Worcester Warriors will play host to three-time winners Harlequins in their maiden European Rugby Challenge Cup meeting at Sixways on Saturday. The Warriors’ have home advantage after finishing with 22 points but are 17 points behind their opponents in the Gallagher Premiership table. You can watch the last eight tie on BT Sport and beIN SPORTS from 20:15 GMT. Pool positions Worcester Warriors: 1st, Pool 2, 22 points Harlequins: 1st, Pool 5, 21 points Head-to-head record Worcester Warriors wins: First meeting Draw: First meeting Harlequins wins: First meeting 2018/19 points-scorers Worcester Warriors: Jamie Shillock (28), Tom Howe (20), Duncan Weir and Jono Lance (both 13) Harlequins: Marcus Smith (49), Alex Dombrandt and Joe Marchant (both 15) https://twitter.com/WorcsWarriors/status/1111010000489664512 Key quotes Duncan Weir (Worcester): “We’ve worked so hard as a team and as a collective to get us a home quarter-final. It’s great we’ve got knockout rugby at what no doubt will be a packed out Sixways. It’s now down to us to go forward even more in the competition.” Paul Gustard (Harlequins): “We are pleased to have reached the knockout stages of European rugby for the first time in three years, but now we want - and we need – to forge and create a new history at the club." Team news

Flanker Cornell du Preez is named among the Worcester replacements, after recovering from a fractured larynx suffered in September on his debut for the club. Duncan Weir replaces fly-half Jono Lance, who suffered a head injury last week.
Harlequins pair Alofa Alofa and Lewis Boyce replace injured centre Joe Marchant and prop Joe Marler. Prop Will Collier makes his 150th appearance for Quins and wing Ross Chisholm his 100th.

Match stats

Worcester and Harlequins have never met in European competition before, however, the Warriors have won their last three home games in the Gallagher Premiership against Quins.
Worcester have lost their last five Challenge Cup games against Premiership opposition, with the defeats coming by an average margin of 13 points.
This will be the fifth time Harlequins have met Premiership opposition in the knockout stage of the Challenge Cup, winning three of their previous four such including both quarter-finals.
This is the seventh time Harlequins have reached the quarter-finals, progressing from five of their previous six appearances, and the fourth time Worcester have reached this stage (W3), with their last quarter-final appearance coming 10 years ago in 2008/09.
Worcester made more tackles (927) than any other side in the pool stage this season, despite this they were the only side to manage a success rate of 90%+ (91%).
Harlequins’ lineout success rate of 74% was the worst in the pool stage; they lost an average of 3.3 per game on their own throw.
Worcester’s Andrew Kitchener made 59 tackles in the pool stage without missing one, and no player in the Challenge Cup made more while maintaining a 100% success rate.
Harlequins’ Marcus Smith made eight passes that led to a break in the pool stage, and only Zebre Rugby’s Carlo Canna (12) made more.