Match predictor

Exeter Chiefs vs Glasgow Warriors

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.

Who wins, and where it is played
Exeter Chiefs at home28-21 average
Exeter Chiefs 64.2%draw 2.5%33.3% Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors at home27-22 average
Glasgow Warriors 65.7%draw 2.5%31.8% Exeter Chiefs
Neutral ground25-24 average
Exeter Chiefs 47.9%draw 2.5%49.6% Glasgow Warriors

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.

How the runs finished

Winning margin across 5,000 simulations of this fixture. Bars right of the centre are Exeter Chiefs wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.

Margin percentiles

p10 Glasgow Warriors +11p25 Glasgow Warriors +3p50 Exeter Chiefs +5p75 Exeter Chiefs +16p90 Exeter Chiefs +28

Eight runs in ten finished between 11 Glasgow Warriors and 28 Exeter Chiefs, with the middle run at 5 Exeter Chiefs.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 30 and 69 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 22-17 on a tight afternoon and 32-27 on an open one.

Why Exeter Chiefs are favoured

Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours Exeter Chiefs, negative favours Glasgow Warriors.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap-4.8 pp

Exeter Chiefs 1754, Glasgow Warriors 1792 — 38 points, favouring Glasgow Warriors

Venue+12.2 pp

Exeter Chiefs are at home

Form and context+6.8 pp

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.

Exeter Chiefs win64.2%

Head to head

Exeter Chiefs512Glasgow Warriors

8 meetings, 2017 to 2024 · Exeter Chiefs by 10.2 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2024-01-13Exeter Chiefs 1917 Glasgow WarriorsEuropean Champions CupSandy Park
2022-01-15Exeter Chiefs 5217 Glasgow WarriorsEuropean Champions CupSandy Park
2021-12-18Glasgow Warriors 227 Exeter ChiefsEuropean Champions CupScotstoun Stadium
2020-12-13Exeter Chiefs 420 Glasgow WarriorsEuropean Champions CupSandy Park
2020-01-11Glasgow Warriors 3131 Exeter ChiefsEuropean Champions CupScotstoun Stadium

The 5 most recent meetings; the record above covers all 8. None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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