Bayonne vs Leicester Tigers
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 46.9%draw 2.5%50.6% Leicester TigersLeicester Tigers 74.1%draw 2.5%23.4% BayonneBayonne 36.0%draw 2.5%61.5% Leicester TigersEach 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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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 18 Leicester Tigers and 16 Bayonne, half of them between 8 Leicester Tigers and 7 Bayonne, with the middle run at 1 Leicester Tigers.
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 21-20 on a tight afternoon and 32-31 on an open one.
Why Bayonne are not 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 Leicester Tigers.
Bayonne 1557, Leicester Tigers 1800 — 243 points, favouring Leicester Tigers
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
Bayonne0–0–2Leicester Tigers2 meetings, 2020 to 2026 · Leicester Tigers by 25.5 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-10 | Leicester Tigers 57–14 Bayonne | European Champions Cup | Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium |
| 2020-12-19 | Bayonne 20–28 Leicester Tigers | European Challenge Cup | Stade Jean Dauger |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.