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Bath v Saracens: Prediction, Tips and Odds

Saturday’s early kick-off in the Premiership promises to be a high-quality, entertaining spectacle as league leaders Bath host third-placed Saracens at the Recreation Ground.

The Blue, Black and Whites have thoroughly impressed over the course of the early stages of the campaign and will be hoping to pull at least nine points clear of the visitors with victory this weekend.

Sarries have five points to make up on both Bath and second-placed Bristol Bears and a run of three consecutive victories puts them in good shape to trouble the hosts in what is likely to be a close-run affair.

Bath v Saracens

Bath v Saracens betting tips and predictions

Bath to win by 1-12 points - 7/4

Bath’s start to the campaign has been almost perfect, with seven wins from their opening eight league matches - the only blemish on this record being a 36-26 loss at the Recreation Ground to Bristol.

Johann van Graan’s men are currently on a run of five consecutive league victories, as well as a further three in the Premiership Rugby Cup, and this fine form could continue against a Saracens side that has not looked their best on the road at times this season.

Sarries have lost three of their six away games in all competitions, the most recent of which being a shock 17-12 reverse at Newcastle Falcons - a side who famously lost all of their 18 league fixtures last season.

However, each of these three losses have been by no more than 10 points and, given how their season as a whole is panning out, it would not be surprising if another tight defeat for the visitors is on the cards.

Ollie Lawrence to score a try anytime - 15/8

The early success of Bath this season could arguably be attributed to the inspired form of fly-half Finn Russell, with the Scotland star ranking second in both points scorers and goal kickers to Bristol’s AJ MacGinty.

While Russell’s kicking ability has helped the Blue, Black and Whites to the summit of the Premiership table, Bath do possess a number of talented try scorers and one man to watch for in this market for the hosts on Saturday is England international Ollie Lawrence.

The 25-year-old centre has three tries to his name so far this season and two of these have come at the Recreation Ground - against Bristol and reigning Premiership champions Northampton Saints.

With a capacity crowd expected in Somerset, Lawrence will fancy his chances of giving the home faithful something to cheer about.

Rotimi Segun to score a try anytime - 21/10

Saracens are the third top points-scorers in the Premiership this season but only 94 of their 236 total points have come away from the StoneX Stadium - with the Sarries failing to register more than 12 points in two of their four road fixtures.

That being said they will be expected to trouble the Bath defence, especially given that they came out on top 15-12 on their last trip to Somerset in April.

English winger Rotimi Segun could be the focal point of many of the Saracens attacks on Saturday afternoon, with the 28-year-old having crossed over for two tries so far this season.

Both of these five-pointers have come away from home while he also dove over in this fixture last season and history may well repeat itself at the weekend.

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Bath v Saracens odds

Bath - 2/9
Draw -
25/1
Saracens -
10/3

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This article was written by a partner sports writer via Spotlight Sports Group. All odds displayed on this page were correct at the time of writing and are subject to withdrawal or change at any time.

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