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Glasgow Warriors vs Ulster

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
Glasgow Warriors at home31-17 average
Glasgow Warriors 81.9%draw 2.5%15.6% Ulster
Ulster at home22-25 average
Ulster 41.3%draw 2.5%56.2% Glasgow Warriors
Neutral ground28-20 average
Glasgow Warriors 69.9%draw 2.5%27.6% Ulster

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 Glasgow Warriors 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 3 Ulster and 33 Glasgow Warriors, half of them between 2 Glasgow Warriors and 21 Glasgow Warriors, with the middle run at 10 Glasgow Warriors.

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 24-14 on a tight afternoon and 34-24 on an open one.

Why Glasgow Warriors are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Glasgow Warriors 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 Glasgow Warriors, a bar to the left helps Ulster.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+27.7 pp

Glasgow Warriors 1949, Ulster 1582 — 367 points, favouring Glasgow Warriors

Venue+10.0 pp

Glasgow Warriors are at home

Form and context-5.8 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.

Glasgow Warriors win81.9%
Ulster win15.6%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Glasgow Warriors8–1–8Ulster

17 meetings, 2015 to 2026 · Glasgow Warriors by 1.4 on average

Last 10: 5–1–4 · Glasgow Warriors by 3.8 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-10-03Glasgow Warriors 33–33 UlsterUnited Rugby ChampionshipScotstoun Stadium
2026-05-15Ulster 22–26 Glasgow WarriorsUnited Rugby ChampionshipAffidea Stadium
2024-09-21Ulster 20–19 Glasgow WarriorsUnited Rugby ChampionshipAffidea Stadium
2023-11-25Glasgow Warriors 33–20 UlsterUnited Rugby ChampionshipScotstoun Stadium
2023-02-17Glasgow Warriors 17–11 UlsterUnited Rugby ChampionshipScotstoun Stadium

The 5 most recent meetings; the record above covers all 17. None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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