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 2026-10-19.
Bordeaux Begles 77.7%draw 2.5%19.8% Sale SharksSale Sharks 46.2%draw 2.5%51.3% Bordeaux BeglesBordeaux Begles 67.1%draw 2.5%30.4% 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.
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Build a shareable predictionHow 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
- Middle 8 in 10
- Middle half
- Median
- Level
- Average
Eight runs in ten finished between 6 Sale Sharks and 31 Bordeaux Begles, half of them between 1 Bordeaux Begles and 19 Bordeaux Begles, with the middle run at 9 Bordeaux Begles.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 33 and 76 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 25-16 on a tight afternoon and 36-27 on an open one.
Why Bordeaux Begles are favoured
How the model arrives at the chance of Bordeaux Begles 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 Bordeaux Begles, a bar to the left helps Sale Sharks.
Bordeaux Begles 1825, Sale Sharks 1504 — 321 points, favouring Bordeaux Begles
Bordeaux Begles are at home
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.
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.