October 11, 2022

Rugby Premiership Predictions for Round 6

Team Ratings for Round 6

The basic method is described on my Department home page.
Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season.

Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference
Sale Sharks 5.87 4.14 1.70
Leicester Tigers 5.64 7.93 -2.30
Exeter Chiefs 5.27 3.67 1.60
Gloucester 4.84 5.92 -1.10
Harlequins 3.51 3.92 -0.40
Northampton Saints 3.38 3.99 -0.60
Wasps -0.18 0.77 -1.00
Saracens -0.94 -5.00 4.10
London Irish -1.52 -1.65 0.10
Bristol -4.36 -2.43 -1.90
Bath -8.75 -9.15 0.40
Newcastle Falcons -10.01 -8.76 -1.30
Worcester Warriors -11.69 -12.27 0.60

 

Performance So Far

So far there have been 28 matches played, 19 of which were correctly predicted, a success rate of 67.9%.
Here are the predictions for last week’s games.

Game Date Score Prediction Correct
1 Bristol vs. Exeter Chiefs Oct 08 14 – 50 -1.90 TRUE
2 Bath vs. Gloucester Oct 09 17 – 21 -9.80 TRUE
3 Leicester Tigers vs. Sale Sharks Oct 09 16 – 26 6.00 FALSE
4 Newcastle Falcons vs. Saracens Oct 10 14 – 34 -2.80 TRUE
5 Wasps vs. Northampton Saints Oct 10 36 – 40 1.60 FALSE

 

Predictions for Round 6

Here are the predictions for Round 6. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

Game Date Winner Prediction
1 Sale Sharks vs. London Irish Oct 15 Sale Sharks 11.90
2 Exeter Chiefs vs. Wasps Oct 16 Exeter Chiefs 10.00
3 Gloucester vs. Bristol Oct 16 Gloucester 13.70
4 Northampton Saints vs. Newcastle Falcons Oct 16 Northampton Saints 17.90
5 Saracens vs. Bath Oct 16 Saracens 12.30
6 Harlequins vs. Leicester Tigers Oct 17 Harlequins 2.40

 

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David Scott obtained a BA and PhD from the Australian National University and then commenced his university teaching career at La Trobe University in 1972. He has taught at La Trobe University, the University of Sheffield, Bond University and Colorado State University, joining the University of Auckland, based at Tamaki Campus, in mid-1995. He has been Head of Department at La Trobe University, Acting Dean and Associate Dean (Academic) at Bond University, and Associate Director of the Centre for Quality Management and Data Analysis at Bond University with responsibility for Short Courses. He was Head of the Department of Statistics in 2000, and is a past President of the New Zealand Statistical Assocation. See all posts by David Scott »