Bath kept themselves in line to progress in the Anglo Welsh LV= Cup when they beat Northampton Saints 46-14 at The Recreation Ground on Saturday.
Bath will be hoping that this five point victory will secure them a Semi-final place but Saracens could equal them with two bonus point wins.
A loss for Saracens this week on Sunday to Worcester Warriors will ensure that Bath qualify.
Northampton Saints still top their pool however and a bonus point victory over London Wasps next week will ensure that they qualify for the Semi-finals.
Hooker Ross Batty and tighthead prop Anthony Perenise barged over and despite a reply from Alex Waller, second-half tries from Olly Woodburn, Stephen Donald and Charlie Beech ensured a bonus-point win for Ian McGeechan's outfit.
Saints were missing 10 players to England and the Saxons, with their tries coming from prop Alex Waller's try and nine points from Stephen Myler.
Man of the match was won by the South African flanker Francois Louw.
Final Score Bath 46 (19) Northampton 14 (9)
Scorers
Bath
Tries: Batty, Perenise, Woodburn, Donald, Beech
Penalties: Barkley 5
Conversions: Barkley 3
Northampton Saints
Tries: Waller
Penalties: Myler 3
Teams
Bath
15. Nick Abendanon , 14. Olly Woodburn , 13. Sam Vesty , 12. Olly Barkley , 11. Tom Biggs , 10. Stephen Donald , 9. Michael Claassens , 1. David Flatman , 2. Ross Batty , 3. Anthony Perenise , 4. Stuart Hooper (c) , 5. Ryan Caldwell , 6. Ben Skirving , 7. Francois Louw , 8. Simon Taylor
Replacements ;16. Lee Mears , 17. Charlie Beech , 18. Duncan Bell , 19. Will Spencer , 20. Guy Mercer , 21. Chris Cook , 22. Tom Heathcote , 23. Nick Scott
Northampton Saints
15 Paul Diggin , 14 Jamie Elliott , 13 Scott Armstrong , 12 Greig Tonks , 11 Vasily Artemyev , 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Martin Roberts , 8 Samu Manoa, 7 Ben Nutley , , 6 James Craig , 5 Christian Day, , 4 Mark Sorenson, , 3 Tom Mercey, 2 Brett Sharman, 1 Alex Waller
Replacements , 16 Andy Long , 17 Soane Tonga’uiha , 18 Brian Mujati , 19 James Ingle , 20 Roger Wilson , 21 Ryan Glynn , 22 Tom May , 23 Noah Cato
