Bath vs Sale Sharks Prediction: Sharks to stun Bath on the road

At the Recreation Ground, Bath will play Sale Sharks in the second semifinal action of the Premiership Rugby playoff. Both teams will head into this game hoping for positivity, but the hosts are favored to win. How will this game end?

Bath will have their hopes high in this game following a 43-12 win in their last game of the season over Northampton Saints. In the meantime, a look at this team's overall season performance shows that they pulled 60 points, the same as first-placed Northampton Saints from 18 matches. In those matches, Bath scored 511 goals while conceding 413. Bath's record in this game saw them win three of their last five matches while they lost two others.

Sale Sharks finished the regular season with 56 points from 18 matches, and in this one, they will hope to keep things rolling. In that run of games, the visiting team scored 410 goals while conceding 384. In recent matches into this semifinal, Sale Sharks have a run of four wins. In those matches, Sale Sharks defeated Harlequins, Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers, and Saracens. 

Sale Sharks should cover the spread. It is cool that Bath are favorites here, but both sides did have a strong season finish into this one. While the visiting team has good form into this one, I prefer them to get something here, with the total number of points being high.