Dragons will look to put an end to their longest losing streak in the EPCR Challenge Cup on Saturday when they travel to Benetton Rugby following four consecutive losses in the competition. Dean Ryan’s men go into their third Pool B game of the season at Stade Comunale di Monigo looking for their first win in the competition since their 47-5 win over Enisei-STM in January 2020. Other key facts:

Benetton and Dragons have never faced each other in the Challenge Cup but were in the same pool in the Heineken Champions Cup in 2007/08, each team winning their away game in that campaign.
Benetton have won 10 of their 12 completed home games in the Challenge Cup (L2), those wins coming by an average margin of 15 points.
Dragons have won each of their six games played against Italian opposition in the Challenge Cup, by an average margin of 33 points.
Only USAP (19) have conceded on average more penalties per game than Benetton (17) and Dragons (15.5) in the Challenge Cup this season.
Dragons’ Josh Lewis made 175 carry-metres during his Round 2 game against Lyon, the most for a player in the Challenge Cup game this season; he is averaging 12.5 metres per carry this season, more than any other players with 10+ carries.