Exeter Chiefs deal with Sale Sharks in the Premiership. Get match information, ideas, predictions and TV details for Saturday's match at Sandy Park

Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks, start time & TV info

Date Saturday, March 21 Starts 3.05 pm. Venue Sandy Park, Exeter. Competition Premiership. TV Live on TNT Sports 1

Exeter are knocking on the door of the playoff places in the Premiership and will be aiming to make the many of home advantage as they face Sale at their Sandy Park stronghold.

The Sharks are languishing in seventh and have just 3 Premiership wins to their name this season, all in your home.

Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks betting suggestions & forecasts

Exeter -9. 2pts 10-11 basic

Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks sneak peek

We are simply past the middle in the Premiership campaign and the top 6 clubs have actually pulled away in the race for 4 playoff areas, leaving a significant 12-point gap between them and the rest.

Sale are the very best of the rest, having won simply 3 of ten matches, all against the only teams below them in the table, and it's rather a succumb to a group who have actually made the playoffs in the last three seasons and reached the last in 2023.

Exeter, by contrast, are simply a point outside the top 4 after back-to-back beats in January and will aspire to get back to winning ways against poor tourists Sale.

The Chiefs have internationals back including locks Dafydd Jenkins, who captains the side, and Andrea Zambonin. Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney has likewise been named in the group while Wallaby Tom Hooper returns from injury in the back row.

In the last round of Premiership fixtures before the break for the Six Nations, Exeter were beaten 8-3 at home by Bristol in driving rain, but they have actually won their other 4 home games by a double-figure margin, and beat the 3 groups at the bottom of the table each by more than 20.

An excellent run to the final of the Prem Cup suggests Exeter have plenty of continuity about them and are refreshed by their returning gamers. The Chiefs nicked a one-point win at Sale in November and they can produce a more convincing success on home soil.

FAQs for Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks

When is Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks in the Premiership?

Kick-off is at 3.05 pm on Saturday, March 21.

Where is Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks being played?

Sandy Park in Exeter is the place.

What is the match betting for Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks?

Exeter are 1-3 favourites, visitors Sale are 3-1 shots and the draw is 25-1, while the handicap has been set at 8 or 9 points