Spirits are high among the two camps heading into Saturday's fixture and both teams will be confident of securing maximum points.
Although Augsburg may have the psychological advantage with their impressive head-to-head record against Koln, we can see the visitors claiming a slender victory to boost their hopes of a top-six finish.
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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 FC Koln win with a probability of 44.93%. A win for Augsburg had a probability of 30.57% and a draw had a probability of 24.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a FC Koln win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.97%) and 0-2 (7.19%). The likeliest Augsburg win was 2-1 (7.35%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.48%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that FC Koln would win this match.