Gloucester vs Leicester Tigers Gallager Prem preview: How to watch, confirmed lineups and recent form

Home team	Gloucester
Away team	Leicester Tigers
Venue	Villa Park
Competition	Gallagher Premiership
Kick off time	1:00 pm (UK)
Watch Live in the UK	TNT Sports/Discovery+

Gloucester vs Leicester Tigers Gallagher Prem preview as the sides meet at Villa Park on Big Game weekend.

Leicester sit third in the table, just one point ahead of fourth and just five points behind Bath in second. A win for the Tigers could see them close the gap with the top two sides. It would also be crucial for Leicester as Bristol will be chasing them in fifth spot, just four points behind them. Gloucester currently sit eighth on 16 points. They sit four points behind Sale and five ahead of Harlequins, so they will be looking to pick up a win to push towards Sale and avoid getting caught by Quins.

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Gloucester vs Leicester Tigers confirmed lineups and team news

Gloucester (1-15):

Rapava-Ruskin, Innard, Fasogbon, Clark, Alemanno, Gwynne, Ludlow, Clement, Englefield, C Atkinson, Thorley, S Atkinson, Llewellyn, Joseph, Redshaw

Replacements (16-23):

Blake, Bleuler, Knight, Thomas, Trenholm, Price, Barton, Edwards-Giraud

Leicester Tigers (1-15):

Smith, Blamire, Heyes, Liebenberg, Chessum, Moro, Watson, Cracknell, van Poortvliet, Searle, Hassell-Collins, Bailey, Wand, Hamer-Webb, Steward

Replacements (16-23):

Theobal-Thomas, van der Flier, Hurd, Wells, Palmer, Whiteley, O’Connor, Radwan

Recent Form:

Gloucester (Home team): W-L-L-L-L

Gloucester returned after the international break with a win away to Harlequins. They won two of their four games in their Prem Cup group during the Six Nations. Before this, their last Prem win came against Harlequins in November.

Leicester Tigers (Away team): W-W-L-W-W

Leicester also returned from the Six Nations break with a big win over Bristol Bears. They won the Prem Cup with a huge win over Exeter in the final. The first half was tight with Searle kicking a penalty to put Leicester 17-12 ahead at the break. Two tries and a penalty in the last 15 minutes sealed the game for Leicester.

Gloucester vs Leicester Tigers head-to-head record (last five matches):

Date	Competition	Winner	Score
19th December 2025	Premiership	Leicester	45-14
25th January 2025	Premiership	Gloucester	38-31
20th October 2024	Premiership	Leicester	29-26
22nd March 2024	Premiership	Gloucester	25-27
15th March 2024	Prem Cup	Gloucester	23-13

Gloucester have won three of the last five meetings between these teams, including the last two played at home. When the teams met earlier this year Leicester won comfortably 45-14. The venue shift to Villa Park will help Leicester with Gloucester’s recent dominance in this game at home.