Wasps vs Worcester Warriors
23rd April 2022 – Kick Off 1500hrs
Rugby – England – Premiership
Pick Wasps -15 handicap
Bookmaker Bet365
Odds: Even Money odds taken 18:20 GMT on April 21st, 2022
Wasps are too far away from having any chance of securing a top-four finish this season, so the pressure is off them now.
They may have the opportunity to go out and enjoy themselves on Saturday and continue some excellent recent form.
Worcester are fighting to not finish bottom of the Premiership Rugby table, and recent results suggest that they are going to have a hard time getting anything out of this match.
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Wasps Preview – Wasps to cruise to a win?
Wasps are not going to take a top-four finish in Premiership Rugby this season.
However, they head into action on the weekend a top-eight finish still well within sight.
That would book them a place in next season’s European Rugby Champions Cup as opposed to the Challenge Cup.
So they do have an incentive in that regard to putting in a big shift.
On paper, this looks like a completely winnable fixture for them. The bookies agree.
The win for Wasps is at 1/14 odds-on in Premiership Rugby betting* (odds recorded 18:20 GMT on April 21st, 2022 at Bet365).
Home and away in all competitions, they have won their last five matches on the spin.
That includes back to back Premiership Rugby wins.
Those were earned at home against Newcastle Falcons and away at Gloucester.
There was an upset for Wasps when they went to Sixways earlier this season to face Worcester Warriors.
Wasps lost that fixture by a single point.
That snapped a fourteen match winning streak that they had been on against the Warriors.
Wasps are undefeated in their last nine Premiership Rugby home matches against this opponent.
Jumping into their current form, the Wasps have won their last seven home matches in all competitions.
Worcester Warriors Preview – Thankless task for the visitors?
The Worcester Warriors look as if they are going to be up against it on the weekend.
They are second from the bottom in the table as things stand with a W5 D1 L15 record behind them.
Bottom side Bath are only three points behind Worcester having played a game less than the Warriors.
In the match outright for Premiership Rugby betting, the win for Worcester is at 13/2* (odds recorded 18:20 GMT on April 21st, 2022 at Bet365)/
While you have Wasps who are in superb current form, the same can’t be said of Worcester.
They have lost seven of their last ten fixtures in all competitions.
It’s been four defeats for them in their last five Premiership Rugby matches (W1).
The last win that they earned in that sequence was completely out of the blue.
It was a victory at home against Exeter in mid-March.
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Worcester Warriors have not won an away match this season in the Premiership.
They have lost them all apart from a draw against Newcastle in late November.
Since the end of November 2020, Worcester have won only two away matches across all tournaments.
Neither of those was in the league.
In each of their last three Premiership Rugby away matches, Worcester have conceded at least 31 points.
Only once in their last six on the road have they conceded less.
Wasps vs Worcester Warriors Betting Advice
Wasps have this tremendous home record against Worcester Warriors and we would expect that to continue.
Worcester lost by only four points on their most recent visit to Wasps.
But the trend has been bigger margins of victory for Wasps with only one of their last four at home against the Warriors coming by fewer than 12 points.
The Wasps -15 handicap at Evens looks within range* (odds recorded 18:20 GMT on April 21st, 2022 at Bet365).
Key Facts – Wasps vs Worcester Warriors Betting Tip
- Wasps have won their last 9 home matches against Worcester Warriors
- Wasps are on a seven match winning streak at home in all competitions
- Worcester Warriors have lost all but one Premiership away game this season
Wasps do still have a chance at a top-eight finish, so there is a good incentive for them to keep their form going.
It’s been a fantastic run of wins that they have earned in Coventry.
That should continue on the weekend. Wasps 16-20 winning margin is the second rugby betting tip at 5/1* (odds recorded 18:20 GMT on April 21st, 2022 at Bet365).
The best betting odds for Wasps vs Worcester Warriors
Wasps to win: 1/14 at Bet365
Draw: 20/1 at Bet365
Worcester Warriors to win: 13/2 at Bet365
