New-found foes face each other at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Sunday as Leicester Tigers welcome Connacht Rugby in the Heineken Champions Cup. The two sides came up against one another in European competition for the first time just last season - in the last 16 of the Challenge Cup, with the Gallagher Premiership side winning 48-32. Both teams picked up wins in Round 1 last weekend, with Leicester edging out Union Bordeaux-Bègles 16-13 at Stade Chaban-Delmas and Connacht recording a 36-9 home win over Stade Français Paris. The Pool B clash kicks off at 13:00 (UK & Irish time), and the action can be followed live on BT Sport and beIN SPORTS. Other key facts:

Leicester have lost five of their last seven home games in the Heineken Champions Cup (W2), after losing only one of the previous 34 (winning 31 and drawing two); they have lost their last two home games but have never lost more in succession in the competition.
Connacht have lost their last six away games in the Heineken Champions Cup and have also lost each of their six trips to England in the competition, scoring fewer than 20 points in each of those six games.
Leicester made more kicks from hand than any other team in the opening round of the Heineken Champions Cup (58), gaining 2,267metres from those kicks – also a round-high total.
Connacht’s Jack Carty assisted three tries in the opening round of this season’s Heineken Champions Cup, the joint most of any player alongside Racing 92’s Finn Russell.

https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1471570832690331650 Key quote: Connacht head coach Andy Friend: “They’re looking pretty strong this year, with ten wins from ten. We’ll be turning up against a team at Welford Road who are full of confidence, with a game style that is currently working for them. We’re going to have to be ready for that, which we will be, and see if we can counter it in some way.”