Sandy Park will witness a European first on Saturday afternoon (15:30 UK and Irish time) as Exeter Chiefs and four-time European champions Toulouse meet in Heineken Champions Cup action for the very first time. Toulouse have enjoyed a seven-game winning streak in the competition, but Exeter have won five of their last six games against TOP 14 opposition, including their last three in a row. The tie will be broadcast on BT Sport, FR 2 and beIN SPORTS. Pool positions Exeter: 1st, Pool 2, 27 points Toulouse: 1st, Pool 5, 27 points QF results Exeter 38 Northampton 15 Toulouse 36 Ulster 8 Head-to-head record First meeting in European competition. Leading 2019-20 points-scorers Exeter: Joe Simmonds 71, Sam Simmonds 30, Jacques Vermeulen 15 Toulouse: Thomas Ramos 77, Romain Ntamack 28, Pita Ahki 15 Team news

Exeter have made one change to the starting line-up with Sam Skinner coming in for Jacques Vermeulen, while on the bench Dave Dennis and Don Armand are included with Jannes Kirsten the man to make way.
Toulouse name the same backline that were so impressive against Ulster last week, with Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack maintaining the half-back partnership.

https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1308707935019728898 Key quotes

Rob Baxter (Exeter): “It’s important that we get ourselves mentally and physically right. We know it will be tough, but equally we’re at home and we won’t have to worry about things like travel.”
Ugo Mola (Toulouse): “It’s a second semi-final in a row and to be able to play a leading role in Europe, you have to qualify regularly. That’s the case with this squad, but we have to be more precise.”

Match facts

Exeter and Toulouse will go head-to-head for the first time in European competition on Saturday. The Chiefs will be the 12th different Gallagher Premiership club that Toulouse have faced in the Heineken Champions Cup, and no other team has faced more English clubs (Leinster and Cardiff Blues also 12).
Exeter have qualified for a Heineken Champions Cup semi-final for the first time, while Toulouse have reached this stage for the 12th time – only Munster (14) have reached the last four on more occasions.
Toulouse have won their last seven games in the Heineken Champions Cup, the fifth time they’ve enjoyed a winning run of that length, however, they have only won more than seven games in a row once before – an 11-game streak that spanned the 2009/10 and 2010/11 campaigns.
Exeter are unbeaten in their seven games this season, and before this run they had never managed more than two matches without defeat.
Exeter have won five of their last six games against TOP 14 opposition, including their last three in a row. Toulouse have won their last six on the bounce against Premiership clubs.
Exeter have conceded 10.6 turnovers per game on average this season, fewer than any other side, while only Connacht and Harlequins (both 15.7) have conceded more than Toulouse (15.6).
Toulouse have made 481 metres per game on average this season, more than any other side, while they also top the charts for offloads, averaging 12.3 per game.
Toulouse’s Thomas Ramos has landed 31 successful place kicks this season, more than any other player and one more than Exeter’s Joe Simmonds, who has the best goalkicking success rate of any player to attempt more than five kicks. (94%, 30/32).
Exeter’s Jonny Gray completed 18/18 tackles in the Chiefs’ victory over Northampton Saints, and no other player made more without missing one in the quarter-finals. Including his appearances this season for Glasgow Warriors, Gray has averaged 19.8 tackles per game, the most of any player to feature more than twice in 2019/20.
Ramos made 125 metres in Toulouse’s quarter-final victory against Ulster, the most of any player last weekend, while teammate Antoine Dupont recorded the second highest total (106m).