Sale Sharks vs Bristol Bears
4th June 2022 – Kick Off 1500hrs
Rugby – England – Premiership
Pick Sale Sharks -10 handicap
Bookmaker Bet365
Odds: 10/11 odds taken 18:45 GMT on June 2nd, 2022
Sale Sharks are five points out of the Premiership Rugby Playoff spots so have an extremely narrow window.
They would have to pick up a win with a try bonus point and hope that Northampton and Gloucester both lose their matches.
All of that coming together for Sale to take a top-four finish is not likely. But they are at least odds-on to do their part and win.
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Sale Sharks Preview – Sharks to win at home
Sale Sharks need a big all-or-nothing kind of performance at the AJ Bell on Saturday.
They need a win and at least four tries on the board, plus luck with other results to get to the Playoff semi-finals.
It’s probably not going to happen. But Sale Sharks look strong favourites for the match win.
They have lost only one of their last five league fixtures.
That one slip was on home turf when Saracens visited at the start of April.
The loss against Sarries is the only home defeat that Sale have suffered since early October in Premiership Rugby.
In the match outright for Premiership Rugby betting, the win for Sale Sharks is at 1/5 odds-on* (odds recorded 18:45 GMT on June 2nd, 2022 at Bet365).
So little value there, as they look to overturn a loss they suffered against Bristol Bears earlier this season.
Sale Sharks lost heavily at Ashton Gate against them.
They also lost a European Champions Cup Round of 16 match against them at the AJ Bell in early April.
In terms of Premiership fixtures, Sale Sharks haven’t lost a home against Bristol since 2017.
Bristol Bears Preview – Bears playing for pride
There is nowhere for the Bristol Bears to go in the league standings, regardless of what happens on Saturday.
They will finish a disappointing tenth.
After having landed a top-four finish to reach the Playoffs last season, this has been a big fall.
Only the bottom two of Worcester and Bath have conceded more points than Bristol Bears this season.
In the match outright for Premiership Rugby betting, the win for Bristol is at 15/4* (odds recorded 18:45 GMT on June 2nd, 2022 at Bet365).
There has been a trend with their recent Premiership Rugby fixtures.
The last five matches that the Bears have been involved in have ended with a win for the home side on the day.
The last time that they managed to complete a league double in a season over Sale was in the 2006/07 campaign.
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Bristol Bears have very little away form to suggest that they are going to triumph at the AJ bell again on the weekend.
Their Champions Cup victory over Sale in the first leg of the tie was a victory by a single point.
That’s just one of two wins that they have banked in their last ten matches on the road (all tournaments).
So they don’t look like they can come up with the odds.
The last time they won on the road in the league was in late October last year with a success at London Irish.
It’s been a seven match losing streak away for Bristol Bears since then in the league.
Sale Sharks vs Bristol Bears Betting Advice
We don’t see Sale Sharks having any issues in picking up the home win in this fixture on Saturday.
They are the odds-on favourites, so we go to the handicap market for Premiership Rugby betting and that’s a Sale Sharks -10 at 10/11* (odds recorded 18:45 GMT on June 2nd, 2022 at Bet365).
Sale Sharks probably won’t have to find too much to knock the wind out of the Bears.
Key Facts – Sale Sharks vs Bristol Bears Betting Tip
- Sale Sharks are W6 D1 L1 in their last eight league home matches
- Sale Sharks have won their last three home matches against Bristol Bears
- Bristol Bears are on a seven match losing streak on the road in the Premiership
The Bears just have not been there defensively away from home and they have nothing to play for on Saturday either.
Our second rugby tip is the Sale Sharks 11-15 winning margin option at 11/2* (odds recorded 18:45 GMT on June 2nd, 2022 at Bet365)
They can put on a show as they have to play for tries, and put in a commanding win to lift the home support.
The best betting odds for Sale Sharks vs Bristol Bears
Sale Sharks to win: 1/5 at Bet365
Draw: 25/1 at Bet365
Bristol Bears to win: 15/4 at Bet365
