Bulls vs Lyon
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.
Bulls 80.1%draw 2.5%17.4% LyonLyon 36.7%draw 2.5%60.8% BullsBulls 70.7%draw 2.5%26.8% LyonEach 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 Bulls wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.
Margin percentiles
Eight runs in ten finished between 3 Lyon and 33 Bulls, with the middle run at 10 Bulls.
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 25-15 on a tight afternoon and 36-26 on an open one.
Why Bulls are favoured
Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours Bulls, negative favours Lyon.
Bulls 1769, Lyon 1429 — 340 points, favouring Bulls
Bulls 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
Bulls2–0–2Lyon4 meetings, 2022 to 2024 · Bulls by 5.2 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-06 | Bulls 59–19 Lyon | European Champions Cup | Loftus Versfeld |
| 2023-12-16 | Lyon 29–28 Bulls | European Champions Cup | Matmut Stadium de Gerland |
| 2023-01-20 | Lyon 31–7 Bulls | European Champions Cup | Matmut Stadium de Gerland |
| 2022-12-10 | Bulls 42–36 Lyon | European Champions Cup | Loftus Versfeld |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.