Preview: Treviso v Connacht

Italian international Gonzalo Garcia is set to make his Magners League debut for Treviso against Connacht on Saturday.

Italian international Gonzalo Garcia is set to make his Magners League debut for Treviso against Connacht.

After two consecutive away matches, Treviso return home to the Stadio Comunale di Monigo.

Azzurri centre Garcia makes his Magners League debut after recovering from his shoulder injury eight months ago.

Young prop Matteo Muccignat could also make his first appearance starting from the bench after being given the nod by Head Coach Franco Smith.

Connacht have made just two changes to the side that started against Leinster last week.

Adrian Flavin replaces Sean Cronin who has been called up for Irish duties and Cillian Willis starts ahead of Frank Murphy.

Form: All twelve of the Magners League points Benetton Treviso have claimed this season have been from games played at Stadio Monigo. Treviso have already beaten an Irish side this season, lowering the colours of Leinster, 29-13, on 18 September. Connacht's only victory in their last five matches in all competitions was 16-13 at home to Bayonne in the Amlin Challenge Cup. The Irishmen have already lost in Italy this season, being defeated by Eccellenza side Cavalieri Prato in the European Challenge Cup. The two teams have never met before.

The teams:

Treviso: 15 Brendan Williams, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Joseph Maddock, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Benjamin Vermaak, 5 Corniel Van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello (c), 3 Pedro Di Santo, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet.
Replacements:16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Matteo Muccignat, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Enrico Pavanello, 20 Marco Filippucci, 21 Alberto Sgarbi, 22 Fabio Semenzato, 23 Simon Picone.

Connacht: 15 Gavin Duffy, 14 Darragh Fanning, 13 Niva Ta'auso, 12 Keith Matthews, 11 Fionn Carr, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Cillian Willis, 8 John Muldoon, 7 Ray Ofisa, 6 Johnny O'Connor, 5 Mike McCarthy, 4 Michael Swift, 3 Jamie Hagan, 2 Adrian Flavin, 1 Brett Wilkinson.
Replacements:16 Dermot Murphy, 17 Ronan Loughney, 18 Barry Fa'amausili, 19 Bernie Upton, 20 Ezra Taylor, 21 Frank Murphy, 22 Miah Nikora, 23 Troy Nathan.

Date: Saturday, October 30
Venue: Stadio Comunale di Monigo.
Kick-off: 19.05 (18.05 BST)
Referee: Tim Hayes (WRU)