Gloucester vs Bristol Bears Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is Gloucester vs Bristol Bears taking place? Gloucester vs Bristol Bears will take place on Friday 3rd December, 2021 at 19:45 (UK)
Where is Gloucester vs Bristol Bears taking place? Gloucester vs Bristol Bears will take place at Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester
Where can I get tickets for Gloucester vs Bristol Bears? Ticket information for Gloucester vs Bristol Bears can be found on each side’s official website
What TV channel is Gloucester vs Bristol Bears on in the UK? Gloucester vs Bristol Bears will be televised live on BT Sport
Where can I stream Gloucester vs Bristol Bears in the UK? BT Sport subscribers can stream Gloucester vs Bristol Bears live on the BT Sport Player & app
THE TEAM NEWS
Gloucester: 15 Lloyd Evans, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Ben Meehan, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Ruan Ackermann, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Val Rapava-Ruskin
Replacements: 16 Santiago Socino, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19 Andrew Davidson, 20 Jordy Reid, 21 Charlie Chapman, 22 Billy Twelvetrees, 23 Kyle Moyle
Bristol Bears: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Toby Fricker, 13 Henry Purdy, 12 Piers O’Conor, 11 Alapati Leiua, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Steven Luatua (c), 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Chris Vui, 5 Joe Joyce, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 John Afoa, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Jake Woolmore
Replacements: 16 Jake Kerr, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Ashley Challenger, 19 Jake Heenan, 20 Fitz Harding, 21 Tom Whiteley, 22 Semi Radradra, 23 Luke Morahan
THE PREDICTION
Gloucester raced to a 12-23 half-tim lead away at Wasps last Friday and then held on masterfully to win a ding-dong battle 33-35 for a third-straight win across all competitions. After a slow start to the season with back-to-back defeats to Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers, they have only lost to Exeter Chiefs 13-16 in their last six Premiership matches. The return of Louis Rees-Zammit to the starting line-up is a welcome one and they will be confident of coming out on top of what could be another tight match. Travelling Bristol Bears lost 20-36 at home to Northampton Saints last Friday and they still look a little shaky after some good work was put in to amend a terrible start to their season. They can welcome back Semi Radrada from the bench after a long injury lay-off but taking the hosts to win outright here seems the way this Friday night fixture edges.
