Saracens have an appalling recent away record with just one Premiership win in their last 13 games but their record at The Rec is good in the Premiership with four out of six wins and they must hope that another win in the West Country will kick start an otherwise stuttering campaign.

Bath's success this season is largely due to the consistency of starting line-up and the Aussie coaches will be relieved to see Martyn Wood returning from their homeland to maintain this position. The Bath backs are suffering badly with injuries and the loss of Wood would have made the task much more difficult, however it is likely both Matt Perry and Brendan Daniel will be able to return from the medic's couch to easy Connolly's worries.

Form so far this season has to point to another Bath victory but they will need to start as they finished last week if they are to make a grab for the precious scoring bonus point. A repeat of last week's first half display could see this turn in to a real dogfight because Sarries will not give us the (second) chances offered on a plate by Rotherham.

Click on to the Saracens site for their perspective on things.

In preparation for this clash let's have a look at a few recent statistics:

Biggest Win

Last Meetings (Bath scores first)

Picture of Martyn Wood courtesy of Martin Moore