Should Kramaric miss out through injury as expected, that would clearly make Hoffenheim less likely to win this match, especially with Frankfurt generally proving tough to beat in any case.
The hosts are yet to draw a match this season, whereas Toppmoller's side have shared the spoils in more than half of their league games, and we can envisage another stalemate between two evenly-matched sides.
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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 41.01%. A win for Hoffenheim had a probability of 34.65% and a draw had a probability of 24.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Eintracht Frankfurt win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.79%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.95%) and 0-2 (6.2%). The likeliest Hoffenheim win was 2-1 (7.98%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.25%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 4.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Eintracht Frankfurt would win this match.