While Darmstadt competed well to limit Frankfurt to a one-goal victory on the opening weekend, scoring goals for the newly-promoted side could be a major issue at this level.
As such, we expect Union Berlin to have too much nous and quality for them on Saturday, with Fischer's side hoping to fly out of the traps just as they did last season.
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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 SV Darmstadt 98 win with a probability of 37.02%. A win for Union Berlin had a probability of 35.34% and a draw had a probability of 27.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a SV Darmstadt 98 win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.96%) and 2-0 (6.72%). The likeliest Union Berlin win was 0-1 (10.7%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.05%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 0.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Union Berlin would win this match.
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