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Perpignan 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
Perpignan at home34-18 average
Perpignan 85.0%draw 2.5%12.5% Zebre
Zebre at home24-28 average
Zebre 38.5%draw 2.5%59.0% Perpignan
Neutral ground31-21 average
Perpignan 72.8%draw 2.5%24.7% 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 Perpignan 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 1 Zebre and 34 Perpignan, half of them between 3 Perpignan and 22 Perpignan, with the middle run at 11 Perpignan.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 32 and 74 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 Perpignan are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Perpignan 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 Perpignan, a bar to the left helps Zebre.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+26.4 pp

Perpignan 1424, Zebre 1071 — 353 points, favouring Perpignan

Venue+10.1 pp

Perpignan are at home

Form and context-1.5 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.

Perpignan win85.0%
Zebre win12.5%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Perpignan1–0–0Zebre

1 meeting, 2025 to 2025 · Perpignan by 18.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2025-01-19Zebre 21–39 PerpignanEuropean Challenge CupStadio Sergio Lanfranchi

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

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