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Benetton Treviso vs Lyon

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
Benetton Treviso at home26-24 average
Benetton Treviso 53.4%draw 2.5%44.1% Lyon
Lyon at home28-22 average
Lyon 73.3%draw 2.5%24.2% Benetton Treviso
Neutral ground24-26 average
Benetton Treviso 38.4%draw 2.5%59.1% Lyon

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 Benetton Treviso 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 14 Lyon and 21 Benetton Treviso, half of them between 6 Lyon and 10 Benetton Treviso, with the middle run at 1 Benetton Treviso.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 31 and 71 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 20-19 on a tight afternoon and 31-30 on an open one.

Why Benetton Treviso are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Benetton Treviso 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 Benetton Treviso, a bar to the left helps Lyon.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap-8.0 pp

Benetton Treviso 1413, Lyon 1487 — 74 points, favouring Lyon

Venue+19.2 pp

Benetton Treviso are at home

Form and context-7.8 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.

Benetton Treviso win53.4%
Lyon win44.1%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Benetton Treviso2–0–2Lyon

4 meetings, 2019 to 2026 · Lyon by 5.2 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-01-18Lyon 19–38 Benetton TrevisoEuropean Challenge CupMatmut Stadium de Gerland
2022-01-21Lyon 25–10 Benetton TrevisoEuropean Challenge CupMatmut Stadium de Gerland
2019-12-14Benetton Treviso 25–22 LyonEuropean Champions CupStadio Comunale di Monigo
2019-12-07Lyon 28–0 Benetton TrevisoEuropean Champions CupMatmut Stadium de Gerland

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

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