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Bayonne 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
Bayonne at home28-23 average
Bayonne 61.1%draw 2.5%36.4% Harlequins
Harlequins at home28-23 average
Harlequins 63.0%draw 2.5%34.5% Bayonne
Neutral ground26-25 average
Bayonne 47.8%draw 2.5%49.7% 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 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 13 Harlequins and 25 Bayonne, half of them between 4 Harlequins and 14 Bayonne, with the middle run at 4 Bayonne.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 31 and 73 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 22-18 on a tight afternoon and 33-29 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 Harlequins.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+0.1 pp

Bayonne 1557, Harlequins 1542 — 15 points, favouring Bayonne

Venue+17.1 pp

Bayonne are at home

Form and context-6.1 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.

Bayonne win61.1%
Harlequins win36.4%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Bayonne0–0–1Harlequins

1 meeting, 2025 to 2025 · Harlequins by 54.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2025-12-14Harlequins 68–14 BayonneEuropean Champions CupTwickenham Stoop

None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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