Although many will be predicting a relatively-comfortable win for Hoffenheim on Sunday, we can see the visitors managing to earn a hard-fought point once more at the PreZero Arena.
The hosts will be missing their key man Kramaric, and although the visitors face a setback of their own in the form of Wimmer's absence, Hoffenheim's dreadful run of form being coupled with Bielefeld's solid spell in recent weeks mean we are predicting for this encounter to finish level.
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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 Hoffenheim win with a probability of 60.28%. A draw had a probability of 21% and a win for Arminia Bielefeld had a probability of 18.73%.
The most likely scoreline for a Hoffenheim win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.56%) and 1-0 (9.41%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.79%), while for an Arminia Bielefeld win it was 1-2 (5.1%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Hoffenheim would win this match.
