Preview: Gloucester vs. Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks head coach Bryan Redpath returns to Gloucester for the first time on Saturday following his resignation seven months ago.

The Aviva Premiership's bottom-placed side can win back-to-back league matches for the first time this season if they triumph in the West Country.

Following two defeats, Gloucester got back on track last weekend thanks to a 46-20 victory over London Welsh in the LV= Cup.

Jim Hamilton and Charlie Sharples return for the hosts, while Dan Murphy and Sione Kalamafoni also come into the starting XV.

Recent form:

Gloucester: WWWLLW

Sale: WLLWLW

Lineups:

Gloucester: Cook, Sharples, Tindall, Twelvetrees, Monahan, Burns, Cowan, Murphy, Edmonds, Harden, James, Hamilton, Savage, Qera, Kalamafoni Replacements: Britton, Wood, Knight, Buxton, Cox, Robson, Molenaar, Thomas

Sale: Miller, Amesbury, Addison, Tuitupou, Cueto, Cipriani, Peel, Harrison, Taylor, Buckley, McKenzie, Myall, Vernon, Seymour, Powell Replacements: Ward, Lewis-Roberts, Cobilas, Holmes, Gaskell, Cliff, Macleod, Shepherd

Sports Mole says: Gloucester to emerge triumphant