Nottingham will become home to top-class rugby on Sunday when Leicester Tigers play Racing 92 at the City Ground for a place in the European Champions Cup final.
The semi-final kicks off at 3.15pm on Sunday at Nottingham Forest’s home and will feature the first ever competitive match between the two teams.
The winner will play Saracens after they beat Wasps 24-17 a the Allianz Park on Saturday.
The final is scheduled for Lyon on Sunday May 14.
Likely Leicester Tigers team
Starting XV: 15 Mathew Tait (c), 14 Telusa Veainu, 13 Peter Betham, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Ben Youngs, 1 Marcos Ayerza, 2 Harry Thacker, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Dom Barrow, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Mike Fitzgerald, 7 Lachlan McCaffrey, 8 Opeti Fonua
Replacements: 16 Greg Bateman, 17 Logovi’i Mulipola, 18 Fraser Balmain, 19 Ed Slater, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Owen Williams, 23 Adam Thompstone
Tigers reached the semi-finals after a convincing 41-13 home win against Stade Francais in the quarter-finals.
They come into the game in good form having won their previous domestic tie 24-30 away at fierce local rivals Northampton Saints to firm up their place in the play-offs in the Aviva Premiership.
The two-time European winners are looking for their first elite European final since 2007 when they lost at Twickenham to Wasps 25-9.
Likely Racing 92 team
Starting XV: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Joe Rockocoko, 13 Johannes Goosen, 12 Alexandre Dumoulin, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Maxime Machenaud (c), 1 Eddy Ben, 2 Virgile Lacombe, 3 Ben Tameifuna, 4 Luke Charterism, 5 Francois van der Merwe, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 8 Chris Masoe
Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Khatchik Vartanov, 18 Luc Ducalon, 19 Manuel Carizza, 20 Antoine Claasen, 21 Mike Phillipsm 22 Remi Tales, 23 Louis Dupichot
Racing 92, based in Paris, earned their place in the quarter-finals against defending champions Toulon after winning 19-16 to end their three year dominance of the competition.
However Racing 92 lost their last competitive match against Toulouse in the Top 14 away where they lost 14-3.
The French outfit currently sit fourth in the Top 14 and are looking to play in their first ever elite European final which takes place in France next month.
