text: Leicester boss Richard Cockerill believes that this season's Aviva Premiership play-off race will run until the final day of regular league season action. The Tigers tackle Saracens at Allianz Park on Saturday, separated by just two points and two places with only four games left. While Northampton are clear at the top, it is a different story for the three remaining play-off positions, with Saracens, Bath, Leicester and Exeter all bunched up behind Saints, and mid-table Wasps and Sale Sharks also cannot be discounted. Leicester Tigers rugby director Richard Cockerill believes the Premiership title race will go to the wire . The 22-game Premiership campaign concludes on May 16, with play-offs a week later, and the stakes are high. 'We've got some tough games coming up, but we are up there in the mix,' said Tigers rugby director Cockerill, whose team's run-in features appointments with Saracens, London Welsh, Wasps and Northampton. 'The top four was our target at the start of the season, and that is still our target now, but we have to keep going. 'With being out of Europe, we brought our internationals straight back into the squad against Exeter (two weeks ago) because we knew they could have some down-time after that. Leicester Tigers' Jamie Gibson (left) in action against Bath during the Aviva Premiership clash in January . 'All of the top five or six clubs have some tricky games in the run-in. We all play each other at some point, too, and it will go to the last weekend for everybody. 'This is a really big game for both teams on Saturday, with just four rounds of fixtures left in the season. 'It is a tough place to go, and Saracens are a consistently good team who come into this weekend on the back of a European Champions Cup quarter-final win. 'But we've come into some form, and we want to maintain that through to the end of the season and see where that takes us.'
target: Leicester face Saracens at Allianz Park on Saturday in Aviva Premiership .
  Just two points and two places separate the sides with four games left .
  Bath, Exeter, Wasps and Sale all also still involved in play-off chase .