Richard Cockerill retains the 23-man squad that recorded a valuable victory away to Exeter Chiefs in Round 18 last Saturday, with Toby Flood as captain.
“Fixtures between Leicester and Northampton are always very competitive and we’re both chasing semi-final spots,” said Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill.
“We had a very good win at Exeter last week, the international boys came back in and got straight into it, and we’ll be up for the battle.
“We have a lot of respect for Saints and their supporters, we obviously know each other very well and a healthy rivalry is good for both us.
“Saints are a very good team and we’ll both be going into it in a positive frame of mind. Both sides want to play and score tries.”
Saturday’s game is sold-out at Franklin’s Gardens. Sky Sports are covering the game live, and there are full updates throughout the day on the Tigers official website and on the club’s social media network.
Tigers will wear the alternate blue kit this weekend.
Leicester Tigers (v Northampton Saints, Franklin’s Gardens, Saturday 3pm)
15 Mathew Tait
14 Niall Morris
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Anthony Allen
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Toby Flood (c)
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Ed Slater
5 Geoff Parling
6 Tom Croft
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane
Replacements
16 Rob Hawkins
17 Logovi’i Mulipola
18 Martin Castrogiovanni
19 Thomas Waldrom
20 Graham Kitchener
21 Sam Harrison
22 George Ford
23 Matt Smith
Northampton Saints
15 Ben Foden
14 James Wilson
13 George Pisi
12 Tom May
11 Jamie Elliott
10 Stephen Myler
9 Lee Dickson
1 Soane Tonga’uiha
2 Dylan Hartley (c)
3 Tom Mercey
4 Courtney Lawes
5 Christian Day
6 Samu Manoa
7 Phil Dowson
8 Tom Wood
Replacements
16 Ross McMillan
17 Alex Waller
18 Brian Mujati
19 GJ Van Velze
20 Ben Nutley
21 Martin Roberts
22 Ryan Lamb
23 Luther Burrell
