Goals are to be expected on Friday, as the ball has hit the back of the net at least three times in each of the last 15 meetings between these two sides.
Stuttgart have recently shown signs of improvement and have built momentum at a good time heading into their clash with Dortmund, but the visitors will be fired up to turn their fortunes around and they should have plenty of firepower to claim all three points.
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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 Borussia Dortmund win with a probability of 56.92%. A win for Stuttgart had a probability of 22.25% and a draw had a probability of 20.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Borussia Dortmund win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.66%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (7.72%) and 0-1 (7.34%). The likeliest Stuttgart win was 2-1 (5.75%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.19%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 7.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Borussia Dortmund would win this match.
