HIGH-FLYING Wasps are in a confident mood and “don’t really have any obvious weaknesses”, according to Worcester Warriors full-back Chris Pennell.

Dai Young’s Wasps are in the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup and pushing for a home tie in the end-of-season Aviva Premiership play-offs.

Pennell admits Warriors will need to be at the top of their game for tomorrow's match against third-placed Wasps to keep alive their own hopes of leapfrogging Bath to finish in ninth.

“Wasps don’t really have any obvious weaknesses,” said Pennell.

"The most dangerous thing about them at the moment is they are playing with such confidence and they have got quality players throughout their team.

“With the confidence they will have gained over the last couple of months for flying high in Europe and climbing the Premiership table, our biggest challenge will be to try to halt some of their momentum.

“Wasps are very tough opposition and are playing extremely well at the moment so we are under no illusions that it’s going to be a real challenge.”

Warriors have secured their Premiership safety with three matches remaining but their brutal 50-12 defeat against Exeter Chiefs hurt Pennell and his team-mates.

“We caught Exeter on a very good day but we went away from the things we are really good at,” said Pennell.

“We pride ourselves on our defence and the aggression in our defence but we sat off and let Exeter’s runners do what they did.

“The main thing we learned is that we have to focus on our own game and impose our game on the opposition rather than worrying what the opposition are going to do.

“When you play against the best teams, you learn you need to be at the top of your game to compete with these guys. With Wasps beating Exeter last weekend and with us losing to Exeter in our last match we know they are a quality team.”

Warriors have already lost once in the Premiership to Wasps this term – a last-gasp 32-22 defeat in their first top-tier meeting since the London club moved to Coventry.

But Pennell doesn’t think the manner of Warriors’ heart-breaking January loss at the Ricoh Arena will serve as extra motivation for the players.

“It was obviously devastating at the time,” he said.

“It was a loss and the circumstances around it were not nice but it’s key that if we want progress up the table we don’t lose to the same side twice in the season.

“Because this a home game we have to make sure we do everything we can to get the win so when we come up against them again next year we are a different side in their mind-set.