Edinburgh vs Harlequins
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.
Edinburgh 52.7%draw 2.5%44.8% HarlequinsHarlequins 68.1%draw 2.5%29.4% EdinburghEdinburgh 41.1%draw 2.5%56.4% HarlequinsEach 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 Edinburgh wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.
Margin percentiles
Eight runs in ten finished between 13 Harlequins and 23 Edinburgh, with the middle run at 1 Edinburgh.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 31 and 71 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 20-19 on a tight afternoon and 31-30 on an open one.
Why Edinburgh are favoured
Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours Edinburgh, negative favours Harlequins.
Edinburgh 1496, Harlequins 1668 — 172 points, favouring Harlequins
Edinburgh 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
Edinburgh2–0–0Harlequins2 meetings, 2016 to 2017 · Edinburgh by 3.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-14 | Harlequins 18–23 Edinburgh | European Challenge Cup | Twickenham Stoop |
| 2016-10-22 | Edinburgh 36–35 Harlequins | European Challenge Cup | Scottish Gas Murrayfield |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.