Scarlets and Sale Sharks square-off at the Parc y Scarlets on Sunday as the Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 concludes. The Welsh region are unbeaten in this season’s competition and will relish the opportunity to reach the last eight of Europe’s premier club competition for a fourth time. A 23-19 win over Bath Rugby in the opening round of fixtures was coupled with an awarded tie against Toulon in round two. Sale, meanwhile, are in fine form domestically as they sit third in Gallagher Premiership table. They will be hoping to bring that form into European action after 26-14 and 16-15 defeats at the hands of Toulon and Sale respectively in the competition to date. Kick-off in Llanelli is at 17:30 (UK and Irish time) and is available live on BT Sport in the United Kingdom and beIN SPORTS in France. Pool positions Scarlets: 5th in Heineken Champions Cup Pool A (9 points) Sale Sharks: 8th in Heineken Champions Cup Pool A (1 point) Head-to-head record Scarlets wins: 3 Draws: 0 Sale Sharks wins: 1 https://twitter.com/ChampionsCup/status/1377674634187972614 Leading 2020/21 points-scorers Scarlets: Leigh Halfpenny (13) Sale Sharks: Denny Solomona, James Phillips, Marland Yarde, Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Robert du Preez (5) Key Quotes Ken Owens (Scarlets): “Europe means a lot to this club, this region, we have got a lot of history in the competition. Last year it was disappointing to be outside the top tier, but it has been great to be back in this season. It’s an opportunity for us to create a bit of history with these players but it will be tough against a Sale team with world-class players.” Alex Sanderson (Sale Sharks): “Willy Wonka’s I’ve got a golden ticket springs to mind (after two defeats). We are not going there to make up the numbers though. We are going there for a purpose - as is everyone else in the Round of 16 - and that is to do a job, to go through.” Match facts

Scarlets and Sale Sharks have met four times before in the Heineken Champions Cup, the Welsh side winning three of those four clashes but losing the most recent one (January 2017).
Scarlets have won both of their two home games against Sale in the Heineken Champions Cup, those matches taking place in December 2002 and October 2016.
Sale are on a six game losing streak in the Heineken Champions Cup, in fact they have won just two of their last 25 games in the competition, one of those victories coming against Scarlets (also v La Rochelle).
Sale have not won a Heineken Champions Cup game outside of England since October 2008, losing 17 of their last 18 away games overall in the competition.
Scarlets have won three of their last four Heineken Champions Cup games against Premiership opposition, turning around a half-time deficit to beat Bath in their most recent such game.
Sale’s ruck success rate of 91% is the lowest in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, they’ve lost 18 attacking rucks so far, more than any other side.
Scarlets have averaged 171 tackles completed per match in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, the most of any side.
Sale’s Sam Hill has missed more tackles (7) than anyone else in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, he has however made the third most carries (25) of any player.