January 6th, 2010 by Phil Lythell

Bath host Northampton Saints this weekend at The Rec with the home side eager to continue their recent good form.

Despite finding themselves hovering perilously above the bottom of the table, Bath have strung together two good wins to give themselves fresh hope for the New Year. A crushing win over Gloucester (24-8) was followed by a more narrow victory (20-15) over Leeds Carnegie.

Both victories were over teams around them in the table which has subsequently boosted their position but their next opponents are of a different calibre.

Northampton have won their last five league matches, not having experienced defeat since going down 29-15 at Leicester on Halloween. Currently placed second in the Guinness Premiership table they beat Bath at Franklins Gardens when they met in December and the smart money is on a similar outcome this weekend.

The Saints boast the league’s top tryscorer in Chris Ashton and have their eyes set on Saracens’ place at the top of the table.

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