Match predictor

Benetton Treviso vs Castres Olympique

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
Benetton Treviso at home26-24 average
Benetton Treviso 53.5%draw 2.5%44.0% Castres Olympique
Castres Olympique at home27-23 average
Castres Olympique 65.8%draw 2.5%31.7% Benetton Treviso
Neutral ground25-26 average
Benetton Treviso 42.6%draw 2.5%54.9% Castres Olympique

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 Benetton Treviso wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.

Margin percentiles

p10 Castres Olympique +14p25 Castres Olympique +6p50 Benetton Treviso +2p75 Benetton Treviso +11p90 Benetton Treviso +23

Eight runs in ten finished between 14 Castres Olympique and 23 Benetton Treviso, with the middle run at 2 Benetton Treviso.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 30 and 71 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 20-18 on a tight afternoon and 31-29 on an open one.

Why Benetton Treviso are favoured

Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours Benetton Treviso, negative favours Castres Olympique.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap-1.9 pp

Benetton Treviso 1478, Castres Olympique 1485 — 7 points, favouring Castres Olympique

Venue+12.1 pp

Benetton Treviso are at home

Form and context-6.7 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.

Benetton Treviso win53.5%

Head to head

Benetton Treviso001Castres Olympique

1 meeting, 2025 to 2025 · Castres Olympique by 2.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2025-04-05Castres Olympique 3937 Benetton TrevisoEuropean Champions CupStade Pierre Fabre

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

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