Both teams will be desperate to claim maximum points following their poor spells of form, but with Hoffenheim competing in the top half of the table, they should have the extra quality required to get the better of their relegation-threatened opponents.
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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 52.91%. A win for SV Darmstadt 98 had a probability of 24.39% and a draw had a probability of 22.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Hoffenheim win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.74%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.82%) and 2-0 (8.18%). The likeliest SV Darmstadt 98 win was 1-2 (6.26%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.5%). The actual scoreline of 3-3 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood.
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