Bayonne vs Black Lion
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.
Bayonne 88.2%draw 2.5%9.3% Black LionBlack Lion 19.5%draw 2.5%78.0% BayonneBayonne 83.7%draw 2.5%13.8% Black LionEach 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 Bayonne 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 level and 41 Bayonne, half of them between 5 Bayonne and 27 Bayonne, with the middle run at 14 Bayonne.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 34 and 78 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 28-14 on a tight afternoon and 40-26 on an open one.
Why Bayonne are favoured
How the model arrives at the chance of Bayonne 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 Bayonne, a bar to the left helps Black Lion.
Bayonne 1557, Black Lion 820 — 737 points, favouring Bayonne
Bayonne 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
Bayonne1–0–0Black Lion1 meeting, 2025 to 2025 · Bayonne by 25.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-11 | Black Lion 16–41 Bayonne | European Challenge Cup | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.