Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell returns from injury to start for the two-time European Rugby Champions Cup winners on Sunday against Pool 3 winners Leinster Rugby at the Aviva Stadium, live on BT Sport. This will be the third meeting between No. 1-ranked Leinster and the holders, with Leinster winning the two previous pool stage encounters in 2010/11. It is also the seventh consecutive season that Saracens have reached the quarter-finals, and they have won their last five in a row. This is the fourth time in the last five seasons that Leinster have progressed to the knockout stage, winning their last two quarter-finals.

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Cian Healy talks #LEIvSAR ahead of Sunday's #ChampionsCup Quarter-Final... pic.twitter.com/z6RpvgF9oU — Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) March 30, 2018

Leinster have won their last eight home games in the Champions Cup, with those victories coming by an average margin of 25 points. Saracens have won three of their last four away games against Irish opposition (L1). Owen Farrell is the top points scorer (81) in the competition this season, and is third on the all-time list with 677 behind Scarlets’ Stephen Jones (869) and Ronan O’Gara of Munster (1,365). Leinster’s Luke McGrath has six try assists to his name this season, the most of any player in the competition. Leinster Rugby line-up 15. Rob Kearney; 14. Fergus McFadden, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Isa Nacewa, 11. James Lowe; 10. Johnny Sexton, 9. Luke McGrath; 1. Cian Healy, 2. Sean Cronin, 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Devin Toner, 5. James Ryan, 6. Scott Fardy, 7. Dan Leavy, 8. Jordi Murphy Replacements 16. James Tracy, 17. Jack McGrath, 18. Andrew Porter, 19. Rhys Ruddock, 20. Max Deegan, 21. Nick McCarthy, 22. Joey Carbery, 23. Rory O'Loughlin Saracens line-up 15. Alex Goode; 14. Liam Williams, 13. Marcelo Bosch, 12. Brad Barritt, 11. Sean Maitland; 10. Owen Farrell, 9. Richard Wigglesworth; 1. Mako Vunipola, 2. Jamie George, 3. Juan Figallo, 4. Maro Itoje, 5. George Kruis, 6. Nick Isiekwe, 7. Schalk Burger, 8. Jackson Wray Replacements 16. Schalk Brits, 17. Richard Barrington, 18. Titi Lamositele, 19. Dom Day, 20. Blair Cowan, 21. Ben Spencer, 22. Alex Lozowski, 23. Chris Wyles