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Preview: Benetton Treviso vs. Leicester Tigers

Preview: Treviso vs. Leicester
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Sports Mole looks at Saturday's Heineken Cup encounter between Treviso and Leicester in Italy.

Leicester Tigers can edge closer to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals on Saturday when they make the trip to Italy to face Benetton Treviso.

Richard Cockerill's men held out for a 33-25 win at Welford Road in the last round to give them 10 points from three games in Pool 2.

Treviso welcome the Tigers to the Stadio Comunale di Monigo having lost all three of their fixtures in the group.

Leicester have made six changes in total, with Anthony Allen, Brett Deacon, Dan Cole and Louis Deacon all given starts.

Meanwhile, Alberto Sgarbi and Christian Loamanu have been brought in by the hosts.

Recent form:

Treviso: LLLLWL

Leicester: WLWLWW

Lineups:

Treviso: McLean, Nitoglia, Loamanu, Sgarbi, Iannone, Di Bernardo, Gori, Vosawai, Budd, Zanni, Van Zyl, Minto, Cittadini, Ghiraldini, Rizzo
Replacements: Sbaraglini, Muccignat, Fernandez Rouyet, Bernabo, Derbyshire, Favaro, Semenzato, Burton

Leicester: Tait, Morris, Tuilagi, Allen, Thompstone, Ford, Youngs, Waldrom, Salvi, B Deacon, Parling, L Deacon, Cole, T Youngs, Ayerza
Replacements: Chuter, Mulipola, Castrogiovanni, Kitchener, Crane, Harrison, Murphy, Bowden

Sports Mole says: Leicester to claim the win

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