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Connacht vs Scarlets

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 home31-18 average
Connacht 83.7%draw 2.5%13.8% Scarlets
Scarlets at home22-26 average
Scarlets 32.7%draw 2.5%64.8% Connacht
Neutral ground29-20 average
Connacht 77.0%draw 2.5%20.5% Scarlets

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 3 Scarlets and 31 Connacht, half of them between 3 Connacht and 20 Connacht, with the middle run at 10 Connacht.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 30 and 70 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 24-14 on a tight afternoon and 35-25 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 Scarlets.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+34.8 pp

Connacht 1783, Scarlets 1273 — 510 points, favouring Connacht

Venue+6.7 pp

Connacht 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.

Connacht win83.7%
Scarlets win13.8%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Connacht7–0–8Scarlets

15 meetings, 2015 to 2026 · Connacht by 0.6 on average

Last 10: 6–0–4 · Connacht by 4.7 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-03-13Connacht 31–14 ScarletsUnited Rugby ChampionshipDexcom Stadium
2024-10-04Scarlets 23–24 ConnachtUnited Rugby ChampionshipParc y Scarlets
2024-03-02Connacht 26–10 ScarletsUnited Rugby ChampionshipDexcom Stadium
2022-10-21Connacht 36–14 ScarletsUnited Rugby ChampionshipDexcom Stadium
2022-02-19Scarlets 23–29 ConnachtUnited Rugby ChampionshipParc y Scarlets

The 5 most recent meetings; the record above covers all 15. None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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