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Bayonne vs Vannes

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 home35-15 average
Bayonne 82.7%draw 2.5%14.8% Vannes
Vannes at home26-25 average
Vannes 50.3%draw 2.5%47.2% Bayonne
Neutral ground31-20 average
Bayonne 66.7%draw 2.5%30.8% Vannes

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 1 Vannes and 38 Bayonne, half of them between 3 Bayonne and 26 Bayonne, with the middle run at 12 Bayonne.

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 26-14 on a tight afternoon and 36-24 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 Vannes.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+21.6 pp

Bayonne 1557, Vannes 1280 — 277 points, favouring Bayonne

Venue+17.1 pp

Bayonne are at home

Form and context-6.0 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 win82.7%
Vannes win14.8%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Bayonne2–0–0Vannes

2 meetings, 2024 to 2025 · Bayonne by 6.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2025-05-17Bayonne 38–32 VannesTop 14Stade Jean Dauger
2024-12-21Vannes 21–27 BayonneTop 14Stade de la Rabine

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

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