Bordeaux Begles vs Sale 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.
Bordeaux Begles 76.5%draw 2.5%21.0% Sale SharksSale Sharks 36.8%draw 2.5%60.7% Bordeaux BeglesBordeaux Begles 69.8%draw 2.5%27.7% Sale SharksEach 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 Bordeaux Begles wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.
Margin percentiles
Eight runs in ten finished between 7 Sale Sharks and 30 Bordeaux Begles, with the middle run at 8 Bordeaux Begles.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 32 and 72 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 24-16 on a tight afternoon and 35-27 on an open one.
Why Bordeaux Begles are favoured
Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours Bordeaux Begles, negative favours Sale Sharks.
Bordeaux Begles 1913, Sale Sharks 1558 — 355 points, favouring Bordeaux Begles
Bordeaux Begles are at home
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.
Head to head
Bordeaux Begles1–0–1Sale Sharks2 meetings, 2018 to 2018 · Sale Sharks by 11.5 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-15 | Sale Sharks 14–17 Bordeaux Begles | European Challenge Cup | CorpAcq Stadium |
| 2018-12-08 | Bordeaux Begles 24–50 Sale Sharks | European Challenge Cup | Stade Chaban-Delmas |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.