With both managers having some key players unavailable to choose from, and Frankfurt potentially facing fatigue after having a fixture pile-up already, we can envisage a share of the spoils between these sides on Sunday.
Koln will be desperate to avoid losing all three of their league games ahead of the international break, while Frankfurt may be content enough to remain unbeaten in hope of reintegrating Kolo Muani to their starting XI later in September.
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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 Eintracht Frankfurt win with a probability of 54.21%. A draw had a probability of 24% and a win for FC Koln had a probability of 21.83%.
The most likely scoreline for a Eintracht Frankfurt win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.51%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.83%) and 2-1 (9.72%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.39%), while for a FC Koln win it was 0-1 (6.68%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-1 draw for this match.
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