Bath have been leaking points at an alarming rate and their defence will be against it once again on Friday night when they take on early Gallagher Prem frontrunners Gloucester at Kingsholm.
Winning their opening two games of the season, Bath made an expected strong start to the Prem campaign but the wheels have fallen off the wagon somewhat in the last fortnight.
A remarkable, for many of the wrong reasons, 71-48 defeat at Northampton Saints in their last league outing, was followed by a 32-14 loss at home to Montpellier in the European Champions Cup.
Next taking on a Gloucester side who have come on leaps and bounds since last season, Bath might well head back to Somerset empty-handed.
Gloucester v Bath Tips Summary
Best Bet - Gloucester to win @ 1/1
Alternative Bet - Gloucester to score first try @ 10/11
Bet Builder - Seb Blake and Max Llwellyn anytime tryscorers @ 13/2
Gloucester v Bath Prediction
Best Bet: Gloucester to win @ 1/1
Playing out a thrilling 36-36 draw against reigning European champions Bordeaux Begles at Kingsholm last week, Gloucester showed just how far they have come under head coach George Skivington.
Just falling short in their bid to topple the Champions Cup holders, Gloucester will still have taken plenty of positives from the experience, while Bath go into this game desperately trying to fix the negatives from their last two outings.
Conceding 103 points in their last two games against Northampton and Montpellier, Bath boss Johaan van Graan will be demanding a much more resolute performance from the Blue, Black & Whites on Friday night.
However, they take on a Gloucester side who will be brimming with confidence and on a wet and cold night that might well neutralise some of Bath’s stars in the backs, the hosts are fancied to claim the victory.
Alternative Bet: Gloucester to score first try @ 10/11
One of the keys to Gloucester’s successful start to the season is how they have tended to hit the ground running in games, especially in the Prem.
In all of their opening three games against Exeter Chiefs, Harlequins and Leicester Tigers, Gloucester have been the ones to score the opening try of the game.
Scoring inside the first 10 minutes in all of those three encounters, Gloucester are tipped to bag the opening try at Kingsholm on Friday night.
Gloucester v Bath Bet Builder Tip
Seb Blake anytime tryscorer
Max Llewellyn anytime tryscorer
Pays 13/2
With foul conditions expected in the West Country on Friday night, Gloucester will look to their big ball carriers to gain them valuable metres and try to break this porous Bath defence.
Wales hooker Dewi Lake will be missing for Gloucester due to injury but Seb Blake is a more than adequate replacement.
Looking to make an impact in the rolling maul, Blake is fancied to score, as is Max Llewellyn, with the 6ft 6in centre backed to power over as he did last time out against Bordeaux.
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Key Match Stats
Bath have won all of their last seven Gallagher Prem games against Gloucester
Gloucester’s last win in this fixture in the league was away at Bath with a 21-17 victory back in October 2022
The Cherry & Whites last home win in the Prem against Bath was a 64-0 victory in April 2022
Bath have conceded 103 points in their last two games against Northampton Saints and Montpellier
Gloucester have scored 124 points in their first three Prem games of this season at an average of 41.3 per match
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