With the Ospreys set to face off against Zebre Parma on Sunday, we looked into the numbers and match history of the fixture.
The Ospreys have had a very strong record over Zebre over the years, winning 14 out of the 17 matchups. Zebre winning the other three.
In the last three times the teams have played each other, Ospreys have won two and Zebre have won one.
The last time the teams met was in March, with the Ospreys coming away with 27-22 win. Sam Parry, Morgan Morris and Will Griffiths all managed to pick up tries to get the victory at the Swansea.com Stadium.
Zebre Parma are the only side yet to win a game in this season’s BKT URC, having lost all 12 of their games so far by an average margin of 20 points.
Despite their poor start, Zebre are still amongst the league leaders in offloads per game. Only Stormers (8.3) have successfully completed more offloads per game than Zebre Parma (8.0) in the league this year.
With Luke Morgan returning to the starting lineup, he will be hoping to continue his record as the league leader in metres per carry this year. Morgan’s average of 13.4 MPC highlights his pace and how efficient he’s been with the ball in hand this year.