Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's trip to Kingsholm Stadium as we face Gloucester Rugby in Round 2 of the Heineken Champions Cup.

MATCH DETAILS

Date: Saturday 19 December
Kick-Off: 3:15 pm
Venue: Kingsholm Stadium
Competition: Heineken Champions Cup Round 2
Match Officials: Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (Fra) Assistant Referees: Tom Foley (Eng) Greg Macdonald (Eng) TMO: Rowan Kitt (Eng)
Live TV: BT Sport 3

TEAM NEWS

Your Ulster Team will be announced on Friday at 12 noon.

KEY STATS

Ulster have won nine of their last 10 Heineken Champions Cup games against Premiership opposition, including their last six in a row – three of those six victories coming by a single point.
Gloucester and Ulster have met on four occasions in the Heineken Champions Cup, with Gloucester winning three of those four matches.
Gloucester have won each of their last two home games in the Heineken Champions Cup, this after losing five of their previous six such matches.
Gloucester’s Seb Nagle-Taylor was one of just two forwards to tally 100+ metres gained (109) on the opening weekend of the Heineken Champions Cup.

TEAM TALK

NEW TOURNAMENT FORMAT

The 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup will be competed for by 24 clubs with the eight highest-ranked representatives from the Gallagher Premiership, the Guinness PRO14 and the TOP 14 securing their places. The clubs were divided into two pools of 12 by means of a draw and the tournament will be played over eight weekends with four rounds of matches in the pool stage followed by a knockout stage consisting of home and away quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final in Marseille on 22 May 2021. The four highest-ranked clubs in each pool will qualify for the quarter-finals, and the clubs ranked numbers 5 to 8 in each pool will compete in the knockout stage of the Challenge Cup.

Match Preview: Gloucester v Ulster

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