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Bath Rugby take on Edinburgh Rugby at the Recreation Ground on Friday night to decide who finishes top of Pool 2 in the 2025/26 Investec Champions Cup.
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Both teams come into the weekend with two wins out of three so far, with Bath one point ahead of their Scottish rivals, thanks to a bonus point from their defeat out in Toulon before Christmas. Technically, no side in Pool 2 has qualified for the last 16 knockout round yet, leaving everything on the line on the final weekend of group stage games.
The winner on Friday will top the group and be rewarded with not just a better seeding for the last 16 knockout rounds, but a home tie in the next round, and in a quarter-final, should they get that far.
Team news is out at midday on Thursday.
The game kicks off 8pm UK time on Friday night and is being shown live on Premier Sports.
Follow all the build-up, team news, live play-by-play match updates, reaction, stats, analysis and highlights from the Recreation Ground with regular updates below...
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Edinburgh Rugby team news headlines
Wing Malelili Satala will make his Edinburgh Rugby debut
Satala is one of six changes to the starting Edinburgh line-up from the team that beat Gloucester last week
Scotland international Harry Paterson makes a timely return from injury to start at full-back in place of the rested Wes Goosen, while Piers O’Conor slots into the midfield for the injured Matt Currie (hamstring).
In the pack, British & Irish hooker Ewan Ashman gets the nod over Harri Morris after his try-scoring performance last weekend.
Explosive Scotland international Ben Muncaster (number 8) and Tom Dodd (blindside flanker) start in the back-row in place of the rested Magnus Bradbury and Liam McConnell.
Scrum-half Ben Vellacott will captain the side in Bradbury’s absence.
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