wins that quarter-final, will go up against Luke Humphries or Stephen Bunting in the first semi-final.

Price squeezed past Littler 6-5 when the pair met in the quarter-finals of Player Championship 2 in Wigan last week.

Although Price has won the pair’s last four meetings - including wins at last month’s Bahrain Darts Masters and a clash on the PDC ProTour earlier in February - Littler heads to Dublin in confident mood.

“I know that I can pick up many more nightly titles,” insisted the world champion.

“Coming into last week I just wanted to win that first game and get some points on the board, and my confidence went through the roof after the comeback against Rob!

“It was important to build on the comeback and performance that I put in against Rob, and it was nice to not lose with a 110 average,” which was a reference to his defeat to Michael van Gerwen with a 113 average on Night 1 in Belfast.

The Thursday night rounds take place in the form of mini tournaments over 16 weeks in arenas across Europe in the race to win the £275,000 top prize at the O2 Arena in London at the end of May, with all the action being shown live on Sky Sports.

Here’s everything you need to know:

PDC Premier League Darts, competing players 2025:

(Name, nationality, Order of Merit on January 4, status)

Luke Humphries, English, 1st (2024 World Champion, 2025 Masters Champion)

Luke Littler, English, 2nd (2025 World Champion)

Michael van Gerwen, Dutch, 3rd (Three-time World Champion)

Rob Cross, English, 4th (2018 World Champion, 2025 Dutch Masters Champion)

Stephen Bunting, English, 5th (2024 Masters winner, 2025 Bahrain Masters Champion)

Gerwyn Price, Welsh, 9th (2021 World Champion)

Chris Dobey, English, 10th (2023 Masters winner)

Nathan Aspinall, English, 11th (2023 World Matchplay winner)

Schedule for PDC Premier League Darts Night 3, 3Arena, Dublin, live on Sky Sports, Thursday, February 20, 2025, best of 11 legs:

Quarter-finals:

Luke Humphries v Stephen Bunting - 7.15pm

Gerwyn Price v Luke Littler - 7.45pm

Rob Cross v Nathan Aspinall - 8.15pm

Michael van Gerwen v Chris Dobey - 8.45pm

Semi-finals:

Humphries/Bunting v Price/Littler - 9.15pm

Cross/Aspinall v Van Gerwen/Dobey - 9.45pm

Final:

Humphries/Bunting/Price/Littler v Cross/Aspinall/Van Gerwen/Dobey - 10.30pm

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2025 Premier League Darts league table after two nights:

(Image: PDC)Table code: NW=nights won, MW=matches won, L=matches lost, +/- = leg difference, LWAT=legs won against the throw

Results from Premier League Darts Night 2 AT OVO Hydro, Glasgow

Quarter-finals:

Luke Littler 6-5 Rob Cross

Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Stephen Bunting

Gerwyn Price 6-4 Nathan Aspinall

Luke Humphries 6-4 Chris Dobey

Semi-finals:

Luke Littler 6-2 Michael van Gerwen

Luke Humphries 6-4 Gerwyn Price

Final:

Luke Littler 6-5 Luke Humphries

Luke Littler with his Premier League Darts Night 2 trophy in Glasgow (Image: PA Wire)

Format for PDC Premier League Darts Nights 2025:

Each night will see quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final played over the best of 11 legs (first to six)

Players will face each other twice in quarter-final ties throughout the season, with the fixtures being balanced for players to be in opposite halves of the draw in an equal number of weeks

The fixtures for Night 8 and Night 16 will be based on the league table following Night 7 and Night 15 respectively

The top four players from the final league table will progress to the Play-Offs, which will feature the semi-finals over the best of 19 legs and the final over the best of 21 legs

The order of throw for all league night matches will be decided by a bull-off, which will be conducted beforehand in the practice room. For the Play-Offs, the semi-finals will see the higher-placed player from the final league table throw first, with a bull-off for the final.

League points per night in PDC Premier League Darts 2025:

Night Winner - 5 points + £10,000 bonus

Runner-Up - 3 points

Semi-Finalists - 2 points

Prize Fund in PDC Premier League Darts 2025:

Winner - £275,000

Runner-Up - £125,000

Semi-Finalists - £85,000 each

Fifth in League Table - £75,000

Sixth in League Table - £70,000

Seventh in League Table - £65,000

Eighth in League Table  - £60,000

Nightly Winner Bonus - £10,000 x16

Total - £1million

PDC Premier League Darts 2025 event dates:

Night 1 - The SSE Arena, Belfast, Thursday February 6 (Humphries defeated Dobey 6-1 in final)

Night 2 - OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Thursday February 13 (Littler defeated Humphries 6-5 in final)

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, 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

PDC Premier League Darts past winners Roll of Honour:

2005 - Phil Taylor defeated Colin Lloyd 16-4

2006 - Phil Taylor def Roland Scholten 16-6

2007 - Phil Taylor def Terry Jenkins 16-6

2008 - Phil Taylor def James Wade 16-8

2009 - James Wade def Mervyn King 13-8

2010 - Phil Taylor def James Wade 10-8

2011 - Gary Anderson def Adrian Lewis 10-4

2012 - Phil Taylor def Simon Whitlock 10-7

2013 - Michael van Gerwen def Phil Taylor 10-8

2014 - Raymond van Barneveld def Michael van Gerwen 10-6

2015 - Gary Anderson def Michael van Gerwen 11-7

2016 - Michael van Gerwen def Phil Taylor 11-3

2017 - Michael van Gerwen def Peter Wright 11-10

2018 - Michael van Gerwen def Michael Smith 11-4

2019 - Michael van Gerwen def Rob Cross 11-5

2020 - Glen Durrant def Nathan Aspinall 11-8

2021 - Jonny Clayton def Jose de Sousa 11-5

2022 - Michael van Gerwen def Joe Cullen 11-10

2023 - Michael van Gerwen def Gerwyn Price 11-5

2024 - Luke Littler def Luke Humphries 11-7

Nine-darters thrown in PDC Premier League Darts history:

2006 - Raymond van Barneveld v Peter Manley

2010 - Raymond van Barneveld v Terry Jenkins

2010 - Phil Taylor x2 v James Wade (Final)

2012 - Phil Taylor v Kevin Painter

2012 - Simon Whitlock v Andy Hamilton (Semi-Finals)

2016 - Adrian Lewis v James Wade

2017 - Adrian Lewis v Raymond van Barneveld

2020 - Michael Smith v Daryl Gurney

2020 - Peter Wright v Daryl Gurney

2021 - Jonny Clayton v Jose de Sousa

2021 - Jose de Sousa v Nathan Aspinall

2022 - Gerwyn Price v Michael van Gerwen

2022 - Gerwyn Price v James Wade

2024 - Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith

2024 - Luke Littler v Luke Humphries (Final)

Luke Littler celebrates his nine-darter in the 2024 Premier League Darts final against Luke Humphries (Image: PDC)

Luke Littler record of achievement in 2025 so far:

World Darts Championship winner at Alexandra Palace, London, defeating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final on January 3

Semi-finalist in Dutch Darts Masters at De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, on January 25

Winner of Premier League Darts Night 2 at OVO Hydro, Glasgow, defeating Luke Humphries 6-5 in the final on February 13

Reminder of what happened in PDC Premier League Darts 2024:

Luke Littler was crowned champion on debut after beating Luke Humphries 11-7 in the play-offs final at O2 Arena in London on May 23

Luke Littler won four of the weekly rounds – Night 9 in Belfast, Night 10 in Manchester, Night 13 in Liverpool, Night 14 in Aberdeen

Luke Littler topped the league table after 16 rounds