Bulls vs Exeter Chiefs
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.
Bulls 78.6%draw 2.5%18.9% Exeter ChiefsExeter Chiefs 46.3%draw 2.5%51.2% BullsBulls 65.4%draw 2.5%32.1% Exeter ChiefsEach 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 Bulls 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 8 Exeter Chiefs and 29 Bulls, half of them between 1 Bulls and 18 Bulls, with the middle run at 8 Bulls.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 31 and 73 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 Bulls are favoured
How the model arrives at the chance of Bulls 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 Bulls, a bar to the left helps Exeter Chiefs.
Bulls 1862, Exeter Chiefs 1716 — 146 points, favouring Bulls
Bulls 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
Bulls1–0–1Exeter Chiefs2 meetings, 2022 to 2023 · Exeter Chiefs by 9.5 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-14 | Bulls 39–28 Exeter Chiefs | European Champions Cup | Loftus Versfeld |
| 2022-12-17 | Exeter Chiefs 44–14 Bulls | European Champions Cup | Sandy Park |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.