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Bayonne vs Zebre

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 home37-16 average
Bayonne 87.8%draw 2.5%9.7% Zebre
Zebre at home24-29 average
Zebre 34.1%draw 2.5%63.4% Bayonne
Neutral ground33-20 average
Bayonne 75.5%draw 2.5%22.0% Zebre

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 Zebre and 37 Bayonne, half of them between 4 Bayonne and 25 Bayonne, with the middle run at 13 Bayonne.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 33 and 74 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 27-14 on a tight afternoon and 38-25 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 Zebre.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+33.3 pp

Bayonne 1557, Zebre 1071 — 486 points, favouring Bayonne

Venue+7.1 pp

Bayonne are at home

Form and context-2.6 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 win87.8%
Zebre win9.7%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Bayonne0–1–0Zebre

1 meeting, 2020 to 2020 · level on average margin

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2020-12-12Zebre 25–25 BayonneEuropean Challenge CupStadio Sergio Lanfranchi

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

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