We said: Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Levski Sofia
Despite being held in Sofia last week, we expect Frankfurt to have too much quality and European nous for their opponents on their home ground on Thursday.
Providing Toppmoller does not rotate too heavily, the likes of Mario Gotze and Kolo Muani in attack will be confident of combining on a regular basis to help their side through to the group stage.
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 Eintracht Frankfurt win with a probability of 55.71%. A draw had a probability of 23.5% and a win for Levski Sofia had a probability of 20.83%.
The most likely scoreline for a Eintracht Frankfurt win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.03%) and 2-1 (9.79%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.15%), while for a Levski Sofia win it was 0-1 (6.35%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Eintracht Frankfurt in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Eintracht Frankfurt.