Both sides head into this fixture in poor form, with Breitenreiter's job security likely to be at significant risk should his team fall to another defeat on Saturday.
However, Hoffenheim have still been scoring plenty of goals throughout their bad patch of form, while the signing of Delaney could be a massive one given their recent issues in central midfield. We can envisage an away win, but it will be tight.
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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 VfL Bochum win with a probability of 39.6%. A win for Hoffenheim had a probability of 35.2% and a draw had a probability of 25.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a VfL Bochum win was 1-0 with a probability of 8.75%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.63%) and 2-0 (6.36%). The likeliest Hoffenheim win was 0-1 (8.16%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.86%). The actual scoreline of 5-2 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that VfL Bochum would win this match.
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