European Professional Club Rugby | Lyon at Glasgow Revealer
Lyon and the Glasgow Warriors will meet for the first time in the EPCR Challenge Cup, as the two teams meet in the quarter-finals on Saturday at the Matmut Stadium in Gerland.
The two teams have faced each other in the Champions Cup before, with Scottish outfit Glasgow having emerged victorious twice in the 2018/2019 group stage.
The kick-off of this meeting will be given at 9:00 p.m. and will be available live on beIN SPORTS.
Eyes on the trophy 🏆@RCTofficial and @Saracens are looking to join the elite group of clubs that have won both the Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup 🔥
Which 4️⃣ teams have already done this? #ChallengeCupRugby #HeinekenChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/EjkbRWnvLn
— EPCR Challenge Cup (@ChallengeCup_) May 4, 2022
Key points
- This will be Lyon’s first appearance in the quarter-finals of a European competition. The TOP 14 side have won each of their EPCR Challenge Cup home matches this season, conceding 17 points or less each time.
- Glasgow, meanwhile, have won four of their last five games against TOP 14 opponents in the EPCR Challenge Cup. However, their only defeat during this period came away (26-21 against Montpellier Hérault Rugby in the round of 16 last season).
- Lyon have won only one of their previous four games against Scottish opponents in European competition; however, their only victory during this period came at home (21-19 against Edinburgh Rugby in January 2015).
- This will be Glasgow’s fourth game in the quarter-finals of either European competition; they have lost their previous three games, to Saracens in each of those games.
- No team has made more races this season in the EPCR Challenge Cup than Lyon (605).
- Lyon have made more passes after contact (75), crossings (36) and beaten more defenders (135) than any other team this season in the EPCR Challenge Cup.
- Glasgow recorded the fastest average ruck speed of any team in this season’s EPCR Challenge Cup (2.5 seconds).
- Lyonnais Clément Laporte (441) has the most ball-and-ball meters this season, while team-mate Davit Niniashvili has the fourth-best total (323); Laporte has also achieved the most franchises this season, alongside teammate Ethan Dumortier (6 each).
- Kyle Steyn beat 14 defenders in Glasgow’s Round of 16 against Newcastle Falcons.
They said…
Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow mainstay): “ If we can compete physically, then we can come out on top because we have firepower in our three-quarter line to score tries.