Saints eager to 'surprise people' by beating Bath
The black, green and gold were beaten by Sale Sharks at Franklin's Gardens last Saturday, going 31-6 down before battling back in the 34-25 defeat.
Saints were beaten on their most recent visit to Bath, losing 32-9 in an Aviva Premiership encounter last month.
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Hide AdAnd flanker Gibson knows there is plenty to play for when he and his team-mates return to The Rec this week, with a place in the March 18 final at Kingsholm up for grabs.
"It's definitely something to build for, a chance of silverware," Gibson said.
"We went down to Bath a few weeks ago and we disappointed ourselves again.
"We've got several motivations going there.
"If we had managed to pull off a shock win last Saturday there would have been a lot of momentum, but it might have papered over the cracks of the first half.
"We'll have a tough review, work hard and then we go down to Bath against a big, physical side.
"We know what we need to improve on and we've got a chance to surprise people."