Northampton Saints vs Leicester Tigers Prediction: Saints to remain solid

Franklin's Gardens will host this round 15 Premiership Rugby League game between Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers. Ahead of this game, there is a ten-point differential with Northampton Saints ahead, taking a look at their season performance. How will this game end?

Northampton Saints showed character these past weeks as they moved to the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup following wins over Munster and Bulls. In the meantime, their last league game also came against Saracens, and they got the best of their rivals in a good fashion, winning 41-30. However, a look at Northampton Saints' recent games shows that this side has lost just one while winning 13 others. Northampton Saints head into this game seated at the top of the league standings with 49 points, five points clear of second-placed Bath.

Leicester Tigers are off a defeat at the hands of Leinster in the European Champions Cup round ⅛. In that game, Leicester Tigers were behind 22-10 at halftime, and despite an improved second half play, they lost 36-22. In the meantime, Leicester Tigers have just one win in their last four games in all competitions. In that run, Leicester Tigers lost to Gloucester in a league cup action and a league encounter, with their lone win coming against bottom-placed Newcastle Falcons.

Leicester Tigers have been disappointing in recent games, and coming into this one on the road is not the best for them. On the other hand, Northampton Saints are the hottest side in the league right now, and they remain unbeatable. While the Leicester Tigers have yet to show promising performance in recent games, I expect the trend of dominant play to shift from here. Hence, a good margin win this time for the Saints in what will be a high-scoring game.