Despite their obvious lack of wins this season, Augsburg have shown plenty of attacking potential, and Demirovic, Niederlechner and Vargas will prove a handful for a Bochum team who have been on the end of some horrid results this campaign.
There will likely be a tussle for control in the midfield, with neither team proving particularly adept at keeping the ball.
However, the attacking penetration of Augsburg's forwards may prove the edge against Bochum, a side that have by and large struggled to get their attacking players into form this season.
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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 VfL Bochum win with a probability of 45.32%. A win for Augsburg had a probability of 29.78% and a draw had a probability of 24.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a VfL Bochum win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.22%) and 0-2 (7.53%). The likeliest Augsburg win was 1-0 (7.5%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.76%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for VfL Bochum in this match.
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