Exeter Chiefs vs La Rochelle
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.
Exeter Chiefs 55.9%draw 2.5%41.6% La RochelleLa Rochelle 72.8%draw 2.5%24.7% Exeter ChiefsExeter Chiefs 40.0%draw 2.5%57.5% La RochelleEach 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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Build a shareable predictionHow 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 La Rochelle and 18 Exeter Chiefs, half of them between 6 La Rochelle and 10 Exeter Chiefs, with the middle run at 2 Exeter Chiefs.
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 21-19 on a tight afternoon and 32-30 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 La Rochelle.
Exeter Chiefs 1716, La Rochelle 1820 — 104 points, favouring La Rochelle
Exeter Chiefs are at home
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.
Head to head
Exeter Chiefs2–0–1La Rochelle3 meetings, 2019 to 2023 · Exeter Chiefs by 6.3 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | La Rochelle 47–28 Exeter Chiefs | European Champions Cup | Stade Matmut-Atlantique |
| 2020-01-18 | Exeter Chiefs 33–14 La Rochelle | European Champions Cup | Sandy Park |
| 2019-11-16 | La Rochelle 12–31 Exeter Chiefs | European Champions Cup | Stade Marcel-Deflandre |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.