Saracens vs Worcester
26th December 1500hrs
Rugby – England – Premiership
Pick Saracens -19 handicap
Bookmaker William Hill
Odds: 10/11 odds taken 18:10 GMT on December 23rd, 2021
Saracens are strong favourites on their return to Premiership action on the weekend following the break for European competition.
Sarries will be looking for a big response having lost at rivals Exeter in their last Premiership fixture.
This looks like being a very tough afternoon ahead for the visiting Worcester Warriors.
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Saracens Preview – Sarries odds-on favourites at the StoneX
There looks to be a winnable fixture for Saracens on Boxing Day on their return to league action.
Saracens have lost their last three matches in all competitions and four of their last five.
But that doesn’t tell the entire story as most of that was Premiership Cup and Challenge Cup defeats.
In the Premiership Saracens are W6 D1 L2 this season.
The latest of those defeats happened on a trip to Sandy Park to face rivals Exeter just before the European break.
In the match outright for rugby betting, Saracens are 1/33 odds-on for the win* (odds recorded 18:10 GMT on December 23rd, 2021).
Their most recent form in Premiership Rugby reads W1 D1 L1 in their last three games.
They are unbeaten at the StoneX this season in the league, having taken a W3 D1 record from four played.
Saracens have a big head to head from going against Worcester so another win may very well be coming their way on Sunday.
Saracens will be coming in fresh not having played for fifteen days by the time kick-off rolls around.
Sarries have won 13 of 14 previous Premiership Rugby home matches against Worcester (L1).
The only defeat in that sequence happened by a three-point margin in 2006.
Each of the three home victories that they have taken this season in the Premiership have been by a margin of at least 10 points.
A Saracens -19 Handicap is at 10/11* (odds recorded 18:10 GMT on December 23rd, 2021).
Only against Sale Sharks have Saracens got a bitter win percentage against than Worcester.
Worcester Preview – Will Warriors challenge?
Worcester are also returning to action after a break of a couple of weeks.
This is such a tough away game, they could probably be forgiven for not going full tilt at this one.
A bonus point in defeat would be a decent return.
It has not been a particularly fruitful campaign for Worcester who are W3 D1 L6 in the top flight this season.
They are huge 12/1 underdogs in the match outright for rugby betting* (odds recorded 18:10 GMT on December 23rd, 2021).
There have been improved results recently from the Warriors.
The Warriors have suffered one loss only in their last four Premiership fixtures.
But they do, however, remain on a long winless streak of away form in the top flight.
The last time that Worcester won away in the top flight was in September last year at London Irish.
Surprisingly, however, they have won two of their last three against Saracens in the top flight (L1).
The most recent for Worcester was a 40-27 triumph over Sarries at Sixways last season.
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Worcester did win their last league fixture, but the last time that they won back to back league games was in November last year.
It has been 15 losses for them in their last 16 away games.
Remarkably the Warriors have conceded just six penalties as season, which is head and shoulders above everyone else.
They have actually done well in repelling attacks from entries into their own 22.
But still, the bookies have lined up a Worcester +21 handicap at 10/11* (odds recorded 18:10 GMT on December 23rd, 2021).
Worcester have lost all eleven previous Premiership away games at Saracens.
In the last such fixture, they lost 62-5.
Saracens vs Worcester Betting Advice
In three of their five away matches this season, Worcester have failed to put more than 10 points on the scoreboard.
Will they really throw the kitchen sink at this, or save themselves for more winnable fixtures?
Worcester have conceded at least 25 points on each of their last eight visits to Saracens and conceded more than 40 points in five of those eight.
So the Saracens -19 handicap at 10/11 is going to be the pick for rugby betting in this one* (odds recorded 18:10 GMT on December 23rd, 2021)..
Key Facts – Saracens vs Worcester Betting Tip
- Saracens have won all 11 previous Premiership home fixtures against Worcester Warriors
- Saracens are W1 D1 L1 in their last three league fixtures
- Worcester have won two of their last three matches against Saracens
They will be looking to get back some domestic momentum after a couple of recent wobbles.
Saracens will likely express themselves.
Max Malins is the 4/1 punt to be Sarries’ first try scorer in the match* (odds recorded 18:10 GMT on December 23rd, 2021).
Marlins is the top try-scorer in this season’s Premiership.
The best betting odds for Saracens vs Worcester
Saracens to win: 1/33 at Bet365
Draw: 20/1 at Bet365
Worcester to win: 12/1 at Bet365
