Venue: Welford Road Date: Sunday, 4 January Kick-off: 14:00 GMT Coverage: Live commentary on BBC local radio and online.
Leicester Tigers have Graham Kitchener, Anthony Allen and Blaine Scully back in the side after missing the bonus-point win over Sale Sharks because of injury.Marcos Ayerza and Tom Youngs also return to the team, while Julian Salvi makes his 100th Tigers appearance.
Bath have named former rugby league internationals Sam Burgess and Kyle Eastmond as their centre partnership, with Burgess taking the 13 shirt.
Dave Attwood returns to partner captain Stuart Hooper in the second row.
The Tigers will be looking to avenge their 45-0 defeat at the Rec in September, their heaviest-ever defeat in the Premiership.
Leicester had a day to forget in their last meeting with Bath Since then they have regained some form and have lost only once in their last six league games.
"I have tried to delete it from my memory," Tigers boss Richard Cockerill told BBC Radio Leicester about their thrashing in the reverse fixture.
"It was a really poor day for us; they played well and we played poorly and there is no getting away from that.
"But I am only interested in the four or five points that are on offer. We don't need any more motivation. We need to get the points to climb the table.
Bath are battling for top spot against reigning champions Northampton and are unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions.
"We got knocked out of the top four last season on the final day of the season - after being in it all year - so we want to be out in front," said head coach Mike Ford.
"It's been our philosophy to just get better every day. We've only just scratched the surface of where we can go. We're in a really good place."
Leicester Tigers: Tait; Scully, Goneva, Allen, Benjamin; Williams, B. Youngs (c); Ayerza, T Youngs, Balmain; Kitchener, Parling; Gibson, Salvi, Crane.
Replacements: Ghiraldini, Rizzo, Pasquali, De Chaves, Barbieri, Harrison, Burns, Bai.
Bath: Watson; Agulla, Burgess, Eastmond, Banahan; Ford, Cook; James, Webber, Wilson; Hooper (c), Attwood; Garvey, Louw, Fearns
Replacements: Batty, Auterac, Thomas, Day, Houston, Young, Devoto, Joseph
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