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Challenge Cup 2021/22 results and closing odds

All 41 finished games of the 2021/22 season, with the score and the best closing price on each outcome among the bookmakers we compare: the last price before the start. A record of what happened, not a tip.

The season in numbers

41 games priced
  • Closing favourite won 76% 31 of 41 games
  • Home / draw / away 66 / 0 / 34% on the regular-time score
  • Average closing payout 95.2% 100% minus the bookmakers' margin
  • Biggest upset Edinburgh Rugby won at Saracens 18-21, 11 Dec 2021 Edinburgh Rugby closed at 6.50 (Bet365); Saracens were the favourite at about 89%
  • Odds-on favourites 78% won 31 of 40

Every game, with the closing odds

Best closing price per outcome: 1won the result, 1fav the favourite. Open a game for every bookmaker's closing price and how the whole market closed.

December 2021

  1. 31-26Worcester Warriors11.33X26.0023.75
  2. Lyon Olympique19-13Gloucester11.06X41.0029.00
  3. Zebre13-26Biarritz Olymp11.61X23.0022.37
  4. Saracens18-21Edinburgh Rugby11.14X34.0026.50
  5. Perpignan22-16Newport-Gwent12.87X21.0021.44
  6. Pau17-33London Irish12.87X21.0021.44
  7. Gloucester54-25Treviso11.07X46.0029.00
  8. Newport-Gwent28-41Lyon Olympique12.10X23.0021.81
  9. Toulon28-14Zebre11.03X61.00216.00

January 2022

  1. Biarritz Olymp13-1712.50X21.0021.57
  2. Brive33-25Pau11.33X23.0023.40
  3. Treviso23-9Newport-Gwent11.44X21.0022.87
  4. London Irish21-20Edinburgh Rugby11.70X25.0025.75
  5. Worcester Warriors23-34Toulon11.90X23.0021.90
  6. Perpignan6-37Lyon Olympique11.70X29.0025.50
  7. Edinburgh Rugby66-3Brive11.05X41.0029.00
  8. Lyon Olympique25-10Treviso11.70X34.0026.10
  9. Zebre26-36Worcester Warriors12.70X25.0021.75
  10. Gloucester68-19Perpignan1-X51.00219.00
  11. Saracens45-24London Irish11.91X46.0021.87

April 2022

  1. Brive5-55Saracens110.00X51.0021.04
  2. Edinburgh Rugby54-5Pau11.02X51.00213.00
  3. Treviso17-7Perpignan11.08X34.0027.50
  4. Biarritz Olymp20-17Toulon11.83X23.0022.05
  5. Newport-Gwent21-26Gloucester12.87X25.0021.70
  6. 25-22Zebre12.07X56.0021.09
  7. London Irish64-27Castres Olympique11.18X34.0024.75
  8. Biarritz Olymp29-39London Wasps11.70X36.0025.80
  9. 17-27Glasgow Warriors12.50X21.0021.57
  10. Lyon Olympique31-17Worcester Warriors11.70X51.0023.60
  11. Edinburgh Rugby41-19Bath11.28X23.0023.75
  12. Gloucester31-21Northampton11.72X21.0022.20
  13. Toulon36-17Treviso12.06X41.0028.00
  14. Saracens40-33Cardiff Rugby11.70X56.00211.00

May 2022

  1. Gloucester15-44Saracens12.85X25.0021.50
  2. Edinburgh Rugby30-34London Wasps12.20X21.0021.80
  3. Lyon Olympique35-27Glasgow Warriors11.23X29.0024.33
  4. Toulon19-18London Irish11.52X34.0024.00
  5. Lyon Olympique20-18London Wasps11.65X21.0022.50
  6. Toulon25-16Saracens13.50X25.0021.33
  7. Lyon Olympique30-12Toulon13.55X25.0021.30

Results from our results feed; the 1X2 market settles on the regular-time score, so a game won in extra time or on penalties counts as a draw. Closing prices: each bookmaker's last price before the start, the best of the bookmakers we compare; the favourite is the shortest average price.

Challenge Cup 2021/22 FAQ

How often did the favourite win in the Challenge Cup 2021/22?
The closing favourite, the shortest average price across the bookmakers we compare, won 31 of the 41 games with a closing price (76%): odds-on favourites won 31 of 40.
What was the biggest upset of the Challenge Cup 2021/22?
Edinburgh Rugby won at Saracens 18-21 on 11 December 2021. Edinburgh Rugby closed at 6.50 at Bet365, the longest winning price of the season, when the market made Saracens the favourite at about 89%.
What was the bookmakers' margin on Challenge Cup 2021/22 games?
The average closing payout was 95.2%, so about 4.8% of the stakes on a game's outcomes went to the bookmaker's margin. A higher payout means fairer prices; compare one game's prices with the margin calculator.

See the current Challenge Cup odds and fixtures, every Challenge Cup season, or check a price's margin and closing line value with the betting calculators.