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 Schalke 04 win with a probability of 40.05%. A win for SV Darmstadt 98 had a probability of 35.51% and a draw had a probability of 24.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Schalke 04 win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.68%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.92%) and 2-0 (6.07%). The likeliest SV Darmstadt 98 win was 1-2 (8.1%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.32%). The actual scoreline of 2-4 was predicted with a 1.1% likelihood.