Goals are to be expected at the BayArena on Saturday, with Leverkusen currently in fine goalscoring form but also having the tendency to leak a goal as well, with no clean sheets in their last 11 games.
The hosts should have far too much quality for their struggling visitors though, so we are expecting a comfortable win for Leverkusen by a multiple-goal margin.
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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 Bayer Leverkusen win with a probability of 60.54%. A draw had a probability of 20.1% and a win for Stuttgart had a probability of 19.39%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bayer Leverkusen win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.45%) and 1-0 (7.77%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.99%), while for a Stuttgart win it was 1-2 (5.2%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 2.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Bayer Leverkusen would win this match.
