Martin Corry and Lawrence Dallaglio lead the two sides into battle

The Tigers, two-time European champions, have already won the EDF Energy Cup this season and they steamrollered Gloucester 44-16 to win the Guinness Premiership final.

Wasps, 2004 Heineken Cup winners, are trophyless this term and were trounced 40-26 by Leicester in their last match three weeks ago to miss out on the play-offs.

BBC Sport rugby commentator Brian Moore gives his views on how Wasps should approach the Tigers.

Wasps are one of the only sides we've ever seen properly 'do' a Leicester pack when they beat them 39-14 in the Premiership final two years ago. It was Martin Johnson's last game and I'll never forget Wasps spitting him out the back of a ruck, boots a-flailing.

So Wasps won't be as intimidated by Leicester's power as other teams. They're a very capable side and they concentrate more than, say, Gloucester did.

Wasps must take on Leicester and drive at them

Gloucester missed Marco Bortolami up front to pull it all together when it was going wrong. Wasps won't be like that because they have any number of experienced guys up there.

But at the moment the Tigers are on song. They just do the basics very well.

The other key to Leicester's forward play is that they don't panic when they drive the ball and they set it properly. Wasps have to secure their own ball and they have to take Leicester on and drive at them.

They can match them in physicality but they've got to make that a deliberate aim.

The front row will be a battle royal but fairly even. Wasps' Phil Vickery may be some way short of the form he showed before his long injury lay-off but he's still a formidable opponent.

Vickery (left) and Ibanez will give the Tigers front row a tough time

Leicester's line-out has improved and Ben Kay is back on top form but, again, the line-outs will be fairly even and generally the set pieces will come down to small margins.

But the back-row battle will be fascinating and will go a long way to deciding the game.

Leicester as a unit (Corry, Jennings, Moody) are playing fantastically well, while Wasps, in Dallaglio, Rees, Worsley and Haskell, have some of the best back-row players in the country.

The Tigers probably have a bit more cohesion in their back row but both sides are very capable of "slowing the ball down", in the nicest possible way of course.

It's going to come down to who can free it up quicker.

Gloucester's defence was non-existent at times. If you let big backs, or any other backs for that matter, get in behind you - Tigers' full-back Geordan Murphy does it in a different way because he's creative - you're going to be in a lot of trouble. Especially with forwards like Leicester's.

Wasps will need to stop Tuilagi

But Wasps have a slingshot, rush defence, where the outside man comes up quicker, and if anyone can stop Leicester, with Tuilagi running at them and Corry battering up the middle, it is probably them.

Leicester will have to find a way around that, or through it, and it's important for Wasps to keep their defensive pattern intact and make sure Leicester's big runners are stopped dead on the gain line.

Offensively, Wasps don't have as much naked power out wide but they will threaten in a different way with the likes of Paul Sackey and Tom Voyce.

Leicester have got the edge outside because they have more weapons. For example, they've also got centre Dan Hipkiss - when he stays on his feet in the tackle, he's making 20 or 30 yards.

Murphy could find himself at the centre of attention at Twickenham

One area Wasps can exploit is at scrum-half. Frank Murphy had an armchair ride against Gloucester. Leicester looked after him very well and gave him so much time and space.

But I'm still not necessarily convinced that under a lot of pressure he will be able to dictate a game.

If I were Wasps I'd go after Murphy and try to disrupt him.

I wouldn't say the Tigers are hot favourites but they are favourites.

Leicester have built this momentum and aura. The real challenge is to maintain that bullying mentality. A lot of teams ease off when they're not challenged directly but Leicester are one of those teams historically that like to keep putting it on people.

What I wonder about Wasps is how they will deal with having not played a competitive game for three weeks.

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Sometimes that can help and sometimes it can leave you in the starting blocks for 20 minutes by which time, if you're points down, you may never recover.

I think they will use the hype about Leicester to motivate themselves. Wasps have been very good at having a siege mentality when they have played well in finals before.

The start is all-important for Wasps. If they play themselves into the game by taking it to Leicester early on and doing the basics well, rather than trying intricate moves, they have a chance.