RECAP: Saracens v Bristol Bears

READERS' FORUM: Welcome to the Premiership Round Six encounter between Saracens and Bristol Bears at Allianz Park.

Saracens have won their last four Premiership matches since their opening weekend home reversal to Northampton.

This was Saracens’ first home defeat in the tournament since Leicester visited Allianz Park in February 2018.

Bristol Bears are unbeaten in their last seven first-team matches since their 17-22 loss at Harlequins in round 2 of Premiership.

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Teams:

Saracens: 15 Max Malins, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Brad Barritt (captain), 11 Elliot Daly, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Nick Isiekwe, 5 George Kruis, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola.

Replacements: 16 Jack Singleton, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Titi Lamositele, 19 Will Skelton, 20 Jackson Wray, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Alex Lewington.

Bristol Bears: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 Sam Bedlow, 11 Toby Fricker, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Jake Heenan, 6 Steven Luatua (captain), 5 Chris Vui, 4 Joe Joyce, 3 John Afoa, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Jake Woolmore.

Replacements: 16 Will Capon, 17 James Lay, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Ed Holmes, 20 Luke Hamilton, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Alapati Leiua.

Referee: Tom Foley

Assistant referees: Michael Hudson & Roy Maybank

TMO: Graham Hughes