The Ospreys will be looking to keep their unbeaten record on Italian soil in the European Cup when they travel to face Treviso at the Stadio Comunale Monigo on Saturday.
The Welsh region, who failed to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time in four years, play Treviso for a third time in Europe this weekend and have a played two, won two record over the Italian outfit.
The Ospreys are currently second in Pool Five after their 28-21 win over Biarritz in Swansea and will be looking to build on that success as they bid for a quarterfinals place for the fourth time.
Treviso will have been disappointed with their one-sided 42-17 defeat to Saracens, the English champions, last weekend. The Italians, who are in their 14th season of European Cup rugby, will be looking to end a 10-match losing streak at home in Europe.
The Ospreys, who have such an impressive home record at the Liberty Stadium, will be looking to end a five-match losing run on the road in the tournament when they arrive in Italy.
The teams:
Treviso: 15 Ludovico Nitoglia, 14 Benjamin de Jager, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Brendan Williams, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Benjamin Vermaak, 5 Cornelius van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Enrico Ceccato, 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 18 Pedro di Santo, 19 Valerio Bernabo, 20 Gonzalo Padrò, 21 Manoa Vosawai, 22 Willem de Waal, 23Fabio Semenzato.
Ospreys: 15 Richard Fussell, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Andrew Bishop, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Kahn Fotualii, 8 Jonathan Thomas, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 George Stowers, 5 Ian Evans, 4 Ryan Jones, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Duncan Jones.
Replacements: 16 Mefin Davies, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Ian Gough, 20 Joe Bearman, 21 Rhys Webb, 22 Matthew Morgan, 23 Tom Isaacs.
Date: Saturday, November 19
Venue: Stadio Comunale Monigo
Kick-off: 14.30; 13.30 (GMT)
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
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