Bath v Bristol: Teams

Bath head coach Steve Meehan is targeting revenge against west country rivals Bristol.

Meehan is still smarting after losing hame and away to Bristol in his first season - however he wants to set the record straight.

"The first season I was here Bristol beat us home and away," he said.

"That still sits with me and I am sure it still sits with some of the players. So, we really want to do the double over them this season like we did in the last.

"Frankly, they have nothing to lose so they will come here and see what damage they can do. From our point of view we will have to come down and concentrate our game and do all the basics well so we can put ourselves in a strong position and gain some momentum."

Meehan has tweaked his line-up with Scott Bemand starting at scrum-half and Alex Crockett back in the centres. In the pack, Rob Hawkins and James Scaysbrook come into the side.

Bristol head coach Paul Hull has been forced to make several changes to his side for the trip to Bath.

Adrian Jarvis and David Lemi are among those missing, meaning Ed Barnes and Nathan Brew come in.

And despite the match being a derby, Hull insists it is more important for his team to improve week-on-week.

"Everyone looks forward to the Bristol-Bath derbies and it's one that the supporters look out for on the fixture lists when they're published at the start of the year," he said.

"But we have to treat it as just another Guinness Premiership match. We're trying to build, week on week, on the past couple of performances so we're focussing on that.

"After the Newcastle game we agreed that we would only try and influence what we could control. We can control how we play and how we perform and if you put in a good performance then you'll be in with a shout of winning. We were pleased with the attitude and performance against Quins but disappointed we couldn't turn it into a win."

Bristol: 15 Tom Arscott, 14 Lee Robinson, 13 Neil Brew, 12 Luke Eves, 11 Nathan Brew, 10 Ed Barnes, 9 Shaun Perry, 8 Dan Ward-Smith, 7 Joe El Abd (capt), 6 Redford Pennycook, 5 Nathan Budgett, 4 Roy Winters, 3 Darren Crompton, 2 David Blaney, 1 Mark Irish.
Replacements: 16 Mark Regan, 17 Wayne Thompson, 18 Dave Attwood, 19 Alfie To'oala, 20 Haydn Thomas, 21 Chris Ashwin, 22 Luke Arscott.

Bath: 15 Joe Maddock, 14 Andrew Higgins, 13 Alex Crockett (c), 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 Butch James, 9 Scott Bemand, 8 Jonny Faamatuainu, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Andy Beattie, 5 Peter Short, 4 Stuart Hooper, 3 Duncan Bell, 2 Rob Hawkins, 1 David Barnes.
Replacements: 16 Mark Lilley, 17 Paulica Ion, 18 Justin Harrison, 19 Daniel Browne, 20 Mike Baxter, 21 Shaun Berne, 22 Nick Abendanon.