Match predictor

Benetton Treviso vs Ulster

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 home24-26 average
Benetton Treviso 42.7%draw 2.5%54.8% Ulster
Ulster at home30-20 average
Ulster 70.0%draw 2.5%27.5% Benetton Treviso
Neutral ground22-28 average
Benetton Treviso 34.9%draw 2.5%62.6% Ulster

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 Ulster +20p25 Ulster +10p50 Ulster +2p75 Benetton Treviso +7p90 Benetton Treviso +16

Eight runs in ten finished between 20 Ulster and 16 Benetton Treviso, with the middle run at 2 Ulster.

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 21-19 on a tight afternoon and 31-29 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 Ulster.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap-15.8 pp

Benetton Treviso 1478, Ulster 1633 — 156 points, favouring Ulster

Venue+12.0 pp

Benetton Treviso are at home

Form and context-3.5 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 win42.7%

Head to head

Benetton Treviso2213Ulster

17 meetings, 2015 to 2025 · Ulster by 11.3 on average

Last 10: 226 · Ulster by 5.8 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2025-11-28Ulster 4713 Benetton TrevisoUnited Rugby ChampionshipAffidea Stadium
2025-02-15Benetton Treviso 3419 UlsterUnited Rugby ChampionshipStadio Comunale di Monigo
2024-04-26Ulster 3834 Benetton TrevisoUnited Rugby ChampionshipAffidea Stadium
2023-01-07Benetton Treviso 3129 UlsterUnited Rugby ChampionshipStadio Comunale di Monigo
2021-10-08Ulster 288 Benetton TrevisoUnited Rugby ChampionshipAffidea Stadium

The 5 most recent meetings; the record above covers all 17. None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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