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Bath Rugby vs Harlequins

What the model says about this fixture, at either ground and at a neutral one, with the record behind it. Ratings as at 2026-10-19.

Who wins, and where it is played
Bath Rugby at home31-20 average
Bath Rugby 75.7%draw 2.5%21.8% Harlequins
Harlequins at home26-25 average
Harlequins 52.1%draw 2.5%45.4% Bath Rugby
Neutral ground28-23 average
Bath Rugby 61.2%draw 2.5%36.3% Harlequins

Each figure is 5,000 simulations of this fixture. The score is where those runs are centred, not a likely scoreline — a rugby result is spread far too widely for any single one to be likely.

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How the runs finished

Winning margin across 5,000 simulations of this fixture. Bars right of the centre are Bath Rugby wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.

Margin percentiles

  • Middle 8 in 10
  • Middle half
  • Median
  • Level
  • Average

Eight runs in ten finished between 8 Harlequins and 29 Bath Rugby, half of them between 1 Bath Rugby and 17 Bath Rugby, with the middle run at 8 Bath Rugby.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 31 and 72 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 24-16 on a tight afternoon and 34-26 on an open one.

Why Bath Rugby are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Bath Rugby winning. It starts at an even 50%, and each line below adds to that or takes from it, in percentage points (pp): a bar to the right helps Bath Rugby, a bar to the left helps Harlequins.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+17.6 pp

Bath Rugby 1768, Harlequins 1542 — 226 points, favouring Bath Rugby

Venue+13.1 pp

Bath Rugby are at home

Form and context-5.0 pp

Recent results, past meetings between the two sides, and days of rest. It has a limit, so it can nudge the rating but never overrule it.

Bath Rugby win75.7%
Harlequins win21.8%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Bath Rugby14–0–11Harlequins

25 meetings, 2015 to 2026 · Bath Rugby by 3.4 on average

Last 10: 8–0–2 · Bath Rugby by 9.8 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-09-25Harlequins 17–33 Bath RugbyGallagher PremiershipTwickenham Stoop
2026-04-18Bath Rugby 48–15 HarlequinsGallagher PremiershipRecreation Ground
2025-09-26Harlequins 31–47 Bath RugbyGallagher PremiershipTwickenham Stoop
2025-03-29Bath Rugby 47–28 HarlequinsGallagher PremiershipRecreation Ground
2024-10-19Harlequins 24–26 Bath RugbyGallagher PremiershipTwickenham Stoop

The 5 most recent meetings; the record above covers all 25. None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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