Edinburgh have been poor of late - they have lost four URC games on the spin and find themselves 14th in the league table, with hopes of a top-eight finish up in smoke.

However, they have impressed in Europe this season, and for the first time since their group stage win over Saracens in January, they are able to field a full-strength XV.

Pierre Schoeman, WP Nel, Jamie Ritchie, Hamish Watson, and Duhan van der Merwe all return to the starting line-up, as Mike Blair fields a back row and a back three that would be the envy of club sides across Europe.

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Richard Wigglesworth makes six changes to his Leicester side that overcame Bristol in the league last time out, as they look to reach the quarter-finals of this competition for the second year running.

Guy Porter, Freddie Steward and Jack van Poortvliet all come into the XV, and Steward's quality under the high ball could be crucial with these tricky conditions.

In the forward pack, James Cronin, Dan Cole, Tommy Reffell are all promoted off the bench.

Julian Montoya captains the side, while Sam Wolstenholme could make his debut off the bench.

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Mantej Mann
BBC Sport at Mattioli Woods Welford Road

As it has been for most of the day, the rain is pouring in the East Midlands.

Not the news you wanted to hear if you were hoping for some free-flowing rugby.

Expect an arm wrestle on the greasy surface.

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As well as BBC radio coverage of the game at Welford Road, and live text updates from yours truly, there is also European Challenge Cup rugby taking place this evening.

Bristol host French giants Clermont, and Scarlets take on Brive.

If either of those are your game of choice, you can listen to BBC Radio Bristol or BBC Radio Wales via the links at the top of the page.

Leicester Tigers: Steward; Watson, Porter, Gopperth, Potter; Pollard, Van Poortvliet; Cronin, Montoya (c), Cole, Martin, Henderson, Liebenberg, Reffell, Cracknell.

Replacements: Clare, West, Heyes, Synman, Wiese, Wolstenholme, Atkinson, Kelly.

Edinburgh: Boffelli; Graham, Bennett, Lang, Van der Merwe; Kinghorn, Pyrgos; Schoeman, McInally, Nel, Skinner, Gilchrist (co-captain), Ritchie (co-captain), Watson, Mata.

Replacements: Cherry, Venter, De Bruin, Sykes, Crosbie, Vellacott, Hutchison, Hoyland.

The weekend is upon us, and what a way to see it in - Edinburgh make the trip south to a soggy Welford Road to face Leicester in the last 16 of the Champions Cup.

Two well-matched, high quality sides battling it out under lights? Yes please.

It should be an absolute belter - let's get to it...

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