Exeter Chiefs travel to Thomond Park with a five-point lead over Munster Rugby as the two sides’ enthralling Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 encounter moves onto the second leg on Saturday. Munster will be leaning on their strong home record against English teams as they look to recover from their 13-8 first leg defeat at Sandy Park – the Irish province have won 26 of their 29 home matches against Premiership opponents. Moreover, in their last three games with English teams at home, they have conceded seven or fewer points. Chiefs head to Limerick having won five of their last six knockout games, although they have lost all four of their away games in Ireland. The second leg kicks off at 15:00 (UK & Irish time) and will be broadcast live on BT Sport and beIN SPORTS. https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1514498698058817537 Other key stats:

Munster and Exeter have a balanced head-to-head record in the Heineken Champions Cup. Each team has one win and shares one draw; Munster has yet to score more than 10 points in a game against Exeter in Europe.
Munster have lost their last two matches at home in the knockout stage of the Heineken Champions Cup after winning nine of their previous 10; one of those two losses came against English opposition (16-32 v Saracens in 2018).
Munster have conceded 1.26 points per 22-entry in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, fewer than any other team; only Racing92 (5.3) have conceded fewer 22 entries per game.
Munster’s Peter O’Mahony has claimed 31 lineouts in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, a joint-high alongside Lood de Jager; this includes six lineout steals, more than any other player.
Munster duo Tadhg Beirne and John Hodnett have each won six jackal turnovers in the Heineken Champions Cup this season. No other player has won as many turnovers in that fashion.
Exeter’s Sam Simmonds is the top try scorer in the Heineken Champions Cup this season(7); he has failed to score in just one game in the competition this season–against Munster last weekend.
This season, Stuart Hogg (Exeter) has averaged 44 metres per kick in the Heineken Champions Cup, the most of any player to have made 10+ kicks in play.

Key Quotes: Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter: "At the end of the day, we have to be flat out. If we're not flat out, I think Munster can expect to turn that over." Munster head coach Johann van Graan: "We've got to beat Exeter by six points at Thomond Park. We'll go back and learn from this, and so will Exeter. Two clubs that respect each other."