Match predictor

Benetton Treviso vs Sharks

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 home25-26 average
Benetton Treviso 43.5%draw 2.5%54.0% Sharks
Sharks at home31-19 average
Sharks 73.4%draw 2.5%24.1% Benetton Treviso
Neutral ground22-28 average
Benetton Treviso 33.6%draw 2.5%63.9% Sharks

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 Sharks +17p25 Sharks +8p50 Sharks +1p75 Benetton Treviso +6p90 Benetton Treviso +15

Eight runs in ten finished between 17 Sharks and 15 Benetton Treviso, with the middle run at 1 Sharks.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 30 and 72 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 not favoured

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

Even match50.0%
Rating gap-13.9 pp

Benetton Treviso 1478, Sharks 1613 — 135 points, favouring Sharks

Venue+12.2 pp

Benetton Treviso are at home

Form and context-4.8 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 win43.5%

Head to head

Benetton Treviso203Sharks

5 meetings, 2022 to 2026 · Sharks by 8.4 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-05-09Sharks 467 Benetton TrevisoUnited Rugby ChampionshipHollywoodbets Kings Park
2024-10-12Benetton Treviso 3810 SharksUnited Rugby ChampionshipStadio Comunale di Monigo
2024-05-11Sharks 2425 Benetton TrevisoUnited Rugby ChampionshipHollywoodbets Kings Park
2023-04-14Sharks 4333 Benetton TrevisoUnited Rugby ChampionshipHollywoodbets Kings Park
2022-02-26Benetton Treviso 729 SharksUnited Rugby ChampionshipStadio Comunale di Monigo

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

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