Cheetahs vs Stade Francais Paris
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.
Cheetahs 34.4%draw 2.5%63.1% Stade Francais ParisStade Francais Paris 84.0%draw 2.5%13.5% CheetahsCheetahs 23.2%draw 2.5%74.3% Stade Francais ParisEach 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 Cheetahs 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 27 Stade Francais Paris and 12 Cheetahs, half of them between 15 Stade Francais Paris and 3 Cheetahs, with the middle run at 4 Stade Francais Paris.
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 22-18 on a tight afternoon and 33-29 on an open one.
Why Cheetahs are not favoured
How the model arrives at the chance of Cheetahs 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 Cheetahs, a bar to the left helps Stade Francais Paris.
Cheetahs 1270, Stade Francais Paris 1731 — 461 points, favouring Stade Francais Paris
Cheetahs 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
Cheetahs0–0–1Stade Francais Paris1 meeting, 2025 to 2025 · Stade Francais Paris by 23.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-13 | Cheetahs 22–45 Stade Francais Paris | European Challenge Cup | National Rugby Centre Amsterdam |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.