We expect to see an open, entertaining cup tie at the MDCC-Arena on Monday.
Madgeburg should benefit from having played two competitive matches compared to Frankfurt whose season starts here, but the Europa League winners should have too much quality if they can ride out the hosts' early storm.
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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 Eintracht Frankfurt win with a probability of 54.12%. A win for Magdeburg had a probability of 22.97% and a draw had a probability of 22.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Eintracht Frankfurt win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.67%) and 0-2 (8.84%). The likeliest Magdeburg win was 2-1 (5.97%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.75%). The actual scoreline of 0-4 was predicted with a 2.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Eintracht Frankfurt would win this match.