Having lost two of their last three league games, Leipzig will be determined to return to winning ways and give themselves a chance of returning to the Champions League qualification spots.
Heidenheim have struggled on the road since gaining their first ever promotion to the Bundesliga, although their excellent efforts at Dortmund and Bayern will give them hope of causing a major upset. We can envisage them scoring but falling to defeat.
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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 RB Leipzig win with a probability of 70.99%. A draw had a probability of 15.8% and a win for Heidenheim had a probability of 13.24%.
The most likely scoreline for a RB Leipzig win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-1 (8.07%) and 2-0 (7.94%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.56%), while for a Heidenheim win it was 1-2 (3.68%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for RB Leipzig in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for RB Leipzig.
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