We expect another comfortable victory for Hoffenheim against Schalke on Tuesday. The visitors were outclassed against their opponents on Friday and we expect no different in the DFB-Pokal this week, with Kramer likely to lose his job as a result. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Hoffenheim win with a probability of 50.17%. A win for Schalke 04 had a probability of 27.54% and a draw had a probability of 22.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Hoffenheim win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.24%) and 2-0 (6.9%). The likeliest Schalke 04 win was 1-2 (6.74%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.88%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 1.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Hoffenheim would win this match.

Result
Hoffenheim	Draw	Schalke 04
50.17% ( 0)	22.29% ( -0)	27.54% ( -0)

Both teams to score 63.39% (

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

63.47% (

36.53% (

-0)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.32% (

58.68% (

-0)

Hoffenheim Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

85.13% (

14.87% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

56.79% (

43.21% (

-0)

Schalke 04 Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.46%

25.54%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.6% (

60.4% (

-0)

Score Analysis

Hoffenheim 50.17%

Schalke 04 27.54%

Draw 22.29%

Hoffenheim	Draw	Schalke 04
2-1 @ 9.41% 1-0 @ 7.24% ( -0) 2-0 @ 6.9% 3-1 @ 5.98% 3-0 @ 4.38% 3-2 @ 4.08% ( 0) 4-1 @ 2.85% 4-0 @ 2.09% 4-2 @ 1.95% ( 0) 5-1 @ 1.09% Other @ 4.21% Total : 50.17%	1-1 @ 9.88% ( -0) 2-2 @ 6.43% 0-0 @ 3.8% 3-3 @ 1.86% Other @ 0.34% Total : 22.29%	1-2 @ 6.74% 0-1 @ 5.18% 0-2 @ 3.54% ( -0) 1-3 @ 3.07% 2-3 @ 2.92% 0-3 @ 1.61% 1-4 @ 1.05% 2-4 @ 1% Other @ 2.42% Total : 27.54%