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Premier League Darts: Chris Dobey vs Rob Cross Preview: Odds, Tips and Prediction

Date: Thursday 15th May 2025 Start time: 8:15 pm GMT Venue: P&J Live, Aberdeen Last meeting: March 13, 2025, Premier League Night 6, Rob Cross 6-2 Chris Dobey On Night 15, Chris Dobey and Rob Cross play darts in the third quarter-final matchup to try and formulate a playoff push.

Henry Cheal
Henry Cheal

Last Updated: 2025-05-12

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Rob Cross during his match against Michael van Gerwen

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On Night 15, Chris Dobey and Rob Cross play darts in the third quarter-final matchup to try and formulate a playoff push. Both players are situated in sixth and seventh place in the league, but it looks unlikely that either player will be able to reach the final four. Can Cross finally make it to his first final, or will Dobey produce a second Nightly win after his success in Week 11? 

SportsBoom is at the forefront of the action, providing informative previews of both players ahead of this Premier League matchup. We discover in depth about both players and their form, before sharing our value bets and offering our prediction.  

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Pre-Game Odds and Win Probability

  1. Chris Dobey: 1/1 (2.00) – 50.0%

  2. Rob Cross: 10/11 (1.91) – 52.4%

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Head-to-Head Record 

Despite the Premier League format leading to repeated matches, both Rob Cross and Chris Dobey have faced off only twice in this year’s campaign. Dobey won in Week 1, while Cross sought revenge in Week 6.

After that, the last three games took place at the World Championship and in two floor tournaments, and on each occasion, it’s a very close game, signalling that both players motivate each other to bring out their best game. 

Last Three Matches

TournamentStageScore line
2025 Premier League Darts Night 6Quarter-finalsRob Cross 6-2 Chris Dobey
2025 Premier League Darts Night 1Semi-finalsChris Dobey 6-4 Rob Cross
2024 World Darts Championship Quarter-finalsRob Cross 5-4 Chris Dobey
2023 Players Championship 26Last 16Chris Dobey 6-4 Rob Cross
2023 Players Championship 12 Quarter-finalsRob Cross 6-4 Chris Dobey 
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Player Career Timeline

Chris Dobey

  •  Current Ranking: 9
  •  Premier League best result: 7th (2023)

 Chris Dobey’s run in this year’s competition is unorthodox, to say the least. He has claimed 12 points and eight of those points were due to reaching two finals. Aside from two other wins, he has lost at the first hurdle on nine occasions.

On the back of a life-changing run to the semi-finals at the World Championship, it would be expected that Dobey would kick on and find another gear in his game, but he has yet to hit the ground running in this year’s exhibition tour. 

2025 Premier League results

  • Night 1 (Belfast) – Runners-Up
  • Night 2 (Glasgow) – Quarterfinalist
  • Night 3 (Dublin) – Quarterfinalist
  • Night 4 (Exeter) – Quarterfinalist
  • Night 5 (Brighton) – Quarterfinalist
  • Night 6 (Nottingham) – Quarterfinalist
  • Night 7 (Cardiff) – Semi-finalist
  • Night 8 (Newcastle) – Quarterfinalist
  • Night 9 (Berlin) – Semi-finalist
  • Night 10 (Manchester) – Quarterfinalist
  • Night 11 (Rotterdam) – Winner
  • Night 12 (Liverpool) – Quarterfinalist
  • Night 13 (Birmingham) – Quarterfinalist

Last 5 TV Tournament runs

  • 2025 UK Open – 5th Round
  • 2025 Winmau World Masters – 1st Round
  • 2025 World Darts Championship – Semi-Final
  • 2024 Players Championship Finals – 1st Round
  • 2024 Grand Slam of Darts – Did Not Qualify

Last 5 Non-TV Tournament runs

  • 2025 Players Championship 14 – Last 16
  • 2025 Players Championship 13 – Last 64
  • 2025 Players Championship 12 – Last 128
  • 2025 Players Championship 11 – Last 16
  • 2025 International Darts Open – Last 32

Rob Cross 

  • Current Ranking: 4
  • Premier League best result: Runners-up (2019)

Rob Cross is one of only two players not to pick up a Nightly win to his name, second only to Michael van Gerwen. That said, Cross is the only player to have not reached a final yet, either, meaning he’s not quite up to speed this season.

He has played an exceptional standard of darts at times, and lost, which summarises his campaign. The former world champion will unlikely feature at the O2, but the slim chance that presents itself means he must find an extra gear in his game to solidify that top four position. 

2025 Premier League results

  • Night 1 (Belfast) – Semi-Final
  • Night 2 (Glasgow) – Quarter-Final
  • Night 3 (Dublin) – Quarter-Final
  • Night 4 (Exeter) – Semi-Final
  • Night 5 (Brighton) – Semi-Final
  • Night 6 (Nottingham) Semi-Final
  • Night 7 (Cardiff) – Semi-Final
  • Night 8 (Newcastle) –Semi-Final 
  • Night 9 (Berlin) – Quarter-Final
  • Night 10 (Manchester) – Quarter-Final
  • Night 11 (Rotterdam) – Quarter-Final
  • Night 12 (Liverpool) – Semi-Final
  • Night 13 (Birmingham) – Quarter-Final

Last 5 TV Tournament Runs

  • 2025 UK Open – 6th Round
  • 2025 Winmau World Masters – 1st Round
  • 2025 World Darts Championship – 2nd Round
  • 2024 Players Championship Finals – 1st Round
  • 2024 Grand Slam of Darts – Quarterfinalist

Last 5 Non-TV Tournament Runs

  • 2025 International Darts Open – Last 32
  • 2025 Players Championship 10 – Last 64
  • 2025 Players Championship 9 - Last 64
  • 2025 European Darts Trophy – Last 16
  • 2025 Players Championship 6 – Last 16

Value Bets

  1. Rob Cross – Highest Checkout: Rob Cross has earned the highest checkout of the night on three separate instances this season, completing this feat in Week 5, 7 and 9, showcasing that on his day, he is one of the best at board management and producing firework checkouts. 

  2. Chris Dobey – Highest 180s: In contrast, Cross has the worst 180 count of the tournament thus far, leading us to predict that Chris Dobey will score the highest number. 

  3. Total 180s: Over 4.5: The format makes it hard to predict the exact number, but we predict over 4.5 180s because both players and their fast-flowing throws allow for extra momentum in matches. 

Prediction: Rob Cross to win 

This matchup will be important to determine their final position in the division, so we conclude this article by predicting that Rob Cross will prevail. Though both players shared a win earlier this campaign, since winning on Night 11, Dobey’s form isn’t quite on the same level as Cross’s heading into Aberdeen. 

Henry Cheal
Henry ChealSports Writer

Henry Cheal is a versatile freelance sports journalist with extensive experience in the industry. Henry has previously worked at the 2024 World Snooker Championship and earned a Multimedia Sports Journalism degree from UCFB in 2023.