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Gloucester Rugby vs Leinster

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
Gloucester Rugby at home26-26 average
Gloucester Rugby 51.6%draw 2.5%45.9% Leinster
Leinster at home32-20 average
Leinster 76.0%draw 2.5%21.5% Gloucester Rugby
Neutral ground23-29 average
Gloucester Rugby 36.0%draw 2.5%61.5% Leinster

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 Gloucester Rugby 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 17 Leinster and 17 Gloucester Rugby, half of them between 7 Leinster and 8 Gloucester Rugby, with the middle run at 1 Gloucester Rugby.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 32 and 74 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 21-20 on a tight afternoon and 32-31 on an open one.

Why Gloucester Rugby are favoured

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

Even match50.0%
Rating gap-20.4 pp

Gloucester Rugby 1684, Leinster 1915 — 231 points, favouring Leinster

Venue+16.9 pp

Gloucester Rugby are at home

Form and context+5.1 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.

Gloucester Rugby win51.6%
Leinster win45.9%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Gloucester Rugby0–0–2Leinster

2 meetings, 2022 to 2023 · Leinster by 46.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2023-01-14Gloucester Rugby 14–49 LeinsterEuropean Champions CupKingsholm
2022-12-16Leinster 57–0 Gloucester RugbyEuropean Champions CupLaya Arena

None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.

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