Match predictor

Bayonne vs Racing 92

What the model says about this fixture, at either ground and at a neutral one, with the record behind it. Ratings as at 2026-08-24.

Who wins, and where it is played
Bayonne at home23-28 average
Bayonne 40.6%draw 2.5%56.9% Racing 92
Racing 92 at home30-21 average
Racing 92 77.6%draw 2.5%19.9% Bayonne
Neutral ground22-29 average
Bayonne 29.9%draw 2.5%67.6% Racing 92

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.

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

p10 Racing 92 +24p25 Racing 92 +13p50 Racing 92 +2p75 Bayonne +5p90 Bayonne +13

Eight runs in ten finished between 24 Racing 92 and 13 Bayonne, with the middle run at 2 Racing 92.

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 21-19 on a tight afternoon and 32-30 on an open one.

Why Bayonne are not favoured

Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours Bayonne, negative favours Racing 92.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap-26.4 pp

Bayonne 1413, Racing 92 1707 — 294 points, favouring Racing 92

Venue+10.1 pp

Bayonne are at home

Form and context+6.9 pp

Recent results, head-to-head record and rest days, as the XGBoost heads weigh them. Deliberately capped, so it can nudge the rating but never overrule it.

Bayonne win40.6%

Head to head

Bayonne617Racing 92

14 meetings, 2015 to 2026 · Racing 92 by 6.9 on average

Last 10: 514 · Racing 92 by 4.6 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-02-14Bayonne 3641 Racing 92Top 14Stade Jean Dauger
2025-11-22Racing 92 4727 BayonneTop 14Paris La Defense Arena
2025-05-10Racing 92 2424 BayonneTop 14Paris La Defense Arena
2024-10-19Bayonne 3215 Racing 92Top 14Stade Jean Dauger
2024-05-11Racing 92 2837 BayonneTop 14Stade de l’Abbé-Deschamps

The 5 most recent meetings; the record above covers all 14. None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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