Gloucester vs Bath Prem preview: Confirmed lineups and predictions

Home team	Gloucester
Away team	Bath
Venue	Kingsholm
Competition	PREM
Kick-off time	7:45 pm (UK)
Watch Live in the UK	TNT Sports/ HBO Max

Gloucester vs Bath preview as the sides meet in round four of the PREM after a week’s break for the Champions Cup. Gloucester currently sit a surprising top of the table on§ 12 points after a great start to the season. Bath sit fifth but have the same record as Bath and are just one point behind Gloucester in first. 

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Gloucester vs Bath confirmed lineups

Gloucester			Bath
Forwards
Ruskin		1		Obano
Blake		2		Tuipulotu
Knight		3		Griffin
Kleyn		4		Gyamfi
Clark		5		Ewels
Thomas		6		Bayliss
Morgan		7		Pepper
Clement		8		Reid
Backs
Englefield		9		Spencer
C Atkinson		10		Russell
Knight		11		Offiah
Llewellyn		12		Redpath
Joseph		13		Lawrence
Thorley		14		Hennessey
Barton		15		Carreras
Replacements
Innard		16		Frost
Bleuler		17		Kirk
Fasogbon		18		Verden
Trenholm		19		Molony
Ludlow		20		Hill
Robson		21		Carr-Smith
Knight		22		Donoghue
Redshaw		23		Green

Recent Form:

Gloucester (Home team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Draw	16th October 2026	Champions Cup	Bordeaux Begles	36-36
Loss	9th October 2026	Prem	Leicester Tigers	38-31
Won	3rd October 2026	Prem	Harlequins	48-0
Won	26th September 2026	Prem	Exeter Chiefs	24-45
Won	12th September 2026	Prem Cup	Sale Sharks	43-26

Gloucester opened up the Champions Cup for 2026/27 at Kingsholm against the double champions, Bordeaux Begles. The game was an absolute thriller, and Gloucester will feel like they were one pass away from victory as they failed to take a chance in the final minutes. Gloucester scored five tries throughout the game and kicked a penalty, which saw them take a 24-17 lead into half-time. Will Trenholm came off the bench in the second half and scored both Gloucester tries.

Bath (Away team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Loss	17th October 2026	Champions Cup	Montpellier	14-32
Loss	10th October 2026	Prem	Northampton Saints	71-48
Won	2nd October 2026	Prem	Exeter Chiefs	40-34
Won	25th September 2026	Prem	Harlequins	17-33
Loss	6th September 2026	Prem Cup	Sale Sharks	50-28

Bath started the season with two strong wins, but have since had two disappointing defeats. Against Montpellier, Bath had a lead within the first half hour after scoring two tries and took a 14-10 lead into the break. Bath were unable to score any points in the second half as Montpellier scored three tries.

Gloucester vs Bath head-to-head record (last five matches):

Date	Competition	Winner	Score
28th February 2026	Prem Cup	Bath	38-26
23rd January 2026	Prem	Bath	26-30
14th November 2025	Prem Cup	Gloucester	19-17
11th October 2025	Prem	Bath	38-17
13th April 2025	Challenge Cup	Bath	61-26

Predictions

• Gloucester to win by 10 points or less
• 60+ points in the game