Zebre vs Bulls Predictions - Hosts backed to get within handicap against Bulls

Last season the Bulls hammered Zebre 78-12 at home. 

Zebre are historically the weakest team in the URC and consistently finishes bottom of the table. They have been quite impressive at the start of this season despite losing their opening two fixtures.

In the opening round Zebre lost a cracking game at home 40-36 to Ulster before going down 34-31 at Ospreys last weekend. In the latter game, they held a good halftime lead but failed to capitilise in the second stanza.

While it has been two narrow defeats in which Zebre has picked up four bonus points (two in each game), there is some context to that. The opposition sides have not had their international players available for these games.

Zebre will look to rotate a bit in the third week but most of the core should remain the same.

The Bulls have made the playoffs in their first two seasons of the URC and will expect much the same this time around. In fact, they finished as runners-up in their first season while last season they lost out in the quarter-final.

In round one the Bulls thrashed Scarlets 63-21 on home soil to pick up a bonus point victory. However, last week the Bulls fell short against Ulster away, losing 26-19. The losing bonus point is always crucial away from home though.

The Bulls would have marked this as an away game they simply must win. It won’t be easy against a Zebre side playing some decent rugby at the moment.