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Plymouth Albion chairman of rugby Graham Dawe says Exeter can win their play-off final if they manage to turn Bristol's crowd against their team.
The Chiefs beat Bristol 9-6 in the first leg of the Championship final at Sandy Park last Wednesday.
He told BBC Spotlight: "Exeter have got to try and play with some tempo and they need a little bit of luck.
"They need to get the Bristol crowd upset with their own team, and then they might sneak a win."
Dawe added: "It's in Exeter's hands, they're going into the game in the lead and by good fortune they could spend the next 12 months in the Premiership."
With only three points separating the two sides ahead of Wednesday's second leg, former England international Dawe believes whichever side can hold their nerve and convert their chances will be celebrating after 80 minutes.
He said: "All the signs are that Bristol at home will win the game, but they didn't do enough to try and beat Exeter at Sandy Park, they were just content to stay in touch and that might come back to bite them.
"If Exeter get a penalty and a try early on, then suddenly it's 13-0.
"I think a few of Bristol's supporters would get fidgety and you don't know how people react under pressure."
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Dawe, who is Plymouth Albion's chairman of rugby, said that if the Chiefs were to win promotion to the Premiership, the benefits would be felt right across the region.
He said: "The south west has been crying out for a Premiership team for a long time and I think the RFU want a Premiership team down here and we'll just have to wait and see.
"Exeter have made their investment, they've recruited well and they've got a good team.
"Whether it's good enough to get them into the Premiership, only time will tell, but it'll go down in history as a great year and a great campaign for them," added Dawe.
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Bristol captain Jason Spice says their Championship win at Exeter in December gives them confidence going into the first leg of the play-off final.
Paul Hull's men take on the Chiefs at Sandy Park on Wednesday in a much- anticipated West Country derby.
Spice told BBC Bristol: "We know we can go down there and win, and win well, so hopefully we can replicate that.
"The success we had is going to help us and help the younger guys but it's going to be a little more intense."
Spice continued: "Their pack is pretty strong and gave us a fair hammering the first time [at the Memorial Stadium] but we turned the tide second time round."
And after what has been a long season the 35-year-old says the players are not getting too carried away with the occasion.
"The guys feet are on the ground and there's not too many who think we're in the Premiership already which is important as we've got two tough games ahead of us, " he said.
"The training's been a little bit lighter than we'd expected at this stage but we're pretty well versed on how we want to play the game.
"It's just a question of fine-tuning things as there's no real need to start banging heads against the wall."
After a slow start to their season Bristol hit a rich vein of form winning 13 successive Championship games coming into the play-offs.
They then managed to finish top of their pool and with the highest overall points total which allows them to have the second-leg of the final back at the Memorial Stadium.
The aggregate score of the two legs will determine whether it is Bristol or Exeter who are promoted on May 26, subject to RFU approval.
Both matches are expected to be played in front of record crowds.
