Gloucester Rugby are hoping to keep their 100% win rate against Benetton Rugby when the two sides meet in the EPCR Challenge Cup on Friday night. The two sides have played each other four times in Europe – and the Gallagher Premiership side have won every single match. And Gloucester scored more than 30 points in every game – with the Italian side scoring fewer than 12 in each. They meet once more in a Pool B clash at the Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, kicking off at 8pm UK time. Other key facts:

Gloucester have only lost two of their last 30 home games in the pool stage of the EPCR Challenge Cup (W28) but one of those defeats came in their most recent such fixture, against Section Paloise in 2017/18.
Following victory in their first trip to England in European competition (22-19 v Harlequins in November 1999), Benetton have since lost each of their 20 away games against Gallagher Premiership sides, including four matches in the Challenge Cup.
Gloucester won each of their nine scrums during Round 1 of this season’s EPCR Challenge Cup, more than any other team; they were also one of the four teams to make 100% of their place kicks last weekend (3/3, also Section Paloise, Dragons and Zebre Parma).
Gloucester’s Jack Clement made 18/18 tackles last weekend in the EPCR Challenge Cup, the most of any player to record a 100% success rate during Round 1 and the second-best tally overall.

Quotes: Benetton’s Nacho Brex told the club website: “Gloucester is a strong team in the scrum and they like to play a lot, above all they try from the early stages to attack their opponents, so it's a physical team that will try to play and give rhythm.”