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Exeter Chiefs vs Newcastle Falcons

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 home37-18 average
Exeter Chiefs 85.4%draw 2.5%12.1% Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons at home22-33 average
Newcastle Falcons 22.9%draw 2.5%74.6% Exeter Chiefs
Neutral ground35-20 average
Exeter Chiefs 81.1%draw 2.5%16.4% Newcastle Falcons

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 1 Newcastle Falcons and 37 Exeter Chiefs, half of them between 4 Exeter Chiefs and 25 Exeter Chiefs, with the middle run at 12 Exeter Chiefs.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 34 and 78 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 27-15 on a tight afternoon and 39-27 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 Newcastle Falcons.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+38.9 pp

Exeter Chiefs 1716, Newcastle Falcons 1040 — 676 points, favouring Exeter Chiefs

Venue+4.2 pp

Exeter Chiefs are at home

Form and context-7.7 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 win85.4%
Newcastle Falcons win12.1%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Exeter Chiefs20–0–4Newcastle Falcons

24 meetings, 2015 to 2026 · Exeter Chiefs by 15.3 on average

Last 10: 8–0–2 · Exeter Chiefs by 8.1 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-10-11Exeter Chiefs 34–28 Newcastle FalconsGallagher PremiershipSandy Park
2026-03-27Newcastle Falcons 14–38 Exeter ChiefsGallagher PremiershipKingston Park
2025-10-04Exeter Chiefs 38–15 Newcastle FalconsGallagher PremiershipSandy Park
2025-03-29Exeter Chiefs 17–15 Newcastle FalconsGallagher PremiershipSandy Park
2024-10-18Newcastle Falcons 24–18 Exeter ChiefsGallagher PremiershipKingston Park

The 5 most recent meetings; the record above covers all 24. None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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