Leicester Tigers will be seeking to avenge last weekend's defeat in France when they host Clermont Auvergne at Welford Road in the return fixture of the Pool Four double header on Saturday.

The former European champions, who lifted the Heineken Cup in 2001 and 2002, suffered a 30-12 defeat on Sunday to one of the favourites to win this season's tournament.

The Tigers, who are third in their pool, know they need to beat the Top 14 outfit to keep their quarterfinals hopes alive and they have an impressive 17-match unbeaten home record in Europe.

The French side, who win the Amlin Challenge Cup in 1999 and 2007, have already won their last two games in the pool and will know a victory over the Tigers will put them in pole position for a place in the knockout stages.

But Clermont, who lie in second in the French championship, don't have a great away record in the tournament, having won only two of their last 10 Heineken Cup games on the road

The teams:

Leicester Tigers: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Matt Smith, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Jules Salvi, 6 Tom Croft, 5 George Skivington, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 George Chuter, 1 Boris Stankovich
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Julian White, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Steve Mafi, 20 Ben Woods, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Billy Twelvetrees, 23 Scott Hamilton,

ASM Clermont Auvergne: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 13 Regan King, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, David Skrela, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Julien Bonnaire (c), 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 6 Gerhard Vosloo, 5 Jason White, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Clément Ric, 2 Ti'i Paulo, 1 Lionel Faure.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Daniel Kotze, 19 Nathan Hines, 20 Elvis Vermeulen, 21 Kevin Senio, 22 Brock James, 23 Gavin Williams.

Date: Saturday, December 17
Venue: Welford Road, Leicester
Kick-off: 13:30 GMT
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Gwyn Morris (Wales), Jonathan Mason (Wales)
TMO: Derek Bevan (Wales)