Gloucester Rugby vs Sharks
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.
Gloucester Rugby 63.5%draw 2.5%34.0% SharksSharks 68.6%draw 2.5%28.9% Gloucester RugbyGloucester Rugby 45.9%draw 2.5%51.6% SharksEach 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 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 14 Sharks and 24 Gloucester Rugby, half of them between 4 Sharks and 13 Gloucester Rugby, with the middle run at 4 Gloucester Rugby.
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 22-18 on a tight afternoon and 33-29 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 Sharks.
Gloucester Rugby 1684, Sharks 1746 — 62 points, favouring Sharks
Gloucester Rugby 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
Gloucester Rugby0–0–1Sharks1 meeting, 2024 to 2024 · Sharks by 14.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-24 | Gloucester Rugby 22–36 Sharks | European Challenge Cup | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.