Saracens have won six of their eight meetings with Racing in the Champions Cup, but the French side handed the reigning champions their second defeat in 16 matches in the competition with a 30-10 victory back in November which helped them top Pool 4.

The tie is on BT Sport, Channel 4, Virgin Media, beIN SPORTS and FR 2.

Pool positions 

Racing: 1st, Pool 4, 23 points. 

Saracens: 2nd, Pool 4, 18 points. 

QF results 

ASM Clermont Auvergne 27 Racing 36 

Leinster Rugby 17 Saracens 25 

Head-to-head record 

Racing wins: 2 

Draws: 0 

Saracens wins: 6 

Leading 2019/20 points-scorers 

Racing: Teddy Iribaren 48, Maxime Machenaud 38, Teddy Thomas 30 

Saracens: Manu Vunipola 26, Alex Goode 19, Owen Farrell 17 

Team news

• Racing 92 wing Teddy Thomas is a notable addition to the French side’s firepower in the backs. He teams up with the likes of Juan Imhoff, Simon Zebo, Finn Russell and Teddy Iribaren. Donnacha Ryan also comes in to the pack.
• Saracens have named an unchanged starting XV after a stunning quarter-final success over Leinster last week. Sean Maitland and Jackson Wray are the only players who start this weekend and also featured in the Round 1 loss in Paris.

Key quotes 

• Teddy Iribaren (Racing 92): “We don’t care about our record against Saracens and it doesn’t give us any more pleasure to beat Saracens than Leinster. We just concentrate on ourselves and what we want is to be European champions.” 
• Elliot Daly (Saracens): “It’s all eyes on this competition for us this year. There are some huge boys in that changing room who won’t be Sarries next year, so we are doing it for them at the moment. We have hopefully two more games.” 

Match facts

• Saracens have won six of their eight meetings with Racing 92 in the Heineken Champions Cup (L2), including victories in both knockout clashes during that sequence (2015 QF, 2016 Final). However, Racing were victorious at Paris La Défense Arena in Round 1 this season.
• Racing have reached the semi-finals for the third time, qualifying for the final on both previous occasions. Saracens have reached this stage on seven occasions (W4, L3), winning their last three semi-finals in a row.
• Racing have won 10 of their last 11 home games in the Heineken Champions Cup (L1), including seven of eight since moving to Paris La Défense Arena, although their solitary defeat came in their only knockout game during that run (2019 quarter-final v Toulouse).
•  Saracens have won 14 of their 16 Heineken Champions Cup matches since the beginning of 2018/19 (L2), although one of their two defeats was that 30-10 loss to Racing in Round 1.
•  Saracens have won 10 of their last 11 knockout fixtures in the Heineken Champions Cup (L1), including their last four in a row, with their only defeat in that spell against Leinster in the 2018 quarter-final.
•  Racing have made 88 clean breaks this season, more than any other side and their highest total in this category was against Saracens in Round 1 (20).
• Racing have received six yellow cards to date, and no side has been shown more (level with Gloucester), while Saracens have had the most red cards this season (2).
• Maro Itoje made 19 tackles in the quarter-final victory over Leinster, the most of any player last weekend, while his teammates Brad Barritt and Duncan Taylor made the joint most tackles of any back (16 each).
• Virimi Vakatawa (Racing 92) has beaten 42 defenders, 13 more than any other player and over four times as many as any Saracens player (Elliot Daly – 10).