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Preview | Tigers v Exeter at Mattioli Woods Welford Road

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The Gameplan

Where better to start the New Year than at home with Tigers Family?

Check out THE GAME PLAN for all the information you need... 

KEY TIMINGS

1.00pm: 

LIVE MUSIC: DJ in the Marquee
The Final Whistle & Junior Tigers Club OPENS

1.40pm - The Plaza Prowl
3.05pm - Kick Off: Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs (Gallagher Premiership)
5.00pm - LIVE MUSIC: DJ in the Marquee
5.30pm - LIVE on BIG SCREENS: Saracens v Bristol Bears
5.50pm - Kick Off: Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks Women (Premiership Women's Rugby)

Team News
Stats and Facts

Most experienced: Dan Cole, 331 appearances
 
Youngest: Joseph Woodward, 21
 
Leicester Tigers may have won just one of their last four first team games, but they have tallied a try bonus point in each of those encounters - something they have not managed since 2012. 
 
Leicester have won five of their last seven fixtures with Exeter whilst the Chiefs most recent victory at Mattioli Woods Welford Road came behind closed doors in December 2020. 
 
Overall the two clubs (who have been locking horns since 1899) have played on 71 occasions, with the Tigers having the edge by 43 sins to 24 and four games drawn.
 
Mattioli Woods Welford Road has hosted the fixture 24 times before, where Leicester's record is won 17, drawn 1, lost 6.
 

The Officials

Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys, John Meredith

TMO: Andrew Jackson