Pertemps Bees v Bedford Blues
Second placed Bedford Blues travel to 12th placed Pertemps Bees looking to get their league form back on track.
The Bees have will be looking to return to winning ways having won three out of four before losing last time out away at the Cornish Prates.
At Sharmans Cross Road this season the Bees have won five and drawn one of their nine matches losing to Harlequins, Cornish Pirates and Earth Titans.
The Blues have lost two of their last three matches to fall 13 points behind the leaders.
On the road this season they have a good record with seven wins and a draw in their 10 matches with just two defeats at Plymouth Albion and the Cornish Pirates.
Bedford Blues were 35-18 winners when the sides met at Goldington Road earlier in the season.
PREDICTION: Blues to win by nine points.
Coventry v Newbury
Eighth placed Coventry entertain tenth placed Newbury at the Butts Arena looking to return to winning ways.
Just a point separates these two sides so a defeat for Coventry would see them drop down the table and if London Welsh were to win at Doncaster they could find themselves down in 10th spot.
At the Butts Arena this season they have a poor record with just four wins in 10 matches.
Newbury have slipped right down the table in recent weeks and in the Form Guide are 12th with just a win and a draw in their last six matches.
On the road they have played nine times winning just the once, at Plymouth Albion 52-41, but have picked up a couple of draws as well at Sedgley park and the Pertemps Bees.
When the sides met at Monks Lane earlier in the season Coventry left with a 36-24 win.
PREDICTION: Both sides out of sorts will go home win by six points.
Doncaster v London Welsh
Second bottom Doncaster entertain on of the form sides in the division at the moment 9th placed London Welsh. .
Doncaster were winners last time out when they beat Otley in a Yorkshire derby to end a six match losing run. A win here could well see them move out of the bottom two with the Pertemps Bees having a tough match at home to second placed Bedford Blues.
At home this season they have won six matches out of ten and this after losing their first two games at home at the start of the season.
The Welsh have moved rapidly up the table in recent weeks and go into the game looking for a fourth successive win and to make it five in the last seven and could if the results went their way move into the top half of the table. .
On the road they have a poor record though with just one win in nine, a 28-25 win at Otley.
When these two sides met at Old Deer Park earlier in the season it ended honours even, 27 all draw.
PREDICTION: Tough call this but win go home win by five.
NEC Harlequins v Earth Titans
Leaders NEC Harlequins entertain fifth placed Earth Titans at the Stoop looking to return to winning ways in the league after losing at Exeter Chiefs two weeks ago.
Quins returned to winning ways last Sunday when they reached the final of the Powergen National Trophy with a 24-10 win at Nottingham.
Quins are unbeaten at home winning all nine matches to date and scoring over 40 points in seven of those victories.
The Titans ended a two match losing run last Saturday with a 36-17 away win at Newbury to move nine points clear of sixth placed Exeter Chiefs.
On the road this season they have struggled with just four wins in ten matches.
When the sides met at Clifton Lane earlier in the season Quins were 22-7 winners.
PREDICTION: Quins to return to winning ways with 18 point win over the Titans.
Nottingham v Exeter Chiefs
Seventh placed Nottingham entertain sixth placed Exeter Chiefs as both sides look to bounce back from defeat in the semi finals of the Powergen National Trophy last weekend.
Nottingham put up a good display before going out to Harlequins last Sunday in the Powergen National Trophy and will be hoping to build on that with a third consecutive league win.
At home this season they have a good record with seven wins in ten matches with only Bedford, Coventry and Harlequins leaving with wins.
The Chiefs were knocked out of the Powergen National Trophy last weekend deep into injury time when Ali Hepher dropped a goal for Bedford to sneak it right at the death.
Their league form is good with four wins in their last five matches which has helped them climb the league table.
On the road this season they have picked up just three wins in ten matches.
When these two sides met at the County Ground earlier in the season it went down to the wire with the Chiefs coming out narrow 19-18 winners.
PREDICTION: Tough call but will go Chiefs by five.
Otley v Plymouth Albion
Fourth placed Plymouth Albion travel to 11th placed Otley looking to keep their winning run going.
Otley after back to back wins have slipped to successive defeats and have lost four of their last six matches and are only six points clear of the relegation zone.
At home this season they have managed just four wins and a draw in ten matches and with matches against Exeter and Cornish Pirates to come could end the season with a losing home record which has not happened for a number of years.
Albion are looking to make it a hat trick of wins with victory at Cross Green but still remain 11 points behind third placed Cornish Pirates.
On the road this season they not done as well as they would have liked with just four wins in nine matches and they still have tricky games at the top two to come.
When the sides met at Brickfields earlier in the season Albion were comfortable winners 33-3.
PREDICTION: Got to go with Albion win by seven points.
Sedgley Park v Cornish Pirates
Bottom of the table Sedgley Park have a tough home encounter this week against third placed Cornish Pirates at Park Lane.
Park are at the bottom of the Form Guide with no win in their last six matches and find themselves seven points adrift at the bottom of the table.
At home this season they have won two and drawn two of their nine matches with the wins coming against Coventry, who they did the double over, and London Welsh.
The Pirates have slipped a little of late with three defeats in their last five matches but a win here would make it two in a row as they look to try and claw back the seen points they have fallen behind Bedford Blues in the league table.
When the sides met down in Cornwall earlier in the season the Pirates ran out comfortable winners 53-8.
PREDICTION: Pirates to take the points with nine point win. |
