Overview
- Glasgow name a heavily changed XV with around a dozen alterations, retaining only Josh McKay, Stafford McDowall and Ollie Smith from the Scarlets defeat.
- Zander Fagerson makes his first club appearance of the season as Scott Cummings, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge and Jack Dempsey start, George Horne returns at scrum-half with Adam Hastings, Sione Tuipulotu is back in midfield and Kyle Steyn captains.
- Stafford McDowall reaches 100 club appearances, and hooker Seb Stephen is in line for his European debut off the bench.
- Sale make six changes and are without George Ford, Asher Opoku-Fordjour and Luke Cowan-Dickie, with Tom Curry starting at number eight, Ben Curry on the bench, Arron Reed at full-back and Raffi Quirke at scrum-half.
- The match is Friday at 8pm BST at CorpAcq Stadium, live on Premier Sports, with Glasgow also missing several injured players including Huw Jones and Johnny Matthews.