La Rochelle vs Leicester Tigers
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.
La Rochelle 69.7%draw 2.5%27.8% Leicester TigersLeicester Tigers 57.1%draw 2.5%40.4% La RochelleLa Rochelle 56.8%draw 2.5%40.7% Leicester TigersEach 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 La Rochelle 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 10 Leicester Tigers and 27 La Rochelle, half of them between 2 Leicester Tigers and 16 La Rochelle, with the middle run at 6 La Rochelle.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 32 and 73 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 23-17 on a tight afternoon and 34-28 on an open one.
Why La Rochelle are favoured
How the model arrives at the chance of La Rochelle 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 La Rochelle, a bar to the left helps Leicester Tigers.
La Rochelle 1820, Leicester Tigers 1800 — 20 points, favouring La Rochelle
La Rochelle 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
La Rochelle2–0–0Leicester Tigers2 meetings, 2024 to 2025 · La Rochelle by 26.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-06 | La Rochelle 39–20 Leicester Tigers | European Champions Cup | Stade Marcel-Deflandre |
| 2024-01-14 | La Rochelle 45–12 Leicester Tigers | European Champions Cup | Stade Marcel-Deflandre |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.