Bath vs Leicester Tigers Prediction: A win is vital for both sides

This coming Saturday, the third round of the English Premiership Rugby will take place at The Recreation Ground in Bath, where the Leicester Tigers will be playing. A Dan McKellar-led team that has recently undergone changes will face a Bath team that has won its first two games in the south-western part of the country. After dropping their first two league matches, the Leicester Tigers find themselves in the position of being underdogs; do they still have a chance to emerge victorious?

After earning maximum points in each of their first two matches of the season, Bath will enter this match hoping for another victory to add to their tally. The game between the home team and the Newcastle Falcons in week one finished with the home team coming out on top by a score of 34-26. In spite of being the underdogs, Bath shocked Saracens with a 16-25 victory on the road in their week 2 battle. Bath, on the other hand, enters this encounter as the leaders of the Gallagher Premiership standings with 10 points.

The Leicester Tigers are well aware that they have gotten off to a slow start to the season and that they need to improve after losing both of their opening games. During the first week of competition, a Bristol team defeated this team 25-14 away from home. However, despite being heavily anticipated to win their week 2 clash against the Sale Sharks at home, they were soundly defeated by the opposition, showing little to no progress. In the meantime, the Leicester Tigers have now lost all three of their most recent matches, bringing their overall loss total to three. In fact, the Tigers are now ranked ninth out of ten in the Gallagher Premiership standings, with only one point to show for their participation in the competition thus far.

Leicester's only victory at the Recreation Ground in Premiership Rugby since 2011 occurred in February 2022. This was despite the fact that Leicester had won three of their last four matches against Bath. There have been 206 previous matches between Bath and Leicester, with Bath coming out on top 74 times, Leicester winning 119 times, and 13 matches ending in a draw. On September 13, 1913, the match took place at Welford Road, and Leicester came out on top with a 19-5 victory. One hundred of the matches have been played at the Recreation Ground, where Bath has a record of 54 wins, 10 draws, and 36 losses.

The previous week, Bath stunned the defending champions Saracens by claiming victory over them and extending their winning streak to two matches in a row to start the new season. They will seek to keep up their strong start when they play host to the Leicester Tigers, who have struggled so far this season, losing both of their matches, most recently to the Sale Sharks. The Tigers have a chance to get their first win of the season here, but because of how both teams have started the season, the advantage appears to lie with the home club in this particular matchup.