The Scarlets produced a spirited, yet fruitless, display in France on Sunday but have been warned they must beat the Tigers at Parc y Scarlets if they are to have any chance of progressing from Pool 3.
Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac said: “We’ll take a lot out of that performance against Toulon and we’ll prepare for the fixture against Leicester with a lot of confidence.
“You’ve got to win your home games, it’s as simple as that really. They got a win at home in their first game so they’ll be trying to pinch some points from us. We have to make sure we’re up for the game.”
Tigers are currently second in Pool 3 behind twice-winners Toulon after their 25-18 win over Ulster in round one. They face a daunting double-header against Toulon in December and director of rugby Richard Cockerill wants a win against the Scarlets to gain some momentum ahead of rounds three and four.
Speaking of their trip to the Scarlets, Cockerill said: said: “The Scarlets had a tough game at Toulon and hopefully that has dented them a bit and worn them out. But they are a good side and we won’t take them lightly.
“Every game in this pool is massive and you can’t afford to switch off for a moment or drop any points.
“If you lose a game that you should have won it will really affect your chances of getting out of the group. If we can come away from Scarlets with two wins from our first two games then it sets it up nicely for our back-to-back games against Toulon in the next round.”
