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Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2022 @bristolsportwkc

Number Crunch: It's a knockout

Wednesday, April 13th 2022

All of the key player, team and form statistics ahead of the Champions Cup round of 16 clash with Sale Sharks at the Ashton Gate.

Bristol Bears won the 1st leg of this Round of 16 tie against Sale Sharks (10-9), their ﬁrst encounter in the Heineken Champions Cup, despite scoring their lowest tally of points in an away game in the competition.
Bristol Bears have won their last three games in the Heineken Champions Cup and will attempt to win four in a row for the ﬁrst time in the competition.
This will be the ﬁrst time that Bristol Bears have hosted a knockout match in the Heineken Champions Cup; they have won ﬁve of the eight group stage matches they’ve hosted in the competition, including their only previous home game a..
Sale Sharks have lost their last seven games against Premiership opposition in the Heineken Champions Cup, with their three away games in that run coming by an average margin of 28 points.
Sale Sharks have won just two of their last 18 away matches in the Heineken Champions Cup (L16); however, their two wins during that period have both come in their last four away games, including last season’s Round of 16 tie against the Scarlets (57-14).

Bristol Bears have averaged 14 oﬄoads per game in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, only Stade Toulousain (17.3) have made more; they have also made 175 passes per game, the third highest average.
Sale Sharks boast the best goal kicking success rate of any team to reach the knockout stage of this season’s Heineken Champions Cup (88%) and the second best overall, behind Glasgow (90%).
Sale Sharks have averaged 7.5 dominant tackles per game in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, more than any other team; Sale and Bristol were two of the four teams to make a round-high six dominant tackles last weekend (also Racing 92 and Leicester Tigers).
Bristol’s Semi Radradra has crossed the try line in each of his last two games in the Heineken Champions Cup, scoring three tries in total, after scoring once in his previous eight games in the competition.
No player has claimed more lineouts than Sale’s Lood de Jager in the Heineken Champions Cup this season (31, level with Peter O’Mahony); he claimed 11 lineouts last weekend, only two players have taken more lineouts in a game in the competition this season (William Griﬃths and Rory Arnold).