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Montpellier Herault vs Vannes

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
Montpellier Herault at home38-15 average
Montpellier Herault 90.7%draw 2.5%6.8% Vannes
Vannes at home21-32 average
Vannes 27.4%draw 2.5%70.1% Montpellier Herault
Neutral ground35-18 average
Montpellier Herault 82.2%draw 2.5%15.3% Vannes

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 Montpellier Herault 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 level and 39 Montpellier Herault, half of them between 5 Montpellier Herault and 25 Montpellier Herault, with the middle run at 13 Montpellier Herault.

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 27-14 on a tight afternoon and 38-25 on an open one.

Why Montpellier Herault are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Montpellier Herault 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 Montpellier Herault, a bar to the left helps Vannes.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+40.0 pp

Montpellier Herault 1972, Vannes 1280 — 692 points, favouring Montpellier Herault

Venue+5.3 pp

Montpellier Herault are at home

Form and context-4.6 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.

Montpellier Herault win90.7%
Vannes win6.8%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Montpellier Herault2–0–1Vannes

3 meetings, 2024 to 2026 · Montpellier Herault by 1.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-09-12Vannes 12–26 Montpellier HeraultTop 14Stade de la Rabine
2025-02-22Vannes 37–24 Montpellier HeraultTop 14Stade de la Rabine
2024-10-12Montpellier Herault 26–24 VannesTop 14Septeo Stadium

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

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