Sale are without England duo George Ford and Asher Opoku-Fordjour for this. Champions Cup opener.

Rob du Preez switches from centre to start at fly-half in place of Ford, who went off with a groin injury in the Prem defeat by Exeter on 28 November.

Prop Opoku-Fordjour is set to be sidelined for six weeks after hyperextending an elbow joint during a scrum against Exeter, while hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie is not included in Sale's matchday squad.

However, England flanker Ben Curry is on the bench after recovering from surgery on his hamstring.

Sale: Reed; O'Flaherty, Ma'asi-White, Louw, Wills; Du Preez, Quirke; McIntyre, Jibulu, John, Burrow, Bamber, Vermeulen, Van Rhyn, T Curry.

Replacements: Caine, Onasanya, Harper, Andrews, B Curry, Warr, Davies, Wehr.

Glasgow have a host of Scotland internationals back in their squad.

Sione Tuipulotu starts and is partnered at centre by Stafford McDowall, who will make his 100th appearance for the Warriors.

Meanwhile, prop Zander Fagerson will play for his club for the first time since April.

Injury ruled Fagerson out of the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia in the summer, but he returned to action as Scotland concluded their series of autumn internationals with a convincing win over Tonga.

Glasgow: McKay; Steyn, McDowall, Tuipulotu, Smith; Hastings, Horne; McBeth, Hiddleston, Z Fagerson, Williamson, Cummings, M Fagerson, Darge, Dempsey.

Replacements: Stephen, Sutherland, Talakai, Samuel, Brown, Miller, Dobie, Lancaster.

Evening all!

The Champions Cup is back, we're on the road to Bilbao where the final will take place on 23 May 2026.

But a warm in day in the Basque region really is a long way off as we gird our loins for a bracing Friday night under the lights in Salford.

Let's take a look at the teams.