Six Nations Stats & Facts: Scotland Vs Ireland

We take a look at 15 Scotland Vs Ireland Stats and Facts ahead of tomorrow's Six Nations clash at BT Murrayfield Stadium.

1. Scotland have not reeled off eight victories in a row in the tournament since achieving the feat between 1972 and 1975.

2. The Ireland side is attempting to avoid back-to-back defeats for the first time since their tour of South Africa in 2016.

3. Captain Greig Laidlaw needs 10 points to overtake Gavin Hastings's tally of 667 and become Scotland's second-highest points scorer behind Chris Paterson (809).

4. Ireland have won four of their last five Six Nations matches against Scotland, the one defeat coming at Murrayfield two years ago.

5. Chris Farrell will make his first Championship start as he replaces injured centre Garry Ringrose.

6. Scotland are unbeaten in seven home Six Nations matches since losing to England in February 2016

7. Scotland have won three of the past four meetings at Murrayfield, including 27-22 in the most recent encounter in Edinburgh.

8. Ireland's defeat against England was their first at home in the Six Nations under Joe Schmidt, and just a second in their last 20 matches in all competitions.

9. Jacob Stockdale's Six Nations record of seven tries in the 2018 tournament included two against Scotland.

10. Jack Conan has scored five tries in eight starts for Ireland at number eight.

11. Sean Maitland has scored six tries in his last eight Scotland starts.

12. Between them, Cian Healy and Rory Best have as many caps (199) as the entire Scottish pack.

13. Townsend and Joe Schmidt have only met once as international head coaches, in last year’s championship.

14. Before the defeat against England in the first 6 Nations round, Ireland's Andrew Porter had never lost in his 11-cap career.

15. Jacob Stockdale, James Ryan, Jordan Larmour and Bundee Aki tasted defeat for only the second time last weekend.