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 Hamburger SV win with a probability of 41.89%. A win for Karlsruher SC had a probability of 35.25% and a draw had a probability of 22.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Hamburger SV win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.64%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (6.26%) and 0-2 (5.45%). The likeliest Karlsruher SC win was 2-1 (7.85%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.92%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood.