Northampton vs Bath Predictions - Northampton backed to win at home in a top-of-the-table Rugby Premiership clash

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Northampton favored with a -11.5 handicap due to strong home form.
Northampton leads the Rugby Premiership with 57 points, winning last 5 home matches.
Bath comes off a win at Sale, ranked second with 56 points.

Northampton are backed to win at home (Getty Images)

Northampton vs Bath Predictions

Northampton are favourites, with a strong home record. My best bet is Northampton to cover the -11.5 handicap at home.

Northampton vs Bath Predictions
Head to Head
Northampton Form
Northampton Injuries & Team News
Bath Form
Bath Injuries & Team News

Northampton have won their last 5 home matches.
Northampton have won 3 of the last 5 meetings against Bath.
Northampton come into this match on the back of a 49-41 home win against Castres.
Bath have won 3 of their last 5 away matches.
Bath come into this match on the back of a 31-26 win at Sale.

Head to Head

Northampton have won 3 of the last five meetings against Bath.

Northampton Form

Northampton have had a strong run of form at home, winning their last five home matches in all competitions. They come into this match on the back of a 49-41 win against Castres.

Their previous home results include wins against Scarlets (43-28), Leicester (40-22), Saracens (35-22), and Newcastle (28-27).

Northampton are currently first in the Rugby Premiership, with 57 points after 13 matches.

Northampton Injuries & Team News

Starting line-up:

1 Emmanuel Iyogun, 2 Craig Wright, 3 Luke Green, 4 Tom Lockett, 5 Ed Prowse, 6 Josh Kemeny, 7 Sam Graham, 8 Henry Pollock, 9 Alex Mitchell, 10 Fin Smith, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 12 Fraser Dingwall (c), 13 Tom Litchfield, 14 Tommy Freeman, 15 George Hendy.

Replacements:

16 Robbie Smith, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Cleopas Kundiona, 19 JJ van der Mescht, 20 Chunya Munga, 21 Callum Chick, 22 Archie McParland, 23 Rory Hutchinson.

Bath Form

Bath have had a decent run of form on the road, winning three of their last five matches in all competitions. They come into this match on the back of a 31-26 win at Sale.

Their previous away results include wins at Gloucester (30-26) and Sale (60-19), followed by losses at Exeter (31-19), and Leicester (46-21).

Bath are currently second in the Rugby Premiership, with 56 points after 13 matches.

Bath Injuries & Team News

Starting line-up:

1 Scott Kirk, 2 Dan Frost, 3 Kieran Verden, 4 Ewan Richards, 5 Ross Molony, 6 Josh Bayliss, 7 Miles Reid (c), 8 Arthur Green, 9 Bernard van der Linde, 10 Ciaran Donoghue, 11 Will Muir, 12 Will Butt, 13 Chris Harris, 14 Louie Hennessey, 15 Tom de Glanville.

Replacements:

16 Kepu Tuipulotu, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Enoch Opoku-Gyamfu, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Sam Winters, 23 Sam Underhill.

Verdict

Northampton v Bath

I am backing Northampton to cover the -11.5 handicap.

Northampton -11.5

Handicap

@1.91 - 3 Units

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