An youthful Leicester Tigers group make the short trip to Northampton for Friday night's East Midlands Derby against Saints at Cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens. 

It's round one of this year's Premiership Rugby Cup, with this year's tournament seeing teams from both the Gallagher Premiership and Championship takiung on their local rivals. 

Tigers have won five from six to start the season, and will look to blood some of the club's exciting talent while giving senior squad members valuable game time in the cup, starting with tomorrow night's matchup. 

Both sides have looked to inject youth into their respective squads. Saints have six potential debuts in their team, Tigers have seven. 

See both teams below. 

-Most appearances: James Whitcombe [51]

-Youngest: Charlie Bemand, 18

-Seven potential senior debuts: George Pearson, Malelili Satala, Jack Kinder, Henry Mountford, Sam Williams, Charlie Bemand, Tom Threlfall

-Solomone Kata returns from suspension after red card in round one against Exeter Chiefs

-Overall, the two clubs have met on 254 previous occasions with Leicester winning 143, Northampton 92 and 19 games drawn. 124 of those games have been at Cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens where the Tigers record is won 52, drawn 6, lost 66.

-The two have met fourteen times before in cup competitions, with Leicester having the slight edge with eight wins to six.

-Tigers only previous win at Saints in a cup was 23-10 in the 4th round of the John Player Cup in February 1982.

Referee: Harry Walbaum

Assistant referees: Adam Leal, Calum Howard

TMO: Peter Allan