Northampton Saints vs Ospreys
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.
Northampton Saints 80.1%draw 2.5%17.4% OspreysOspreys 30.1%draw 2.5%67.4% Northampton SaintsNorthampton Saints 74.8%draw 2.5%22.7% OspreysEach 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 Northampton Saints wins; the faded bars at each end hold everything beyond 75 points.
Margin percentiles
Eight runs in ten finished between 1 Ospreys and 37 Northampton Saints, with the middle run at 11 Northampton Saints.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 32 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 37-26 on an open one.
Why Northampton Saints are favoured
Starting from an even match and adding what the model reads, in percentage points of win probability. Positive favours Northampton Saints, negative favours Ospreys.
Northampton Saints 1918, Ospreys 1470 — 448 points, favouring Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints 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
Northampton Saints1–0–2Ospreys3 meetings, 2015 to 2017 · Ospreys by 5.7 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-17 | Ospreys 32–15 Northampton Saints | European Champions Cup | Swansea.com Stadium |
| 2017-12-09 | Northampton Saints 32–43 Ospreys | European Champions Cup | cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens |
| 2015-01-18 | Ospreys 9–20 Northampton Saints | European Champions Cup | Swansea.com Stadium |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.