Match Facts

Stade Toulousain have won each of their previous four Champions Cup matches against Sale Sharks, having faced the Sharks home and away in both the 2009/10 and 2022/23 pool stages; their two victories in 2022/23 both came by margins of over 20 points.

Stade Toulousain have won all 12 of their Champions Cup matches since the start of the 2023/24 season, including their most recent by a margin of 68 points (80-12 v Leicester Tigers), their largest win in the competition this century; Sale Sharks have lost each of their last seven away games in the competition since a 35-29 victory against Bristol Bears in the 2021/22 Round of 16 and haven’t won away in France since October 2008 (32-15 v Clermont).

Stade Toulousain gained more metres from their carries than any other team in the pool stages of the 2024/25 Champions Cup (2229) and also recorded the highest dominant carry rate (49%) of any side to progress to the Round of 16.

Sale Sharks made 72 dominant tackles in the pool stages of this season’s Champions Cup, the only team to make more than 60, while only RC Toulon (89.7%) have maintained a higher tackle success rate than Stade Toulousain (89.2%).

Thomas Ramos (Stade Toulousain) was the top points scorer (63) in the pool stage of this season’s Champions Cup, whilst team mates Jack Willis topped the charts for jackals (6) and defensive rucks hit (33) and Antoine Dupont for kicks in play (49), kick metres (1420) and offloads (11).