Four-time European Cup winners Toulouse will be looking to use their greater experience of the big occasion to end Bordeaux-Bègles’ five-match Heineken Champions Cup winning run in their first semi-final on Saturday. The game at Stade Ernest Wallon – the clubs’ first meeting in European competition – will be Toulouse’s 13th appearance in the last four of Europe’s prestigious club competition. The tie will be televised live on BT Sport, beIN SPORTS, FR2, Virgin Media and C4 from 15:00 UK and Irish time. Pool positions Toulouse: 3rd in Heineken Champions Cup Pool B; 10 points Bordeaux-Bègles: 3rd in Heineken Champions Cup Pool A; 9 points Quarter-finals ASM Clermont Auvergne 12-21 Toulouse Bordeaux-Bègles 24-21 Racing 92 Heineken Champions Cup head-to-head record The sides have never met in European competition Leading 2020/21 points-scorers Toulouse: Romain Ntamack (41) Bordeaux-Bègles: Matthieu Jalibert (63) https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1386953388974297092?s=20 Key quotes Ugo Mola (Toulouse): “We’ve learnt from the two semi-finals we lost the last two seasons. I hope that this match against UBB will allow us to turn the corner. To play in a European Cup final is really something. We know the effort we need to supply to get there.” Christophe Urios (Bordeaux-Bègles): “We are obviously very happy to be in the semi-finals of this competition and it’s a huge meeting, but we won’t be putting on any pressure. We go there to surprise them and try to compete against the best in France and in Europe.” Match facts

This will be the first time that Toulouse and Bordeaux-Bègles have met in European competition.
Toulouse have won six of their last seven clashes with Bordeaux-Bègles in the TOP 14 (L1) and have never lost a home game against them in the competition (W9, D1).
Bordeaux-Bègles have won their last five games in the Heineken Champions Cup, their best run in the competition and as many victories as they’d managed in their 12 games prior to this streak (L7).
Toulouse have reached the semi-final stage of the Heineken Champions Cup for the 13th time, with only Munster having progressed this far more often (14). Bordeaux are here for the first time.
Toulouse have a 100% scrum success rate in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, one of five sides to manage this. They’ve won the most scrums (18) of any of those five teams.
Bordeaux have been shown five yellow cards in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, more than any other side. Their average of 15.5 penalties conceded per game is the most of any side to play more than twice in the competition this season.
Antoine Dupont (Toulouse) is the only scrum-half to score multiple (3) tries in the Heineken Champions Cup this season. He has also made the most carries (24) and metres (147) of any scrum-half and beaten more than twice as many defenders (15) as anyone else in his position.
Guido Petti Pagadizaval has stolen a tournament-high four opposition lineouts in the Heineken Champions Cup this season. Bordeaux teammate Cameron Woki is one of four players to have stolen three throws.
Santiago Cordero (Bordeaux) is one of three players to score a competition-high four tries in the Heineken Champions Cup this season. He has also beaten a team joint-high tally of 11 defenders so far in this campaign.
Matthieu Jalibert (Bordeaux) is the top points-scorer (63) in the Heineken Champions Cup this season. He has also made the most offloads (10) of any player and ranks third for most carries (41).