Having been involved in four consecutive goalless draws, Schalke have clearly tightened up defensively in recent weeks, but Reis will be looking for his side to display more offensive threat against an opponent also fighting against relegation.
However, with so much at stake in this match, it would not be a surprise to see Schalke draw 0-0 yet again. Stuttgart will have been buoyed by keeping a clean sheet last weekend and may not be too disappointed to avoid defeat once again.
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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 Schalke 04 win with a probability of 37.63%. A win for Stuttgart had a probability of 36.63% and a draw had a probability of 25.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Schalke 04 win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.06%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.35%) and 2-0 (6.2%). The likeliest Stuttgart win was 0-1 (8.91%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.19%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Schalke 04 would win this match.
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