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Stade Francais Paris vs Ulster

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
Stade Francais Paris at home29-22 average
Stade Francais Paris 69.5%draw 2.5%28.0% Ulster
Ulster at home26-24 average
Ulster 57.5%draw 2.5%40.0% Stade Francais Paris
Neutral ground26-24 average
Stade Francais Paris 55.2%draw 2.5%42.3% Ulster

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 Stade Francais Paris 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 12 Ulster and 25 Stade Francais Paris, half of them between 2 Ulster and 14 Stade Francais Paris, with the middle run at 5 Stade Francais Paris.

Those are gaps rather than scorelines. How much scoring the match produces is drawn separately — between 31 and 72 points in eight runs out of ten — so one bar covers many scores. The middle run above is 22-17 on a tight afternoon and 33-28 on an open one.

Why Stade Francais Paris are favoured

How the model arrives at the chance of Stade Francais Paris 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 Stade Francais Paris, a bar to the left helps Ulster.

Even match50.0%
Rating gap+11.9 pp

Stade Francais Paris 1731, Ulster 1582 — 149 points, favouring Stade Francais Paris

Venue+15.4 pp

Stade Francais Paris are at home

Form and context-7.8 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.

Stade Francais Paris win69.5%
Ulster win28.0%
Draw2.5%

Head to head

Stade Francais Paris0–0–1Ulster

1 meeting, 2026 to 2026 · Ulster by 7.0 on average

DateMatchCompetitionVenue
2026-01-17Ulster 26–19 Stade Francais ParisEuropean Challenge CupAffidea Stadium

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

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