Match Facts

Saracens have won each of their last two Champions Cup ties against RC Toulon, beating the French side home and away in the pool stages of the 2016/17 tournament; however, they have lost each of their previous two knockout ties against them by double-digit margins, including the 2013/14 final in Cardiff (6-23).

RC Toulon have lost five of their last eight Champions Cup matches against English sides (W3), more than across their first 21 such fixtures combined (W17 L4); Saracens have lost each of their last two games in the competition, but haven’t lost more in a row since a four game stretch between 2008 and 2010, which they ended with a victory in France (19-14 v Racing 92).

Saracens were awarded more penalties than any other team in the pool stages of this season’s Champions Cup (51) and were also one of six teams to concede fewer than 40 penalties (38); overall, only Leicester Tigers (+20) had a better positive difference between penalties conceded and awarded than Saracens (+13).

RC Toulon have the highest tackle success rate of any team in the 2024/25 Champions Cup (89.7%), while Saracens made more turnover-winning tackles than any other side in the pool stages of this season’s competition (17).

Saracens’ Tom Willis made the most tackles (68) and joint second most carries (62) of any player in the pool stage of the 2024/25 Champions Cup, also accruing the joint most defenders beaten (20) so far.