The Gallagher Premiership side have only lost four of their 34 home games in the pool stage of the Challenge Cup, winning the other 30 – one of those victories came in Round 2 of this season’s competition as they ran in eight tries against Benetton Rugby.

USAP will take heart from the fact that all four of Gloucester’s defeats came against TOP 14 sides – the most recent being against Section Paloise in 2017/18 (24-34).

The Pool B match kicks off at 17:30 (UK & Irish time) and is available to watch on beIN Sports.

Other key facts:

• Gloucester Rugby and USAP have never faced each other in the Challenge Cup but were in the same pool twice in the Heineken Champions Cup, during the 2002/03 season when each team won their home game and most recently in 2013/14 when Gloucester won both home and away.
• USAP have lost seven of their last nine games in the Challenge Cup (W1 D1), as many defeats as in their previous 23 games in the competition (W16); they have lost their last two away games but have lost three in a row only once before – their first three away games in the competition, back in 1997/98.
• USAP have conceded 897 carry metres per game in this season’s Challenge Cup, more than any other side, while they’ve also missed the most tackles on average (32.5).
• USAP winger Edward Sawailau boasted the highest average carry distance in Round 3 of the EPCR Challenge Cup (17.8 metres), making 89 metres from his five carries.