Northampton Saints vs Gloucester Prediction: Saint to return to winning ways

Franklin's Gardens will be the venue for this round 17 Gallagher Premiership Rugby encounter between Northampton Saints and Gloucester. The hosts are heavy favorites here, while the road team comes in as underdogs. 

Northampton Saints are coming off a defeat against Leinster in the European Rugby Champions Cup. However, the prior game to that defeat saw this side lose to Harlequins in the league. In the meantime, Northampton Saints had four consecutive victories in prior games to those defeats, coming against Saracens, Munster, Bulls, and Leicester Tigers. The hosts are seated at the top of the standings, four points ahead of the closest rival, Saracens.

Gloucester are coming off a win over Benetton in a 40-23 in the Challenge Cup playoffs. However, this team lost consecutive league games to Saracens and Exeter Chiefs in prior games to that win. However, this team has accumulated just 27 points from 16 league games, with European qualification now looking impossible.

The Northampton Saints will come into this game with a must-win mind. However, Gloucester have struggled in the league in recent weeks. This should be a one-sided game, looking at the quality the team possesses, and they should win by a good margin.