Bedford Blues v Newbury
Sixth placed Bedford Blues take on 11th placed Newbury at Goldington Road.
Bedford Blues are at the wrong end of the Form Guide with just two wins in their last six matches and they have lost four of their last five matches to drop out of the promotion race.
The Blues have a good home record with five wins a draw and a defeat, the draw was with the Pertemps Bees and the Earth Titans are the only side to leave with a win.
Newbury are three and three in their last six matches and have climbed the table and are just two points of a top half position in the table.
On the road they have a good record with four wins in their eight matches.
When the sides met at Monks Lane earlier in the season the Blues left with a 34-19 victory.
Prediction: Tough call but go home win five points.
Pertemps Bees v Sedgley Park
Seventh placed Pertemps Bees take on 13th placed Sedgley Park at Sharmans Cross looking to return to winning ways.
The Bees have lost their last two matches in the league after putting together a three match winning run.
At home the Bees have a poor record with just two wins in six matches with victories over Bedford Blues and Exeter Chiefs.
Park are three and three in their last six matches and have climbed off the bottom of the table and are now 13th and four clear of the relegation zone.
On the road Park have a poor record losing all six matches to date this season.
The Bees were winners when the sides met at Park Lane earlier in the season in a closely fought match 34-33.
Prediction: Bees to win by 10 points at Sharmans Cross.
London Welsh v Waterloo
14th placed London Welsh take on bottom of the table Waterloo with both sides in desperate need of the win.
The Welsh have a dreadful home record and are yet to win there this season losing all seven matches picking up losing bonus points in just two of them.
Waterloo have managed just the two wins all season and will see this as a great opportunity to pick up a third with the Welsh having such a poor home record.
On the road they have managed just the one win in seven matches when they were 22-13 winners at Exeter Chiefs.
The Welsh were winners at Blundellsands earlier in the season when the sides met 23-18.
Prediction: Welsh to win by six points at Old Deer Park.
Moseley v Coventry
Second bottom Moseley take on eighth placed Coventry looking for a win to move out of the bottom two.
Moseley are at the wrong end of the Form Guide with no wins in their last six matches.
At home they have managed to pick up just two wins in eight matches with wins over Bedford Blues and Sedgley Park.
Coventry are sixth in the Form Guide with four wins in their last six matches which has helped them to climb into the top half of the table.
On the road this season they have lost five of their seven matches whilst picking up a win at Sedgley Park and a draw at Exeter Chiefs.
Coventry were narrow home winners when the sides met earlier in the season at the Butts Arena 15-14.
Prediction: Coventry to win by seven points.
Plymouth Albion v Otley
Fifth placed Plymouth Albion take on 12th placed Otley looking to return to winning way.
Plymouth Albion dropped down to fifth last Saturday after losing at Doncaster 12-8. At home this season they have a 100% record with seven straight wins.
The defeat at Doncaster saw their five match winning run come to an end.
Otley are at the wrong end of the Form Guide with just the one win in their last six matches. On the road this season they have a poor record with just the one win in seven matches, a 43-20 win at Sedgley Park.
At Cross Green earlier in the season Albion were 36-3 winners.
Prediction: Albion to win by 12 points at home to Otley at Brickfields.
Earth Titans v Exeter Chiefs
Second placed Earth Titans take on ninth placed Exeter Chiefs looking to go top of the table with Leeds Tykes not playing till Sunday and having a tough match at the Cornish Pirates they could well stay top. .
The Titans have won six out of seven at Clifton Lane this season with only the Cornish Pirates leaving with a win. In the six wins they have passed the 47 point mark four times.
The Chiefs have a poor record on the road with just two wins in their seven road trips with victories at London Welsh and Newbury.
When the sides met earlier in the season the Chiefs were 27-22 winners.
Prediction: Titans to win by 12 points at Clifton Lane.
Nottingham v Doncaster
10th placed Nottingham take on fourth placed Doncaster at Meadow Lane looking to keep their winning run going.
Nottingham are looking for a third straight win which could take them into the top half of the table.
At home this season they won four and lost three to date with Exeter Chiefs, Leeds Tykes and the Cornish Pirates leaving with wins.
Doncaster are joint top of the Form Guide with six straight wins and five points off top spot in the division.
On the road they have done well this season with five wins in seven matches, the defeat were at Leeds Tykes and Plymouth Albion.
Doncaster were 43-29 winners when the sides met earlier in the season at Castle Park.
Prediction: Doncaster to win by eight points at Meadow Lane.
Cornish Pirates v Leeds Tykes
The game of the weekend pits the league leaders Leeds Tykes against third placed Cornish Pirates in Truro.
The Pirates are unbeaten at home with seven straight wins behind them and they have passed the 30 point mark in all of them. They have lost three times this season with disappointing defeat at Otley and Waterloo especially having picked up wins at Doncaster and Earth Titans
The Tykes have put together an excellent run of form to move to the top of the table.
On the road they have come unstuck just the once at Bedford Blues whilst winning the other six matches.
When the sides met earlier in the season the Tykes were narrow 21-20 winners sneaking it late on.
Prediction: Tough call but will go with Tykes by four points.
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