NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will follow the Scarlets’ blueprint when they bid to end their Guinness PRO12 away losing streak at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Dragons head to Glasgow bidding for a first league win away from Rodney Parade since their success in Treviso in March 2015.

They take on a Warriors side hard hit by Scotland call-ups and fresh from a loss at the Ospreys on Sunday, a reverse at Ulster and a home defeat to the Scarlets at the start of February.

The 2015 champions need a miracle to sneak into the play-offs and the Dragons hope to draw inspiration from their west Walian rivals, who triumphed 26-14 at Scotstoun.

“I don’t know what sort of side Glasgow will field but we’ve looked at a few of the clips from the Scarlets game and they played well,” said fly-half Angus O’Brien.

“We’ve got to be confident going up there, we have to impose our game on them. We’ve identified what has worked for teams against them and what didn’t. We’ve done our homework and will be prepared.

“Glasgow are a very good team and are always in the top six or pushing for the play-offs. They’ve got a lot of strength and depth and a lot of quality.”

The Warriors made it through a tough group containing Munster, Leicester and Racing 92 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup but the hat-trick of league defeats leaves them likely to miss out on the top four.

The Dragons, however, are under pressure themselves after a shocking 54-22 home defeat to Leinster.

“It’s a big test but we are confident that we can put a few wrongs right,” said former Wales Under-20s fly-half O’Brien, who has a Scottish grandmother.

“It’s been quite an intense week and we had good reviews and discussion on Monday about what went wrong and what we need to work on. It’s been tough.

“It’s never nice losing, especially in front of our crowd. We weren’t expecting that and were disappointed because our Rodney Parade record has been good.

“It’s not so much been a case of rollockings, more constructive criticism. We don’t want to be on a downer and have to look forward.

“We’ve put that game to bed after identifying what went wrong; boys have put their hands up to mistakes and we are moving on. We have to be positive.”

After four appearances off the bench, O’Brien is set for a first start since the Challenge Cup loss in Brive in January.

With Gregor Townsend at the helm, Glasgow will pose plenty of questions in attack on the plastic pitch even without the likes of Finn Russell, Tommy Seymour and Stuart Hogg.

O’Brien knows he will have to be on his guard but the 22-year-old playmaker from Caerleon also wants to challenge the Warriors.

“They have a lot of dangerous players with ball in hand and have we have identified a few of their traits,” said the 22-year-old, who made his full debut against Glasgow at Rodney Parade in September 2014.

“They do have quite a few funny plays, and we have to be aware of that, but we have to be more focused on ourselves and improving on our last game.”

Glasgow have won the last five meetings with the Dragons since being doubled in 2013/14.