The attack comes to nothing as Edinburgh win a penalty of their own at the breakdown.

Tom Dodd put in a huge tackle to halt Scarlets' momentum initially.

This game has been characterised by Edinburgh giving away needless penalties, and they do so again here.

A high tackle on this occasion, which Ioan Lloyd kicks to the edge of Edinburgh's 22.

It sails through and Edinburgh's indiscipline costs them another three points.

Edinburgh cough up another penalty, this time it's Hamish Watson who goes off his feet at the ruck, and Ioan Lloyd will kick at goal again.

Better from Edinburgh who string a few phases together and make their way into Scarlets' half.

Fly-half Ben Healy drops a delightful kick in behind the home defence that bounces out for a lineout in Scarlets' 22.

An infringement at the lineout gifts the hosts an opportunity to clear though.

Through it goes, and the home side lead.

It's all been a bit scrappy in the opening stages, but Edinburgh are pinged for a deliberate knock-on, and Ioan Lloyd will have a pop at goal.

Sam Lousi thought he was in for Scarlets after the big lock charged down Ali Price's attempted box kick, but referee Andrea Piardi judged him to be offside and Edinburgh have a penalty.

Away we go...

Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt has also been talking to Premier Sports: "It's great that we show our depth at this time of year, and we have to get points while our international players are away.

"We've got four debutants [in the squad] today - they have played for our A team and all performed well. It's about them taking that mindset into this game."

Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel tells Premier Sports: "The challenge is us to kick on. We've had a decent start to the season and played some good stuff.

"The league is very tight at the minute, so an important game for us before we go into a break. We've spoken about how important it is to perform at home and this is a good example of that.

"People like Steff Evans coming back into contention is important for us because it gives us that depth."

Former Scotland Under-20 captain Liam McConnell makes his first Edinburgh start this afternoon.

The 20-year-old comes in as one of six changes to the starting XV from the Challenge Cup win over Black Lion.

The start of the Six Nations next weekend means Edinburgh must do without eight Scotland players, plus the injured Luke Crosbie.

Harry Paterson returns from injury to replace Darcy Graham on the wing, while Hamish Watson and Ali Price start at openside and scrum-half respectively.

Boan Venter is the only front-row alteration and Glen Young comes into the second-row next to captain Sam Skinner.

Ben Healy marshals unchanged centres James Lang and Matt Currie, while Lewis Wells makes just a second appearance on the wing.

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Wales wing Steff Evans returns from long-term injury as one of seven Scarlets changes.

Head coach Dwayne Peel is without seven players who have joined Wales' Six Nations camp, including backs Eddie James, Joe Roberts, Tom Rogers, Blair Murray and Ellis Mee.

Evans comes in along with Wales centre Johnny Williams who has recovered from a toe problem.

Wing Jac Davies makes his first URC start, with full-back Ioan Nicholas and centre Macs Page the other newcomers behind an unchanged half-back pairing of Ioan Lloyd, Gareth Davies.

With prop Henry Thomas on Wales duty, Australia A international Archer Holz comes into the front row.

Alex Craig's return at lock sees Max Douglas move into a reshuffled back row with Vaea Fifita moving to eight and Taine Plumtree dropping to the bench.

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Scarlets:Nicholas, Davies, Page, Williams, St. Evans, Lloyd, Davies; Hepburn, Van der Merwe, Holz, Craig, Lousi, Douglas, Macleod (capt), Fifita.

Replacements: Sh. Evans, O'Connor, Hawley, Price, Plumtree, Jones, Titcombe, Taylor.

Edinburgh: Goosen, Paterson, Currie, Lang, ⁠Wells,⁠ Healy, Price; ⁠Venter, Harrison, Hill, Young, Skinner (capt),⁠ McConnell, Watson, Dodd.

Replacements: Morris, Hislop, Sebastian, Carmichael, ⁠Currie, ⁠Vellacott, ⁠Thompson, ⁠Tuipulotu.

Scarlets host Edinburgh in the URC this afternoon looking to consolidate their spot in the top eight, while the visitors will be looking to take momentum into the league after back-to-back victories in Europe.

Kick-off is 15 minutes away, so let's get right to it.