Leicester Tigers vs Scarlets
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.
Leicester Tigers 82.3%draw 2.5%15.2% ScarletsScarlets 26.0%draw 2.5%71.5% Leicester TigersLeicester Tigers 77.9%draw 2.5%19.6% ScarletsEach 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 Leicester Tigers wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.
Margin percentiles
Eight runs in ten finished between 1 Scarlets and 36 Leicester Tigers, with the middle run at 11 Leicester Tigers.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 33 and 75 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 26-15 on a tight afternoon and 38-27 on an open one.
Why Leicester Tigers are favoured
Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours Leicester Tigers, negative favours Scarlets.
Leicester Tigers 1840, Scarlets 1334 — 506 points, favouring Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers 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
Leicester Tigers2–0–1Scarlets3 meetings, 2015 to 2019 · Leicester Tigers by 4.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-12 | Scarlets 33–10 Leicester Tigers | European Champions Cup | Parc y Scarlets |
| 2018-10-19 | Leicester Tigers 45–27 Scarlets | European Champions Cup | Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium |
| 2015-01-16 | Leicester Tigers 40–23 Scarlets | European Champions Cup | Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.