Saturday's game is somewhat tricky to call as the low-scoring hosts have been beaten in three consecutive home games, while the visitors have lost five of their last six games, halting that pitiful sequence last weekend against cellar-dwelling Darmstadt.
Thus, a draw could be on the cards when these out-of-form clubs battle at RheinEnergieStadion this weekend.
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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 FC Koln win with a probability of 60.87%. A draw had a probability of 20.9% and a win for VfL Bochum had a probability of 18.26%.
The most likely scoreline for a FC Koln win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.72%) and 1-0 (9.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.75%), while for a VfL Bochum win it was 1-2 (4.99%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 10% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for FC Koln in this match.
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