Bath vs Edinburgh Predictions - Bath set to beat Edinburgh at home

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Bath tops Pool 2, excelling in home games with 6 wins out of 7.
Edinburgh struggles away, losing 5 of their last 6 away matches.
Recommendation: Bath to cover the -19.5 handicap.

Bath have won all their matches in the Investec Champions Cup this season (Getty Images)

Bath are top of their pool in the Investec Champions Cup this season and have been playing well at home. Edinburgh are one point behind Bath after three rounds, but their away form is poor.

Bath have won 4 of their last 6 fixtures in all competitions.
Bath have won 6 of their last 7 home games in all competitions.
Edinburgh have lost 5 of their last 6 away matches in all competitions.
Edinburgh have won 2 of their last 3 fixtures against Bath.

Head to Head

Bath and Edinburgh have two victories each in four meetings

Bath Form

Bath maintained their perfect winning record in this edition of the European Rugby Champions Cup last weekend, beating Castres 43-20 away from home after scoring 22 points in the second half.

Earlier in the competition, Bath recorded an easy 40-15 home victory over Munster before losing 45-34 to Toulon away.

Bath have contested seven home fixtures in the Premiership and Premiership Rugby Cup this season. They lost 23-14 to Exeter and defeated Sale Sharks 28-16, Gloucester 38-17, Bristol 40-15, and Sale Sharks 20-0, then lost 41-21 to the Northampton Saints before beating Exeter 33-26.

Bath are 1st in Pool 2 of the European Rugby Champions Cup with 11 points from three games.

Bath will fancy their chances of securing top place in their pool when they host Edinburgh, as their opponents have lost five of their last six away matches.

Edinburgh Form

Edinburgh mounted a comeback in the second half against Gloucester in their European Rugby Champions Cup clash last weekend, scoring 21 points in the second half to secure a narrow 26-24 home victory.

Edinburgh defeated Toulon 33-20 at home and lost 33-0 to Castres away from home earlier in the competition.

Edinburgh lost 31-28 to Zebre, 20-19 to Munster, 20-19 to Cardiff, 33-0 to Castres, and 24-12 to the Glasgow Warriors before edging Benetton 15-14 away from home in the URC this season.

Edinburgh are 2nd in Pool 2 of the Investec Champions Cup with ten points from three matches.

Edinburgh must find a way to improve their away form if they are to beat Bath at home; however, it will be a tough challenge, as their opponents have won six of their last seven home games.

Team News

Bath

Fly-half Finn Russell has stated that his team need to improve if they wish to win the Investec Champions Cup: "Ideally we can get the home play-offs and then go on from there, but if we're going to go and really compete in this tournament - as a group of players and staff - we have to probably be better than we have been this year already."

Bath have reportedly won the race to secure the services of Dan Du Preez ahead of next season.

Edinburgh

Matt Currie is out with a hamstring injury.

Assistant coach Scott Mathie has highlighted that Edinburgh have been reaping the rewards from the recent attack-minded approach: "When one of the parts of our game isn't going how we expect, we just devote a bit more time to it. I think over the last two to three weeks we've probably invested a bit more time into the attack. It's definitely paid dividends.

“We're starting to create a lot more opportunities. We're starting to get a lot more touches into our backs which has been positive. It's definitely yielded a bit of fruit.”