Munster have lost just one European game in 16 seasons on home soil, making the Magners League leaders and two-time Heinkein Cup champions overwhelming favourites in front of an expected sell-out crowd.
The Red Army are aiming for their fifth European final after finishing runners-up to Toulon in Pool 3 of the Heineken Cup, but securing themselves qualification through to the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals where they beat Brive.
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They come into the last-four tie on the back on a morale-boosting win over the Ospreys in south Wales last weekend.
They come into the last-four tie on the back on a morale-boosting win over the Ospreys in south Wales last weekend.