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by Devesh Jaganath | in PDC - Premier League Darts Predictions
The second match on the opening night of the 2025 PDC Premier League Darts season will see Stephen Bunting taking on Rob Cross at the SSE Arena in Belfast on Thursday. The Bullet is ranked fifth in the Order of Merit while Voltage is one spot above him in fourth. Let’s dive into the match prediction!
Stephen Bunting comes into the Premier League this year after an impressive run to the final four in the World Championship at the Ally Pally at the start of 2025.
Bunting is enjoying an excellent run of form in the PDC, with 13 wins in his last 16 games, with two of those three defeats coming in the semi-final and final of competitions.
The Bullet has quickly risen to become a crowd favourite wherever he goes as we saw during his title charge in Bahrain, and he will undoubtedly have plenty of fans in attendance this week.
Meanwhile, Rob Cross enters this match as the underdog despite beating Bunting in a thrilling 8-5 contest in the final of the Dutch Darts Masters last month.
However, Voltage was unable to follow up on his first major title of the year, bowing out in his first match of the PDC World Masters to 49th-ranked William O'Connor on January 30.
Cross has a tendency to be a streaky type of player, and he will know that making a solid start to this tournament will be crucial ahead of facing Luke Littler and MVG in the next two games.
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Stephen Bunting - Rob Cross Key Points
- Six of Bunting’s last nine games have gone to nine or more legs.
- Bunting has won at least three legs in each of his last 11 matches.
- Five of Cross’ last six games have gone to nine or more legs.
- Cross has won at least three legs in five of his last six matches.
- Over 9.5 legs were played in five of the last six matches between these two.
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Our Stephen Bunting vs Rob Cross Prediction
Both these players have been in good form and have traded fourth and fifth regularly in recent times which suggests that a quality contest is expected on Thursday night.
Matches between these two have also been fairly tight, with the most recent needing 13 sets to decide, 8-5 in favour of Cross. This one could easily go down to the wire. Our Stephen Bunting vs Rob Cross prediction is over 9.5 legs.
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