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Connacht vs Racing 92

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
Connacht at home30-21 average
Connacht 71.6%draw 2.5%25.9% Racing 92
Racing 92 at home27-23 average
Racing 92 54.5%draw 2.5%43.0% Connacht
Neutral ground27-24 average
Connacht 57.8%draw 2.5%39.7% Racing 92

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 Connacht 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 9 Racing 92 and 28 Connacht, half of them between 1 Racing 92 and 17 Connacht, with the middle run at 7 Connacht.

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 23-16 on a tight afternoon and 34-27 on an open one.

Why Connacht are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Connacht 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 Connacht, a bar to the left helps Racing 92.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+11.8 pp

Connacht 1783, Racing 92 1632 — 152 points, favouring Connacht

Venue+15.2 pp

Connacht are at home

Form and context-5.4 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.

Connacht win71.6%
Racing 92 win25.9%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Connacht0–0–2Racing 92

2 meetings, 2020 to 2025 · Racing 92 by 3.5 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2025-04-12Connacht 40–43 Racing 92European Challenge CupDexcom Stadium
2020-12-13Racing 92 26–22 ConnachtEuropean Champions CupParis La Defense Arena

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

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