| Home team | Exeter Chiefs |
| Away team | Bath |
| Venue | Sandy Park |
| Competition | Gallagher PREM |
| Kick off time | 3:30 pm |
| Watch Live in the UK | TNT Sports/HBO Max |
Exeter Chiefs vs Bath Gallagher PREM preview as they clash at Sandy Park, trying to secure a place in the top four of the PREM.
Bath currently sit four points behind Northampton Saints, who lost out to Leicester Tigers the day before this game. This gives them an opportunity to go back to the top of the table.
The Exeter Chiefs currently sit fourth, but after Saturday’s games are under pressure from below as they are only one point ahead of the Bristol Bears, and the Saracens are three points behind them in sixth.
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Exeter Chiefs vs Bath confirmed lineups and team news
| Exeter Chiefs | Bath | ||||
| Forwards | |||||
| Sio | 1 | van Wyk | |||
| Norey | 2 | Frost | |||
| Iosefa-Scott | 3 | Griffin | |||
| Jenkins | 4 | Roux | |||
| Zambonin | 5 | Molony | |||
| Hooper | 6 | Hill | |||
| Tshiunza | 7 | Underhill | |||
| Vintcent | 8 | Barbeary | |||
| Backs | |||||
| Varney | 9 | Spencer | |||
| Skinner | 10 | Russell | |||
| Ridl | 11 | Arundell | |||
| Ikitau | 12 | Butt | |||
| Slade | 13 | Lawrence | |||
| Brown-Bampoe | 14 | Cokanasiga | |||
| Woodburn | 15 | de Glanville | |||
| Replacements | |||||
| Dweba | 16 | Tuipulotu | |||
| Burger | 17 | Obano | |||
| Tchumbadze | 18 | du Toit | |||
| Tuima | 19 | Ewels | |||
| Worley-Brady | 20 | Pepper | |||
| Cairns | 21 | Carr-Smith | |||
| Haydon-Wood | 22 | Carreras | |||
| Hammersley | 23 | Redpath | |||
Recent Form:
Exeter Chiefs (Home team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2nd May 2026 | Challenge Cup | Ulster | 29-12 |
| Loss | 26th April 2026 | Prem | Gloucester | 34-31 |
| Loss | 18th April 2026 | Prem | Northampton Saints | 28-35 |
| Won | 12th April 2026 | Challenge Cup | Benetton | 41-44 |
| Won | 4th April 2026 | Challenge Cup | Munster | 31-21 |
Exeter Chiefs lost out on a place in the Challenge Cup final when they lost out to Ulster. Before that, they had lost their last two Prem matches in a row, including a shock defeat to Gloucester. Against Ulster, Exeter were putting up a great fight in the first half, Ulster kicked a last play penalty to go 10-7 ahead. Ulster would go on and score three tries to go 29-7 ahead. Ridl scored last play but it only brought it back to 29-12.
Bath (Away team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 3rd May 2026 | Champions Cup | Bordeaux Begles | 38-26 |
| Loss | 25th April 2026 | Prem | Northampton Saints | 41-38 |
| Won | 18th April 2026 | Prem | Harlequins | 48-15 |
| Won | 10th April 2026 | Champions Cup | Northampton Saints | 43-41 |
| Won | 4th April 2026 | Champions Cup | Saracens | 31-22 |
Bath had won five in a row before the last round of the Prem. They lost narrowly in the last PREM game to Northampton Saints, although Bath had rotated their squad for this game to prepare for the Champions Cup semi-final. In that semi-final, they lost 38-26 to Bordeaux, although the game was marred with controversy after a series of high tackles on Alfie Barbeary.
Exeter Chiefs vs Bath head-to-head record (last five matches):
| Date | Competition | Winner | Score |
| 21st February 2026 | Prem Cup | Exeter Chiefs | 31-19 |
| 3rd January 2026 | Prem | Bath | 33-26 |
| 20th September 2025 | Prem Cup | Exeter Chiefs | 14-23 |
| 19th April 2025 | Prem | Bath | 24-26 |
| 16th March 2025 | Prem Cup | Bath | 14-48 |
Exeter won both meetings between these teams in the Prem Cup this year. Other than this, Bath had won six PREM meetings between these two.
