Leicester v Bath: Teams

Lucas Amorosino, Billy Twelvetrees and Harry Ellis return to the Leicester Tigers line-up for Friday' LV= Cup tie at home to Bath.

Amorosino has not played since the opening cup game against Leeds Carnegie, while centre Twelvetrees picked up an ankle injury in the Heineken Cup victory in Viadana. British & Irish Lions international Ellis reclaims his place at scrum-half.

In the forwards, England prop Julian White makes his first start following a hamstring injury and he joins Boris Stankovich and Joe Duffey in the front row.

Meanwhile, Bath will be looking to build upon the last cup victory over the Ospreys and utilise their blend of youth and experience to put in a winning performance.

Bath Head Coach Steve Meehan is looking forward to the opportunity to see some of Bath's younger players taking to the pitch.

"There is a bit of mixing and matching experience with youth," admitted Meehan.

"This is a great chance for some of those younger guys to experience the new Welford Road and for us to see how they handle it.

"We will be able to see how their development is progressing and how mature they are as players. We are looking forward to seeing how they react.

Fantastic

"If we go out and perform to our best over the next couple of weeks and then end up with an opportunity to play in the semis, that would be fantastic for the squad."

This is the third successive season that the two teams have met in the pool stages of the LV= Cup, with Bath winning 20-14 at The Rec in October 2007 and Leicester victorious 19-15 also at the Rec a year later.

Bath's only win at Welford Road since 1995 was 13-12 in the Premiership on 29 November 2003.

Leicester Tigers: 15 Lucas Amorosino, 14 Alesana Tuilagi, 13 Billy Twelvetrees, 12 Aaron Mauger (c), 11 Matt Smith, 10 Sam Vesty, 9 Harry Ellis, 8 Brett Deacon, 7 Ben Woods, 6 Ben Pienaar, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Calum Green, 3 Julian White, 2 Joe Duffey, 1 Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Robbie Harris, 18 Ryan Bower, 19 Dan Hemingway, 20 Tom Armes, 21 James Grindal, 22 Andy Forsyth, 23 Johne Murphy.

Bath: 15 Jack Cuthbert, 14 Joe Maddock (c), 13 Tom Cheeseman, 12 Ryan Davis, 11 Rhys Crane, 10 Nicky Little, 9 Scott Bemand, 8 Ben Skirving, 7 Josh Ovens, 6 Daniel Browne, 5 Scott Hobson, 4 Peter Short, 3 Duncan Bell, 2 Pieter Dixon, 1 Nathan Catt.
Replacements: 16 Mark Lilley, 17 David Barnes, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Andy Beattie, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Jonny Faamatuainu, 22 Matt Keyte, 23 Matt Spelman.

Date: Friday, January 29
Venue: Welford Road
Kick-off: 19.45 GMT
Referee: David Rose