Match Preview: Gloucester bidding for Bordeaux double
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Gloucester Rugby travel to Union Bordeaux-Bègles in Round 4 of the Heineken Champions Cup on Saturday, when both sides will be looking to recover from heavy defeats last week.
Gloucester fell 14-49 at home to Leinster Rugby, while Bordeaux lost 32-3 at Cell C Sharks to leave both sides’ qualification hopes for the knockout stages in the balance.
The French side, without a win so far in this season’s campaign, are second-bottom of Pool A on two points, three behind ninth-placed Gloucester, who will be heartened by their victory in the reverse fixture at Kingsholm Stadium last month, 22-17.
The match kicks off at 4.15pm local time, and can be watched on beIN SPORTS, France TV, BT Sport, SuperSport and FloRugby.
THE FINAL POOL STAGE ROUND 🚨
And the last chance to qualify...
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Union Bordeaux-Bègles
- UBB were shown four yellow cards in Round 3 – more than any other team in a single match this season.
- Clément Maynadier is the only player to have won two counter-ruck turnovers.
- UBB have scored three tries – the fewest this season so far. They also have the worst lineout success rate at 74 per cent.
Gloucester Rugby
- For a player whose primary position is neither scrum-half nor fly-half, Billy Twelvetrees has made the most passes in the competition with 50.
- Gloucester have missed 70 tackles in the tournament, the most this season so far, and have the lowest rate of tackle success (84 per cent).
- They have been awarded two penalty tries as a result of their maul – more than any other team.
- They have also conceded the most offside penalties (10).
