Connacht v Zebre Champions Cup Preview

Pool 2: Connacht Rugby v Zebre Rugby

Saturday, 14 January, Kick-off: 13:00, The Sportsground

Tickets available here.

Referee: Tom Foley (Eng), Assistant Ref: Ian Tempest (Eng), Assistant Ref: Roger Baileff (Eng), TMO: Sean Davey (Eng), Citing Commissioner: John Byett (Eng)

Match facts

• Connacht have won all five previous meetings with Zebre in the tournament including a 52-7 victory in Round 2.
• Zebre are still searching for their first victory in the top flight (L16); the nearest they have come to winning so far was a five-point loss at The Sportsground in 2013.
• A win would represent Connacht’s best pool stage performance in a Champions Cup campaign – they have never won four matches in a season.
• Connacht have averaged the most metres gained (629) and the most clean breaks (15.5) per game this season while Zebre have averaged the fewest metres (215) and clean breaks (3.8).

Team comparison (European Cup record)

	Connacht Rugby	Zebre Rugby
Played	22	16
Wins	10	0
Draws	0	0
Losses	12	16
Total Points For	377	147
Total Points Against	493	658
Total Tries For	32	13
Total Tries Against	54	85

 

2016/17 Points Scorers                                                     Head-to-head record

 

Connacht Rugby	Team	Zebre Rugby
5	Played	5
5	Wins	0
0	Losses	5
0	Draws	0

Connacht Rugby:    

Player	Points
Jack Carty	28
Stacey Ili	15
Craig Ronaldson	12

 

Zebre Rugby:

Date	Home	Score	Away
19/10/2013	Zebre Rugby	6-33	Connacht Rugby
11/01/2014	Connacht Rugby	20-3	Zebre Rugby
23/10/2016	Zebre Rugby	7-52	Connacht Rugby

 

Player	Points
Carlo Canna	11
Federico Ruzza	10
Tommaso D’Apice	10