It all gets underway on Friday evening with the conclusion of Pool C – with all four teams playing then still in the mix to join London Irish in the knockout stage.

CA Brive host Saracens at 20:00 (UK and Irish time) with the teams currently level on six points and with qualification on the line. The game is live on BT Sport and beIN SPORTS.

At the same time, Edinburgh Rugby, who sit second in the pool on 10 points, host Section Paloise with the French side needing a positive result to keep their hopes of a Round of 16 berth alive at the DAM Health Stadium.

The remaining Pools will be decided on Saturday with a quartet of fixtures.

Benetton Rugby welcome USAP in Pool B at 15:15 UK and Irish time, in another contest which sees both sides gunning to stay in this season's competition.

The other Pool B encounter, between Dragons and Gloucester Rugby, kicks off at 20:00, with the Welsh region needing a victory against their already-qualified opponents to retains hopes of progressing.

The final two games in Pool A also get underway at 20:00 UK and Irish time as Newcastle Falcons host Zebre Parma and Biarritz Olympique entertain RC Toulon, who have already qualified.

With Zebre already out of contention, Newcastle and Biarritz will be eager to impose themselves on their opposition and secure a Round of 16 spot.

If both Newcastle and Biarritz win, they would knock Worcester Warriors out of automatic qualification. The Gallagher Premiership side would then have to rely on other results to secure the lone highest-scoring fourth-place qualification sport.

The EPCR Challenge Cup pool stage comes to an exciting climax this weekend with eight of the ten teams in action eager to punch their tickets to the Round of 16 - and you can catch the action on epcrugby.tv.