Big spell of pressure here from Tigers, but so far Sarries standing up in defence on their own line. They still lead 29-20 

Game is back under way with Saracens 22-13 ahead.

Lozowski off target with the conversion but Sarries lead 22-13 with 3 tries.

Penalty against Sarries after Nic Dolly's carry on the edge of their 22. Ford  lands the kick to make it 17-13.

Ford penalty thumps the post, but Matt Scott claims the rebound. Tigers held up over the tryline but have a penalty anyway.

Dangerous attack from Sarries but they just over-run it on the left and spill ball 10 metres out

An early change here as Mako Vunipola goes off with an injury, Richard Barrington on in Sarries front row,

Sarries kick off on a wet and windy afternoon in north London.

An overcast day in North London, windy and very cold inside the stadium too. Pass us the hot-water bottle. And a tea. And some gloves.

Freezing.

Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Alex Lewington, 10 Alex Goode, 9 Aled Davies; 1 Mako Vunipola (c), 2 Tom Woolstencroft, 3 Vincent Koch, 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 5 Tim Swinson, 6 Andy Christie, 7 Jackson Wray, 8 Billy Vunipola

Replacements: 16 Ethan Lewis, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Theo McFarland, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Ruben de Haas, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Rotimi Segun

There is a late change with Harry Wells ruled out by illness. Olly Robinson comes into the squad.

STARTING XV [with Tigers appearances]

15 Freddie Burns [91], 14 Harry Potter [31], 13 Matías Moroni [24], 12 Matt Scott [41], 11 Kini Murimurivalu [32], 10 George Ford (c) [118], 9 Jack van Poortvliet (vc) [39]; 1 James Whitcombe [16], 2 Nic Dolly [17], 3 Joe Heyes [90], 4 Eli Snyman [13], 5 Calum Green [80], 6 Ollie Chessum [22], 7 Tommy Reffell [67], 8 George Martin [33]

REPLACEMENTS

16 Charlie Clare [42], 17 Francois van Wyk [11], 18 Nephi Leatigaga [59], 19 Olly Robinson [2], 20 Jasper Wiese [33], 21 Richard Wigglesworth [29], 22 Guy Porter [35], 23 Nemani Nadolo [28]

Leicester Tigers are at Saracens exactly two years since their last North London meeting in Premiership Rugby.

When the teams met in early March 2020, Sarries secured a 24-13 home win – with Richard Wigglesworth starting in their No9 shirt – in the final round of games before the Covid lockdown.

At that time the teams occupied the bottom two places in the league table. This week we approached the weekend in the top two in Round 19.

On eight previous league visits, Tigers have won just once here, in February 2018.

Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet said: “Saracens have been the most consistent team for 5 or 10 years and have set the benchmark for the whole league really.

“We know it is a challenging place to go but we are excited and focused on what we can do better from last weekend because there is a lot we can improve on.”

Tigers wear the club’s change colours of white, black and orange.

Referee is Craig Maxwell-Keys.

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