Leicester Tigers will be hoping for a return to winning ways in front of their home fans when they host Edinburgh Rugby in the Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 on Friday night. The English club suffered their first defeat of this year’s competition in their final pool match, losing 26-27 at home to Ospreys. The defeat meant Leicester finished fourth in Pool B and now face a difficult tie against a strong Edinburgh side. After losing their opening game of this year’s competition at Saracens, the Scottish side won their remaining three fixtures to qualify in fifth from Pool A. In their two previous meetings in the tournament, back in the 2007/08 pool stage, they each won their home game. The match kicks off at 8pm UK time at Mattioli Woods Welford Road and can be watched on BT Sport, beIN SPORTS, SuperSport and FloRugby. https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1640239758726012929?s=20 Key quotes Leicester Tigers head coach Richard Wigglesworth: “We only have one thing to think about now and that is Edinburgh coming here next Friday night. We can only control preparing properly for a game against a side packed with Scotland internationals.” Edinburgh head coach Mike Blair: "We all understand that we have to be at the top of our game physically and mentally to challenge top quality teams. I believe that we have the quality of player, we’ve shown in our performances in Europe that we can do it, so we need now to turn it around for Friday.” Leicester Tigers

Handre Pollard was the top points-scorer in the last round of matches with 16 with Lyon’s Leo Berdeu.
Harry Simmons made four clean breaks in Round 4 – as many as any other player.
The Tigers have made the most box kicks in the tournament with 56.

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Pierre Schoeman made more carries than everybody except Zach Mercer (Montpellier Hérault Rugby) in the Round 4 match against Saracens. His total of 21 was the most of any tight-five player in a single match this season.
Viliame Mata made the most contact metres in the last round of matches with 37. Mata has also made the most dominant carry contacts in the competition (25).
Edinburgh’s rate of carry dominance (32%) is the highest in the tournament.