Flanders Darts Trophy 2025 Predictions: Bunting could be in line for further success

The 2025 PDC European Tour continues with the Flanders Darts Trophy, which runs from Friday, August 29 - Sunday, August 31 in Antwerp.

Our darts expert Sean Rafferty shares his Flanders Darts Trophy 2025 predictions, with three outright selections.

History, Location and Format

The 2025 Flanders Darts Trophy is the second running of this PDC event, having been first held in last year and is the tenth of 14 events on the PDC European Tour.

The tournament is held at the Antwerp Expo, Antwerp, Belgium and runs from Friday, August 29 to Sunday, August 31. It will be aired on PDCTV.

The defending champion is Dave Chisnall, who defeated Ricardo Pietreczko 8-6 in last year's final.

Prize Money

There is a prize fund in of £175,000 on offer to the 48 participants.

Flanders Darts Trophy 2025 Odds

Stephen Bunting @ 12/1 - 1 unit e/w 2 places

Bunting impressed yet again on the Pro Tour midweek, picking up a second PC title of the year on Tuesday, as he saw off Jonny Clayton in the final. This backed up another impressive run to the final on Monday, where he lost out in a deciding leg to the Swede, Jeffrey De Graaf. The Bullet was simply outstanding over the two days of action, averaging 104+ in eight of his fourteen matches and averaging 98+ in all of them.

Some say that a torrid Premier League campaign can affect the rest of your season, but Bunting is already proving an exception to that - Stephen has already won  the Nordic Darts Masters, made the final of the Poland Darts Masters and reached a staggering four Pro Tour finals, since a difficult Premier League ended for him in May.

I like the opening game for Bunting, playing the winner of Joe Cullen and Ian White on Saturday. He’s had the most successful year of all in his quarter of the draw, although a potential draw against Josh Rock in the last 16 looks a daunting one, Bunting has really had Rock’s number in the past, which includes a 6-0 thumping over the Northern Irishman earlier in the month at the Australian Darts Masters.

If he can continue to play like he did earlier in the week then there’s no doubting he’s a major contender for the title this weekend in Belgium.

Jonny Clayton @ 18/1 - 1 unit e/w 2 places

Jonny was another easy pick for this weekend, I feel like we’re due to strike gold on the Welshman very shortly, given the form he’s been in of late. The Ferret lost out to Bunting 8-6 in Tuesday’s Pro Tour final, but played some delightful stuff until that point. Jonny averaged 103+ in five matches across the two days of Pro Tour action. It followed up a strong tournament at the World Matchplay for him, where he agonisingly lost out in the semi finals to James Wade 20-18 after overtime with the two clear legs format.

Nobody in Jonny’s quarter of the draw is winning silverware regularly at the moment, with the likes of Dobey, Ross Smith and Noppert struggling to consistently to put together their best form. Clayton has reached the final eight of the previous three Euro Tour events, which included picking up the title at the Dutch Darts Championship.

He’s playing with a lot of confidence at the moment and with him likely facing Michael Smith in the opening round who is facing his own battles with injury on the oche just now, it looks an appetising opener to get his teeth into the tournament and push on from there. He’s talking with a lot of belief in recent interviews which is often half the battle with Clayton, if he’s believing in himself then he’s one of the best dangerous players on tour in my opinion. The little Welshman is one to be feared this weekend and he looks primed to pick up more titles soon, hopefully starting in Belgium.

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