Bath Rugby vs Lyon
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.
Bath Rugby 78.5%draw 2.5%19.0% LyonLyon 46.5%draw 2.5%51.0% Bath RugbyBath Rugby 65.5%draw 2.5%32.0% LyonEach 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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Build a shareable predictionHow 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 Lyon and 28 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 32 and 74 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 35-27 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 Lyon.
Bath Rugby 1768, Lyon 1487 — 281 points, favouring Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby are at home
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.
Head to head
Bath Rugby1–0–0Lyon1 meeting, 2025 to 2025 · Bath Rugby by 25.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-23 | Bath Rugby 37–12 Lyon | European Challenge Cup | Principality Stadium |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.