La Rochelle vs Northampton Saints
What the model says about this fixture, at either ground and at a neutral one, with the record behind it. Ratings as at 2026-08-24.
La Rochelle 52.8%draw 2.5%44.7% Northampton SaintsNorthampton Saints 66.3%draw 2.5%31.2% La RochelleLa Rochelle 41.2%draw 2.5%56.3% Northampton SaintsEach 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.
How 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
Eight runs in ten finished between 14 Northampton Saints and 23 La Rochelle, with the middle run at 1 La Rochelle.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 30 and 70 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 20-19 on a tight afternoon and 30-29 on an open one.
Why La Rochelle are favoured
Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours La Rochelle, negative favours Northampton Saints.
La Rochelle 1748, Northampton Saints 1918 — 170 points, favouring Northampton Saints
La Rochelle are at home
Recent results, head-to-head record and rest days, as the XGBoost heads weigh them. Deliberately capped, so it can nudge the rating but never overrule it.
Head to head
La Rochelle2–0–0Northampton Saints2 meetings, 2022 to 2023 · La Rochelle by 26.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-21 | Northampton Saints 13–31 La Rochelle | European Champions Cup | cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens |
| 2022-12-10 | La Rochelle 46–12 Northampton Saints | European Champions Cup | Stade Marcel-Deflandre |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.