Premiership: Bath 20-24 Leicester Tigers - leaders end 11-year losing run in Bath

League leaders Leicester ended an 11-year losing streak at the Recreation Ground with a narrow win over spirited bottom-of-the-table side Bath.

Jasper Wiese gave Leicester an early lead but Will Muir quickly replied for the hosts.

Richard Wigglesworth put the Tigers ahead but Max Ojomoh and Josh Bayliss gave Bath a 20-14 interval lead.

However, a Freddie Burns try and Bryce Hegarty penalty sealed Leicester's first win in Bath since 2011.

It was a match featuring the teams at opposite ends of the Premiership, with Leicester coming into the match eight points clear at the top and 13th-placed Bath seven points adrift at the bottom.

The visitors took an expected early lead through Wiese, who went over at close range as the ball was moved out wide from an attacking line-out.

Muir raced over in the left corner, touching down a kick in-behind from Ben Spencer, to get Bath on the scoreboard not long after.

But their defensive frailties were exposed when Guy Porter cut through the middle, setting up Wigglesworth to score under the posts and push the Tigers further ahead.

The Rec has proved a difficult ground for Leicester, with their previous win there coming way back in March 2011, while they had lost their two most recent matches on the road, at Sale and Wasps.

Bath lost try-scorer Muir to the bin for a challenge in the air, although the hosts survived the 10 minutes without conceding a point and managed to add three themselves through a Bailey penalty.

Ojomoh expertly collected a chip over the top from Jonathan Joseph to give the hosts the lead for the first time and Bayliss then produced the try of the match, seconds after coming on, as he danced past tacklers down the wing.

But Bath have only won twice this season and Leicester piled