Racing 92 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.
Racing 92 67.2%draw 2.5%30.3% Sale SharksSale Sharks 58.3%draw 2.5%39.2% Racing 92Racing 92 53.2%draw 2.5%44.3% 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 Racing 92 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 10 Sale Sharks and 28 Racing 92, half of them between 2 Sale Sharks and 16 Racing 92, with the middle run at 6 Racing 92.
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 23-17 on a tight afternoon and 34-28 on an open one.
Why Racing 92 are favoured
How the model arrives at the chance of Racing 92 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 Racing 92, a bar to the left helps Sale Sharks.
Racing 92 1632, Sale Sharks 1504 — 128 points, favouring Racing 92
Racing 92 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
Racing 921–0–1Sale Sharks2 meetings, 2022 to 2024 · Sale Sharks by 1.5 on average
| Date | Match | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-13 | Sale Sharks 29–7 Racing 92 | European Champions Cup | CorpAcq Stadium |
| 2022-05-08 | Racing 92 41–22 Sale Sharks | European Champions Cup | Paris La Defense Arena |
None of this feeds the forecast: both ratings already contain these results.