We said: Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Stuttgart
Goals are to be expected at the BayArena on Saturday, with Leverkusen currently in fine goalscoring form but also having the tendency to leak a goal as well, with no clean sheets in their last 11 games.
The hosts should have far too much quality for their struggling visitors though, so we are expecting a comfortable win for Leverkusen by a multiple-goal margin.
Read more.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 60.54%. A draw had a probability of 20.1% and a win for Stuttgart had a probability of 19.39%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bayer Leverkusen win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.45%) and 1-0 (7.77%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.99%), while for a Stuttgart win it was 1-2 (5.2%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 2.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Bayer Leverkusen would win this match.