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 Wolfsburg win with a probability of 52.07%. A win for Mainz 05 had a probability of 24.33% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Wolfsburg win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.93%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.72%) and 2-0 (8.68%). The likeliest Mainz 05 win was 0-1 (6.36%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.12%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 2% likelihood.