With newly-crowned US Darts Masters champion Luke Humphries opting to sit out this weekend’s event in Poland, it’s difficult to look past top seed Luke Littler in his bid to defend his title. While the teenage sensation lost to Nathan Aspinall at the quarter-final stage in New York last weekend, he can count himself a little unlucky not to have come out on top in what was a thrilling tungsten tussle. ‘The Nuke’ won the 180 battle 6-0 and averaged a whopping 108.89, and if he can replicate those efforts this weekend, then he will take some stopping in his latest quest for silverware.

Littler arrives in Poland having averaged a PDC-high 100.94 across 2025, while he is also way out in front at the top of the 180 leaderboard with a return of 487.

As mentioned, Littler won this event last year, and another World Series success is now looking overdue. The Warrington wonderkid claimed two World Series titles in 2024, not to mention he finished as runner-up on two occasions. Now targeting his first World Series triumph of 2025, Littler looks well placed to justify his status as pre-tournament favourite for this weekend’s gathering in Gliwice.

Nathan Aspinall outperformed his pre-tournament odds to reach last week’s US Darts Masters final, and he merits support to go one better in Gliwice this weekend. A deep run in the Big Apple was further evidence that Aspinall’s game is on an upward curve at the moment. The Stockport star averaged just shy of 106 when toppling tournament favourite Luke Littler last weekend, not to mention he also posted averages north of 100 in his wins over both Matt Campbell and Damon Heta. 

‘The Asp’ appears to be riding a wave of confidence from his strong showings in this year's Premier League, where he broke new ground by reaching the semi-finals for the first time in his career. The world number six has since kept the feel-good factor flowing by making it to the final of the Nordic Darts Masters in Copenhagen last month. Aspinall should get himself into the groove by getting past one of the Eastern European contingent, and he then becomes a major danger to anyone that he crosses paths with, making him a really attractive bet at 9.0.

On current form, Jonny Clayton has the capacity to outperform his outright odds of 9.0 at this weekend’s Poland Darts Masters. Following a difficult couple of years on and off the oche, ‘The Ferret’ has looked much more like his old self of late. The world number five claimed his first European Tour title in two years at the end of May, most notably defeating Luke Humphries on his way to lifting the trophy.

Clayton also produced a string of impressive performances when teaming up with Gerwyn Price at last month’s World Cup of Darts. While the final may have ended in heartbreak for the Welsh duo, it was further proof that Clayton has rediscovered his mojo.

With confidence restored, the Ferret will head out to Poland not fearing anyone. It’s also worth noting that Clayton wasn’t initially included as one of the eight PDC representatives for this event, having been drafted in to replace Luke Humphries. Thus, he finds himself in a situation where he can view this as a free hit, and it’s one he is certainly capable of making the most of.