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Bristol Rugby vs Toulon

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
Bristol Rugby at home29-23 average
Bristol Rugby 65.9%draw 2.5%31.6% Toulon
Toulon at home28-24 average
Toulon 60.2%draw 2.5%37.3% Bristol Rugby
Neutral ground26-25 average
Bristol Rugby 51.9%draw 2.5%45.6% Toulon

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 Bristol Rugby 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 12 Toulon and 27 Bristol Rugby, half of them between 3 Toulon and 15 Bristol Rugby, with the middle run at 5 Bristol Rugby.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 32 and 74 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 23-18 on a tight afternoon and 34-29 on an open one.

Why Bristol Rugby are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Bristol Rugby 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 Bristol Rugby, a bar to the left helps Toulon.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+7.6 pp

Bristol Rugby 1762, Toulon 1663 — 99 points, favouring Bristol Rugby

Venue+16.1 pp

Bristol Rugby 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.

Bristol Rugby win65.9%
Toulon win31.6%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Bristol Rugby1–0–0Toulon

1 meeting, 2020 to 2020 · Bristol Rugby by 13.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2020-10-16Bristol Rugby 32–19 ToulonEuropean Challenge CupStade Maurice David

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

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