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Montpellier Herault vs Zebre

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 home40-15 average
Montpellier Herault 90.1%draw 2.5%7.4% Zebre
Zebre at home17-39 average
Zebre 14.0%draw 2.5%83.5% Montpellier Herault
Neutral ground40-15 average
Montpellier Herault 87.1%draw 2.5%10.4% Zebre

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 40 Montpellier Herault, half of them between 5 Montpellier Herault and 27 Montpellier Herault, with the middle run at 14 Montpellier Herault.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 34 and 78 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 28-14 on a tight afternoon and 40-26 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 Zebre.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+43.7 pp

Montpellier Herault 1972, Zebre 1071 — 902 points, favouring Montpellier Herault

Venue+2.0 pp

Montpellier Herault are at home

Form and context-5.6 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 win90.1%
Zebre win7.4%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Montpellier Herault1–0–0Zebre

1 meeting, 2025 to 2025 · Montpellier Herault by 24.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2025-12-12Montpellier Herault 31–7 ZebreEuropean Challenge CupSepteo Stadium

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

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