Leicester Tigers face Connacht Rugby in the European Rugby Challenge Cup Round of 16 – a side that has played 126 games in the competition, more than any other club. Despite their Challenge Cup experience, Connacht have never reached the final, and have only won twice in 19 trips to England. The Irish province may have dropped out the Heineken Champions Cup this season, but they have lost just three of their last 14 games in the Challenge Cup. They face a Leicester team that beat Brive (39-17) and Bayonne (28-20) to finish fourth in the Challenge Cup preliminary stage. The game at Welford Road kicks off at 20:00 (UK and Irish time) on April 3 and is available to watch on BT Sport. Pool positions Leicester Tigers: 4th in European Rugby Challenge Cup Prelim Stage (9 points) Connacht Rugby: 10th Heineken Champions Cup Pool B (1 point) Head-to-head record Despite having played 150+ games each, Leicester Tigers and Connacht will face each other for the first time in European competition. https://twitter.com/ERChallengeCup/status/1377538768991846401 Leading 2020/21 points-scorers Leicester Tigers: Zack Henry (13) Connacht Rugby: Jack Carty (11) Key quote Andy Friend (Connacht Rugby): ““We started out, at the front end of the year, in the [Heineken] Champions Cup and as the way the year has fallen, we’ve moved back into the Challenge Cup. Silverware and podium finishes are where we want to be, especially looking at this Challenge Cup as a real opportunity for us to go and win something.” Match facts

Leicester Tigers have only lost two of their nine games played in the Challenge Cup (W7) and have won all four of their home games in the competition, by an average margin of 26 points.
Connacht have only lost three of their last 14 games in the Challenge Cup (W10 D1) but they did lose their most recent match, an away game in England against Sale Sharks (10-20).
Connacht have only won two of their 19 trips to England in the Challenge Cup (D1 L16) and have won none of the last seven (D1 L6).
Connacht have played more games (126) in the Challenge Cup than any other side, despite that they’ve never reached the final of the competition.
Leicester are one of two sides (also Worcester) to have picked up three yellow cards in the Challenge Cup this season, the most in the competition.
Leicester have won 15/15 scrums in the Challenge Cup this season, the most of any side who is yet to lose one against the head.
Leicester’s tackle success rate of 90% is the best of any side in the Challenge Cup this season, they’ve made the joint most tackles (271) of any side.
Jack Carty (Connacht) made 39 kicks from hand in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, more than any other player.
Matt Healy’s (Connacht) next try in the Challenge Cup will be his 20th, only four other players have reached this milestone (Tom Varndell, Julien Arias, Richard Haughton, Topsy Ojo).