Leverkusen have built a serious amount of momentum for themselves in recent weeks, and Alonso will be keen to ensure that his players maintain their winning streak ahead of hosting Union SG in the Europa League on Thursday.
Frankfurt, on the other hand, have seriously run out of steam in recent weeks, and we can envisage them to falling to another league defeat after their huge efforts to beat Union Berlin in the DFB-Pokal in midweek.
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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 Bayer Leverkusen win with a probability of 57.35%. A draw had a probability of 21.9% and a win for Eintracht Frankfurt had a probability of 20.71%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bayer Leverkusen win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.92%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.56%) and 2-0 (9.23%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.26%), while for a Eintracht Frankfurt win it was 1-2 (5.52%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 6.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 3-1 win for Bayer Leverkusen in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Bayer Leverkusen.
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