A head to head guide for ther weekend's Heineken Cup quarter finals
LEICESTER v BATH (Walkers Stadium, Leicester, Saturday, 1230)
Leicester (winners Pool Three)
Head coach: Pat Howard.
Captain: Martin Corry.
Cup best: Winners 2001 and 2002.
Overall cup record: Played 66, won 47, drawn 1, lost 18.
This season: Clermont Auvergne (h) won 57-13, Stade Francais (a) lost 6-12, Ospreys (h) won 30-12, Ospreys (a) won 17-15, Stade Francais (h) won 29-22, Clermont Auvergne (a) won 40-27.
Top points: 87 - Andy Goode.
Top tries: 3 - Dan Hipkiss.
Player to watch: Andy Goode.
Bath (winners Pool Five)
Coach: Brian Ashton.
Captain: Steve Borthwick.
Cup best: Winners 1998.
Overall cup record: Played 45, won 33, drawn 0, lost 12.
This season: Leinster (a) won 22-19, Bourgoin (h) won 39-12, Glasgow (h) won 31-26, Glasgow (a) won 29-10, Bourgoin (a) won 22-9, Leinster (h) lost 23-35.
Top points: 69 - Olly Barkley.
Top tries: 3 - Michael Stephenson.
Player to watch: Andy Beattie.
Head to head: No previous Heineken Cup meetings.
TOULOUSE v LEINSTER (Le Stadium, Toulouse, Saturday, 1500 BST)
Toulouse (winners Pool Six)
Coach: Guy Noves.
Captain: Fabien Pelous.
Cup best: Winners 1996, 2003 and 2005.
Overall cup record: Played 78, won 57, drawn 2, lost 19.
This season: Llanelli Scarlets (h) won 50-28, Wasps (a) drew 15-15, Edinburgh (a) won 20-13, Edinburgh (h) won 35-13, Wasps (h) won 19-13, Llanelli Scarlets (a) won 49-42.
Top points: 59 - Jean-Baptiste Elissalde.
Top tries: 6 - Vincent Clerc.
Player to watch: Florian Fritz.
Leinster (runners-up Pool Five)
Coach: Michael Cheika.
Captain: Brian O'Driscoll.
Cup best: Semi-finals 1996 and 2003.
Overall cup record: Played 65, won 41, drawn 1, lost 23.
This season: Bath (h) lost 19-22, Glasgow (a) won 33-20, Bourgoin (h) won 53-7, Bourgoin (a) lost 28-30, Glasgow (h) won 46-22, Bath (a) won 35-23.
Top points: 104 - Felipe Contepomi.
Top tries: 6 - Felipe Contepomi.
Player to watch: Shane Horgan.
Head to head: Toulouse 3 Leinster 1.
MUNSTER v PERPIGNAN (Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Saturday, 1730 BST)
Munster (winners Pool One)
Rugby director: Declan Kidney.
Captain: Anthony Foley.
Cup best: Runners-up 2000 and 2002.
Overall cup record: Played 74, won 50, drawn 1, lost 23.
This season: Sale Sharks (a) lost 13-27, Castres (h) won 42-16, Newport Gwent Dragons (a) won 24-8, Newport Gwent Dragons (h) won 30-18, Castres (a) won 46-9, Sale Sharks (h) won 31-9.
Top points: 68 - Ronan O'Gara.
Top tries: 2 - Jerry Flannery, Marcus Horan, Anthony Foley, Tomas O'Leary.
Player to watch: Paul O'Connell.
Perpignan (winners Pool Two)
Coach: Philippe Boher.
Captain: Bernard Goutta.
Cup best: Runners-up 2003.
Overall cup record: Played 41, won 26, drawn 0, lost 15.
This season: Calvisano (a) won 25-6, Cardiff Blues (h) won 37-14, Leeds (a) lost 20-21, Leeds (h) won 12-8, Cardiff Blues (a) won 21-3, Calvisano (h) won 45-0.
Top points: 52 - Nicolas Laharrague.
Top tries: 4 - Christophe Manas.
Player to watch: Marius Tincu.
Head to head: Munster 2 Perpignan 2.
BIARRITZ v SALE SHARKS (Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastian, Sunday, 1700 BST)
Biarritz (winners Pool Four)
Coach: Patrice Lagisquet.
Captain: Thomas Lievremont.
Cup best: Semi-finals 2004 and 2005.
Overall cup record: Played 42, won 26, drawn 1, lost 15.
This season: Saracens (a) lost 10-22, Ulster (h) won 33-19, Treviso (h) won 34-7, Treviso (a) won 38-24, Ulster (a) won 24-8, Saracens (h) won 43-13.
Top points: 54 - Dimitri Yachvili.
Top tries: 4 - Philippe Bidabe, Sereli Bobo.
Player to watch: Damien Traille
Sale Sharks (runners-up Pool One)
Rugby director: Philippe Saint-Andre
Captain: Jason Robinson.
Cup best: Quarter-finals 2006.
Overall cup record: Played 18, won 8, drawn 0, lost 10.
This season: Munster (h) won 27-13, Newport Gwent Dragons (a) won 38-11, Castres (a) won 20-16, Castres (h) won 35-3, Newport Gwent Dragons (h) won 30-10, Munster (a) lost 9-31.
Top points: 66 - Charlie Hodgson.
Top tries: 3 - Jason Robinson.
Player to watch: Charlie Hodgson.
Head to head: Biarritz 2 Sale Sharks 0.