Ospreys vs Stormers Prediction: Stormers chances are high

Dunraven Brewery Field will be the venue for round 2 of the United Rugby Championship encounter between Ospreys and Stormers. The two teams opened their season with a defeat. How will they respond here?

Ospreys opened their season with a 23-21 defeat over Dragons and will look to do better here. In that encounter, the Ospreys started with a 13-16 win at halftime, and a poor second-half game saw them lose 10-5. In the meantime, looking at Ospreys' run of matches into this, Ospreys have three defeats, two others against Munster and Leinster. Yet, their encounters against Cardiff Rugby and Dragons ended in 29-33 and 26-13 wins. 

Stormers opening game was against Glasgow Warriors, and this team lost 27-10. In that encounter, this team lost 6-0 at halftime and conceded only 21 points in the second half while scoring 10. Heading into this game, Stormers have just one game in their last five, having secured wins over Connacht, Lions, Dragons, and Leinster. 

This is not going to be an easy encounter for the two teams, and they will have to do their best. Last weekend, the two teams could not display top-level performance and are looking to go end-to-end with themselves here. However, looking at these two sides, Stormers looks more appealing, and I feel they have a chance here. While Ospreys can not be written off either, I believe this game will end with many points.