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Edinburgh and Saracens go into their closing Heineken Champions Cup pool fixture with lots nonetheless to play for.
Each groups have already certified from Pool A however are bidding to safe dwelling benefit within the subsequent spherical.
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall has named the identical beginning group that achieved a bonus-point win over Lyon of their most up-to-date pool match.
Scotland-capped trio Luke Crosbie, James Lang and Ben Vellacott are the three new additions for Edinburgh.
Flanker Crosbie and centre Lang have recovered from concussion and efficiently accomplished return-to-play protocols to start out, with Crosbie lining up within the again row alongside Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie.
Saracens are in pole place to safe a house tie within the final 16 having received all three of their pool matches up to now, and avoiding defeat in Scotland’s capital shall be sufficient for verify a end inside the highest 4.
A repeat of the slender loss to Sarries within the reverse fixture in December would go away Edinburgh dealing with an away tie after they return to Champions Cup motion on the finish of March.
The English Premiership leaders are once more with out suspended England captain Owen Farrell, however Billy Vunipola – not noted of Steve Borthwick’s Six Nations squad earlier this week – will begin a match full of internationals on each groups.
Line-ups
Edinburgh: Immelman, Blain, Bennett, Lang, Kinghorn, Savala, Vellacott; Schoeman, Cherry, Nel, Skinner, Gilchrist (co-captain), Ritchie (co-captain), Crosbie, Mata.
Replacements: McBurney, Venter, Atalifo, Hodgson, Haining, Pyrgos, Hutchison, Goosen.
Saracens: Daly, Malins, Lozowski, Tompkins, Maitland, Goode, Van Zyl; Maku Vunipola, George (c), Riccioni, Itoje, Tizard, Christie, Earl, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Pifeleti, Hislop, Decide, Isiekwe, Dan, Davies, Manu Vunipola, Lewington.
Match officers
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
Contact judges: Jonathan Gasnier, David Beun (each France)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)