Winger Thompstone, the club’s top try-scorer in 2012/13, returns after his recovery from a knock picked up in his England Saxons debut a fortnight ago, while Kitchener joins Ed Slater in the second row.
Slater, Tom Youngs and Ben Youngs are included in the starting line-up after being released from the England squad this week.
Jordan Crane returns from injury in the back row for his first game since the Heineken Cup tie against Ulster.
Tickets for Sunday’s match are still available. Call in at Welford Road or phone 0844 856 1880 (open until 5pm Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday and from 9am Sunday), or book online.
Leicester Tigers (vs Gloucester Rugby, Welford Road, Sunday 2pm)
15 Mathew Tait
14 Vereniki Goneva
13 Matt Smith
12 Anthony Allen
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Toby Flood (c)
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Logovi’i Mulipola
4 Ed Slater
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Jamie Gibson
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane
Replacements
16 Rob Hawkins
17 Boris Stankovich
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Louis Deacon
20 Thomas Waldrom
21 David Mele
22 Owen Williams
23 Blaine Scully
Gloucester Rugby: 15 Rob Cook, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Mike Tindall (c), 11 Martyn Thomas, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Dan Robson; 1 Nick Wood, 2 Darren Dawidiuk, 3 Sila Puafisi, 4 Elliott Stooke, 5 Will James, 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Ben Morgan
Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Rupert Harden, 19 James Hudson, 20 Matt Cox, 21 Jimmy Cowan, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Shane Monahan
