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 Bayer Leverkusen win with a probability of 46.04%. A win for Stuttgart had a probability of 32.03% and a draw had a probability of 21.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bayer Leverkusen win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.79%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (5.77%) and 3-1 (5.64%). The likeliest Stuttgart win was 1-2 (7.22%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.13%). The actual scoreline of 5-2 was predicted with a 0.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Bayer Leverkusen would win this match.