With Leverkusen possessing home advantage, as well as Union missing their top goalscorer, we are predicting a comfortable win for the hosts on Saturday.
Union are always difficult to beat but remain a different side away from home, so if Leverkusen can recapture their best form from earlier in the campaign, they will prove too much for the visitors.
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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 55.14%. A win for Union Berlin had a probability of 22.73% and a draw had a probability of 22.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Bayer Leverkusen win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.79%) and 2-0 (8.46%). The likeliest Union Berlin win was 1-2 (5.93%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.21%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5.7% likelihood.
