Gloucester vs Newcastle Predictions - Gloucester backed to win in Rugby Premiership clash

Nigel Williams

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Gloucester are heavily favored to beat Newcastle at home.
Newcastle have lost 6 of their last 7 matches and sit bottom of the league.
Top tip: Back Gloucester to cover the -21.5 handicap.

Gloucester backed to win against a struggling Newcastle side(Getty Images)

Gloucester vs Newcastle Predictions

Gloucester are strong favourites against a Newcastle side that has struggled recently. My best bet is Gloucester to cover the -21.5 handicap at home.

Gloucester vs Newcastle Predictions
Head to Head
Gloucester Form
Gloucester Injuries & Team News
Newcastle Form
Newcastle Injuries & Team News

Gloucester have won 2 of their last 5 matches.
Gloucester have won 5 of the last 9 matches against Newcastle.
Newcastle have lost 6 of their last 7 matches.

Head to Head

Gloucester have won 5 of the last 9 meetings against Newcastle.

Gloucester Form

Gloucester lost a nail-biting 36-32 to top-of-the-table Northampton, after being 19-19 at half-time. George Furbank scored a late try to seal the match.

Gloucester have struggled for consistency this campaign. Before this match, they lost to Bristol (53-12), beat Exeter (34-31) and Sale (21-15), before losing to Saracens (30-14).

Gloucester are eighth in the Rugby Premiership, with 27 points from 17 matches.

Gloucester Injuries & Team News

Starting XV:

1 Val Rapava-Ruskin, 2 Seb Blake, 3 Afolabi Fasogbon, 4 Arthur Clark, 5 Matias Alemanno, 6 Freddie Thomas, 7 James Venter, 8 Will Trenholm, 9 Caolan Englefield, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 12 Seb Atkinson, 13 Max Llewellyn, 14 Ben Loader, 15 Ben Redshaw.

Replacements

16 Jack Innard, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Deian Gwynne, 20 Jack Clement, 21 Mike Austin, 22 Will Knight, 23 Josiah Edwards-Giraud.

Newcastle Form

The Newcastle Red Bulls pulled off a stunning 45-42 comeback victory over the Sale Sharks last weekend, despite trailing 35-10 at half-time.

Newcastle have struggled in the league this season. Across all competitions, Newcastle lost to Exeter (38-14), La Rochelle (26-18), Leicester (62-3), Bristol (52-19), Harlequins (76-17), and Bath (69-12).

Bottom spot in the Premiership belongs to Newcastle, who have picked up just 12 points from 17 matches.

Newcastle Injuries & Team News

Starting XV:

1 Connor Hancock, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Murray McCallum, 4 Jamie Hodgson, 5 Adam Scott, 6 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 7 Tom Christie, 8 Freddie Lockwood, 9 Simon Benitez Cruz, 10 Brett Connon, 11 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 12 Sammy Arnold, 13 Alex Hearle, 14 Harrison Obatoyinbo, 15 Ethan Grayson.

Replacements:

16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Jamie Clark, 18 Richard Palframan, 19 Tim Cardall, 20 Reuben Parsons, 21 James Elliott, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Christian Wade.

Verdict

Gloucester v Newcastle

Gloucester are strong favourites against a Newcastle side that has struggled recently. Gloucester tipped to cover the -21.5 handicap at home.

Gloucester -21.5

Handicap

@1.91 - 3 Units

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