Newcastle Falcons will need to record their first ever win over Ospreys to progress to the last eight of the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The English side were beaten by another Guinness PRO14 side in Cardiff Blues (33-20) in the Challenge Cup preliminary stage but overcame Castres Olympique (26-17) to qualify for the Round of 16. Ospreys, who beat Newcastle twice in the 2016/17 competition, have only lost two of their eight home games in the Challenge Cup. Stephen Myler is the Challenge Cup’s leading points scorer (30) in the Challenge Cup this season, kicking six penalties and six conversions as Ospreys beat Castres (39-15) and Worcester Warriors (38-29) in the preliminary stage. The game at the Liberty stadium kicks off at 15:00(UK and Irish time) on April 3 and is available to watch on BT Sport and S4C. Pool positions Ospreys: 2nd in European Rugby Challenge Cup Prelim Stage (10 points) Newcastle Falcons: 8th in European Rugby Challenge Cup Prelim Stage (4 points) Head-to-head record Ospreys wins: 2 Draws: 0 Newcastle Falcons wins: 0 https://twitter.com/ERChallengeCup/status/1377538768991846401 Leading 2020/21 points-scorers Ospreys: Stephen Myler (30) Newcastle Falcons: Brett Connon (11) Key quote Brock James (Ospreys): “They are quite strong up front and a really aggressive defence We have had a good look at them; Newcastle are quite an aggressive team, but we have to focus quite heavily on ourselves and what we are going to do to put in a good performance.” Match facts

Ospreys and Newcastle Falcons have met twice previously in the Challenge Cup, with the Welsh side winning both games in the 2016/17 pool stage.
Ospreys have won their last two games in the Challenge Cup, as many as in their previous seven games in the competition (L5).
Ospreys have only lost two of their eight home games in the Challenge Cup (W6) but their most recent defeat came the last time they hosted a Premiership team (18-20 v Worcester Warriors in January 2019).
Newcastle have lost two of their last three games in the Challenge Cup (W1) after winning the previous seven in a row; their last two games in the competition have seen the team leading at half-time fail to win the match (W1 L1).
Newcastle have won four of their last five away games in the Challenge Cup (L1) after losing their previous seven on the road.
Morgan Morris (Ospreys) has won four turnovers in the Challenge Cup this season, the most of any player, teammate George North is one of three players to have won three (also Newcastle’s Kyle Cooper).
Cooper Vuna (Newcastle) has made more breaks (5) than any other player in the Challenge Cup this season, teammate Zach Kerr is one of four players to have made four breaks.
Newcastle’s Tom Arscott is the only player to gain 200+ metres (225) in the Challenge Cup this season, he’s also beaten the most defenders (11) of any player in the competition.
Sam Parry (Ospreys) has crossed for three tries in the Challenge Cup this season and is the leading try scorer in the competition so far.
Stephen Myler (Ospreys) is the top points scorer (30) in the Challenge Cup this season, he has slotted 6/8 conversions and 6/6 penalty goals.