It is incredibly tough to envisage the visitors gaining anything here, particularly with their confidence likely to be dented by their shock 3-0 defeat to fourth division opponents in the DFB-Pokal first round.
Frankfurt displayed their attacking fluency with a 7-0 demolition against a side at the same level as Darmstadt's opponents, and we expect them to begin the season with a comfortable victory.
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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 Eintracht Frankfurt win with a probability of 45.67%. A win for SV Darmstadt 98 had a probability of 28.53% and a draw had a probability of 25.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Eintracht Frankfurt win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.14%) and 2-0 (8.15%). The likeliest SV Darmstadt 98 win was 0-1 (8.24%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.27%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 11% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Eintracht Frankfurt in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Eintracht Frankfurt.