Champions Cup Head-to-Head: Bath v Ulster

Ulster kick-off their 2019/20 European adventure away to Bath this Saturday. Here is all the key information ahead of the game…

Competition: Heineken Champions Cup Pool 3
Venue: Recreation Ground
Kick-off: 13:00
Match Officials: Referee: Marius Mitrea (Ita), Assistant Referee 1: Manuel Bottino (Ita), Assistant Referee 2: Matteo Liperini (Ita), TMO: Stefano Penne (Ita), Citing Commissioner: Beth Dickens (Sco).
TV: Live on Channel 4 / Virgin Media / BT Sport / beIN SPORTS

Below are some Champions Cup facts and stats about the two sides who will face each other for the fifth time in the history of the European competition:

• Bath have lost each of their four matches against Ulster in the Heineken Champions Cup. Stade Français Paris are the only other side Bath have faced in the tournament without at least one win (P2, L2).
• Ulster have won their opening match in eight of their last 10 Heineken Champions Cup campaigns (L2), although they suffered defeat the last time they started their season away from home (v Bordeaux-Bègles 2016/17).
• Ulster have won five of their last six clashes with Premiership opposition in the Heineken Champions Cup, with their two most recent victories in that run both coming despite trailing at half time.
• Ulster have won each of their last four pool games in the Heineken Champions Cup – their best such run since winning eight in a row across the 2012/13 and 2013/14 campaigns.
• Eleven of Bath’s last 15 home games in the pool stage of the Heineken Champions Cup have seen the defeated side come away with a losing bonus point.
• Bath won 8.3 turnovers per game on average in the Heineken Champions Cup last season, more than any other side. Individually, only Tadhg Beirne (15) of Munster won more than Bath’s Francois Louw (12).
• Ulster averaged 181 tackles per game last season, the most of any side.
• Of forwards to play 200 + minutes in the Heineken Champions Cup last season only Jake Polledri (5.7) of Gloucester averaged more defenders beaten per 80 minutes than Bath’s Zach Mercer (3.8).
• Billy Burns made six try assists in the Heineken Champions Cup last season, more than any other player, and he could be up against his brother Freddie on Saturday.
• Jacob Stockdale was the leading metre maker (517) in the Heineken Champions Cup last season, he was also the joint top try scorer (6, also Sean Cronin of Leinster).

“We’ve got a really tough start away to @bathrugby, but what a great place to go, a club with a huge tradition in the competition and huge tradition in English rugby!”

@dan10mcfarland is looking forward to the start of our @ChampionsCup campaign this weekend! pic.twitter.com/Qgz7m9SxYJ

— Ulster Rugby (@UlsterRugby) November 12, 2019

Champions Cup Tournament Records Compared

 

Head-to-head record

Ulster Champions Cup Results 2018/19

Ulster Champions Cup Pool 4 standing 2018/19

Bath Champions Cup Results 2018/19

Bath Champions Cup Pool 1 standing 2018/19

Ulster and Bath 2018/19 top points scorers

Ulster and Bath 2018/19 top try-scorers

Ulster and Bath 2018/19 top carries

Ulster and Bath 2018/19 top metres made

Ulster and Bath 2018/19 top defenders beaten

Ulster and Bath 2018/19 top tackles

 

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