Leicester Tigers are firmly in control of their Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 tie against ASM Clermont Auvergne as they welcome the TOP 14 side to Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Saturday. Tries from Ellis Genge, Julian Montoya, Jack van Poortvliet, Hosea Saumaki and Harry Potter saw Tigers claim a 29-10 victory in the first leg at Stade Marcel-Michelin, leaving their opponents with a mountain to climb in the reverse fixture. Leicester have won their three previous home encounters against Clermont in the Heineken Champions Cup and have won their last three home matches in the knockout stage of the competition. The match gets underway at 17:30 (UK & Irish time) and is available to watch on BT Sport, beIN SPORTS, FR 4 and Sky Italia. https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1513206344903532545 Other key stats:

Leicester have won their last four games in the Heineken Champions Cup but have won more in succession only once in the last 15 seasons, a run of five straight wins in the pool stage of the 2015/16 season; they have scored exactly 29 points in each of their last three games in the competition.
Leicester have won their last three matches at home in the knockout stage of the Heineken Champions Cup, including two victories against French opposition (both v Stade Français Paris).
Clermont have lost their last two games in the Heineken Champions Cup but have not lost three games in a row in the competition since the pool stage in 2005/06 when they suffered four consecutive defeats.
Clermont have won their last two away games in the knockout stage of the Heineken Champions Cup, after losing each of the previous three; those two wins came against teams from England, including a Round of 16 victory last season against Wasps (27-25).
Leicester have averaged just 69 carries per game in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, fewer than any other team, but are the only side to have averaged 40+ kicks per game (44.5).
Clermont have conceded 10 tries following a lineout in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, more than any team still in the competition and the second most overall (Bath-11); only two teams have scored more tries following a lineout than Leicester (10, behind Leinster and Connacht).
Leicester’s Jasper Wiese has beaten 14 defenders in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, the second most of any forward, behind Stade Rochelais’ Gregory Alldritt (16).
Morgan Parra (Clermont) has made 8/8 place kicks in the Heineken Champions Cup 2021/22, the most of any player yet to miss a kick this season.
Alivereti Raka (Clermont) beat 10 defenders last weekend against Leicester, more than any other player in the Round of 16 1st leg and one of only three times a player has beaten 10+ defenders in a Heineken Champions Cup game this season (also Antoine Dupont in Rd1, Rory Hutchinson in Rd3).

Key quote: Leicester head coach Steve Borthwick: “The focus now goes to next Saturday’s game at Mattioli Woods Welford Road and making sure we prepare well enough during the week to put in a performance in the second leg that will make our supporters proud.”