We said: Wolfsburg 1-3 RB Leipzig
With 12 goals at the correct end of the field in their last 270 minutes of football, Leipzig - in spite of a few potential rotations - could enjoy a field day against a wobbly Wolfsburg backline, as was the case in their Bundesliga meetings last season.
DFB-Pokal exits to Die Roten Bullen are all too familiar for the hosts, who could still experience a sliver of attacking joy against their injury-hit visitors but cannot be relied upon to keep the back door bolted shut.
Read more.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 RB Leipzig win with a probability of 48.18%. A win for Wolfsburg had a probability of 28.44% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a RB Leipzig win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.44%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.26%) and 0-2 (7.26%). The likeliest Wolfsburg win was 2-1 (6.98%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.74%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 6.1% likelihood.