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 SV Sandhausen win with a probability of 40.15%. A win for SV Darmstadt 98 had a probability of 35.34% and a draw had a probability of 24.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a SV Sandhausen win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.02%) and 2-0 (6.12%). The likeliest SV Darmstadt 98 win was 1-2 (8.08%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.37%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 3.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that SV Sandhausen would win this match.