Newcastle vs Gloucester Predictions - Gloucester set to return to winning ways

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Gloucester have won 4 of the last 5 matches against Newcastle.
Newcastle struggles at home and sits last in the standings.
Gloucester are expected to cover the -5.5 handicap.

Gloucester have often defeated Newcastle in recent clashes (Getty Images)

Newcastle have struggled to win their home matches. Gloucester have been equally poor on the road; however, they have often defeated Newcastle in recent meetings.

Gloucester have won 2 of their last 5 fixtures in all competitions.
Gloucester have lost 5 of their last 6 away games in all competitions.
Gloucester have won 4 of their last 5 matches against Newcastle.
Newcastle have lost 5 of their last 6 home games in all competitions.
Newcastle have won 2 of their last 4 home games against Gloucester.

Head to Head

Gloucester have an advantage of 21 victories to 14 against Newcastle in 35 meetings.

Newcastle Form

Newcastle had a solid first half against Bristol last weekend, scoring three tries and a conversion to lead 17-12 at the interval.

Newcastle added a penalty and a converted try in the second half but lost 36-27 to Bristol away from home.

Newcastle lost 36-19 to Northampton Saints, 10-8 and 39-17 to Leicester Tigers, and defeated the Lions 14-10, before losing 50-14 to Bath in their last five home matches in all competitions.

Newcastle Red Bulls are last in the Premiership table with one point from eight matches.

Newcastle have struggled to produce consistent performances at home lately and have found it difficult to secure victories against Gloucester in recent encounters.

Gloucester Form

Gloucester scored two converted tries in the first half against Saracens last weekend to lead 14-7 at half-time.

Gloucester scored a converted try in the second half but conceded 23 points to lose 30-21 to Saracens at home.

Gloucester have lost 38-17 to Bath, 39-12 to Exeter, edged the Sale Sharks 29-28 before losing 31-3 to Munster and 45-14 to the Leicester Tigers in their last five away fixtures.

Gloucester are 9th in the Premiership standings with eight points from eight games.

Gloucester have not been at their best away from home in recent outings, losing five of their last six matches; however, they have defeated Newcastle four times in five meetings.

Team News

Newcastle

Newcastle have completed the signing of Exeter’s England A full-back Josh Hodge on a three-year contract for next season.

Gloucester

Director of Rugby George Skivington has commented on his team's current injury woes: “We’ve got a lot of different combinations and playing a lot of young lads out there and those guys are always going to have difficult evenings, and there’s a lot of senior lads working as hard as they possibly can but we’re learning lessons as we go along. Someone like (18-year-old) Will Knight is coming on early as a sub and is ending up playing 60 minutes. You’re in the deep end.”