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Exeter Chiefs vs Gloucester Rugby

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
Exeter Chiefs at home26-25 average
Exeter Chiefs 60.8%draw 2.5%36.7% Gloucester Rugby
Gloucester Rugby at home27-23 average
Gloucester Rugby 62.4%draw 2.5%35.1% Exeter Chiefs
Neutral ground24-26 average
Exeter Chiefs 44.1%draw 2.5%53.4% Gloucester Rugby

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 Exeter Chiefs 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 15 Gloucester Rugby and 20 Exeter Chiefs, half of them between 5 Gloucester Rugby and 10 Exeter Chiefs, with the middle run at 3 Exeter Chiefs.

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 21-18 on a tight afternoon and 32-29 on an open one.

Why Exeter Chiefs are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Exeter Chiefs 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 Exeter Chiefs, a bar to the left helps Gloucester Rugby.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+1.5 pp

Exeter Chiefs 1716, Gloucester Rugby 1684 — 32 points, favouring Exeter Chiefs

Venue+17.1 pp

Exeter Chiefs 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.

Exeter Chiefs win60.8%
Gloucester Rugby win36.7%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Exeter Chiefs15–1–11Gloucester Rugby

27 meetings, 2015 to 2026 · Exeter Chiefs by 1.3 on average

Last 10: 6–0–4 · Gloucester Rugby by 3.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-09-26Exeter Chiefs 24–45 Gloucester RugbyGallagher PremiershipSandy Park
2026-04-26Gloucester Rugby 34–31 Exeter ChiefsGallagher PremiershipKingsholm
2025-10-25Exeter Chiefs 39–12 Gloucester RugbyGallagher PremiershipSandy Park
2025-04-27Gloucester Rugby 79–17 Exeter ChiefsGallagher PremiershipKingsholm
2024-12-29Exeter Chiefs 22–15 Gloucester RugbyGallagher PremiershipSandy Park

The 5 most recent meetings; the record above covers all 27. None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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