Leinster have averaged more carries (140) and passes (182) than any other side in the Champions Cup this season.
Leinster have won eight of their last nine Heineken Champions Cup matches, averaging 34
points and 4.6 tries per game in those victories.
Overall Toulon have won eight of their 10 Heineken Champions Cup games against Irish sides, a pair of defeats against Munster the only blemishes.
Since Toulon beat Leinster in December 2015, the Irish side have won 17 of their 18 ensuing
home games in the Heineken Champions Cup (lost v Saracens in September 2020)
Toulon and Leinster last met in the Heineken Champions Cup in the 2015/16 season, the French
side picking up a pair of pool stage victories including a 16-20 win at the Aviva Stadium.
The last time Leinster met RC Toulon in the knockout stage was the dramatic 2015 semi-final in Marseille when Toulon edged the verdict 25-20 after extra-time.
This weekend marks the first time in the history of tournament that a Round of 16 will be played as part of the knockout stage.
Six tournament winners - Exeter Chiefs, Leinster Rugby, Munster Rugby, RC Toulon, Toulouse and Wasps - with 16 Heineken Champions Cup titles between them have qualified for the knockout stage.