Ospreys vs Sale Sharks
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.
Ospreys 63.2%draw 2.5%34.3% Sale SharksSale Sharks 68.4%draw 2.5%29.1% OspreysOspreys 46.6%draw 2.5%50.9% Sale SharksEach 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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Build a shareable predictionHow the runs finished
Winning margin across 5,000 simulations of this fixture. Bars right of the centre are Ospreys 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 14 Sale Sharks and 21 Ospreys, half of them between 4 Sale Sharks and 12 Ospreys, with the middle run at 3 Ospreys.
Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 31 and 73 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 21-18 on a tight afternoon and 32-29 on an open one.
Why Ospreys are favoured
How the model arrives at the chance of Ospreys 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 Ospreys, a bar to the left helps Sale Sharks.
Ospreys 1567, Sale Sharks 1504 — 63 points, favouring Ospreys
Ospreys are at home
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.
Head to head
Ospreys1–0–2Sale Sharks3 meetings, 2021 to 2024 · Sale Sharks by 13.0 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-06 | Ospreys 23–15 Sale Sharks | European Challenge Cup | Electric Brewery Field |
| 2022-01-23 | Sale Sharks 49–10 Ospreys | European Champions Cup | CorpAcq Stadium |
| 2021-12-12 | Ospreys 13–21 Sale Sharks | European Champions Cup | Swansea.com Stadium |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.