Both teams opened with bonus point wins from away fixtures and the signs are that the Round 2 and Round 5 meetings between these two could settle qualification for the knock-out stages as Pool winners.

Bath, the 2008 tournament champions, the 2003 and 2007 finalists and 1998 Heineken Cup winners, will know that back-to-back wins on the road will put them in prime position but Agen, 12th in the Top 14 after eight rounds, will want to give their home fans something to cheer about.

Having not reached the knock-out stages of the competition since 2005, Agen paved the way for that to possibly change with a narrow five-point victory over Calvisano while head coach Gary Gold's Bath team took less than 60 seconds to kick-start their campaign against Bucharest Wolves en route to a 40-17 victory.