Match Information
Match Overview
Como host Sassuolo at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on October 24 in Serie A Regular Season - Round 8, a matchday where the season is starting to take shape. Fifth-placed Como meet twelfth-placed Sassuolo, so the home side come in with the higher league standing.
The main storyline is form. Como won 3-1 away at Fiorentina on October 18 in Round 7, their most recent league match. That followed a 0-0 home draw with AS Roma on October 11 and a 2-1 home win over Parma on September 14. The one league defeat in that five-game window was a 2-0 loss at Frosinone on September 20. Como also played a UEFA Champions League match at Feyenoord on October 14, which they lost 3-2. That fixture is relevant only as schedule context, since it meant three matches in a short span before the Fiorentina win.
Sassuolo's recent league results are more mixed. They lost 4-2 at Frosinone on October 16 and drew 1-1 with AC Milan at home on October 11. Before that came a 2-1 defeat at Monza on September 18, a 3-2 home win over Juventus on September 13 and a 2-2 draw at Bologna on September 6. They have scored in each of those five matches, but they have also conceded in each, 12 goals in total, which is a clear point of vulnerability.
The head-to-head record also matters. Como won both meetings in the 2025 fixtures, 3-0 on September 24 and 2-0 on November 28, but Sassuolo won the most recent one 2-1 on April 17, 2026.
Neither side has any injuries reported, so both managers, Cesc Fàbregas and A. Aquilani, should have full squads available. That gives each of them the chance to field their preferred lineup.
Como's goals and defensive record against Sassuolo's open, high-scoring matches make this an interesting tactical contest.
Predicted Lineups
Como
J. Butez; I. Smolčić, T. Chalobah, M. Kempf, Álex Valle; Luis Milla, L. da Cunha; M. Liberali, N. Paz, M. Caqueret; T. Douvikas
Sassuolo
A. Murić; I. Van der Brempt, C. Odenthal, D. Ćaleta-Car, J. Doig; N. Matić, D. Bakola; D. Berardi, K. Thorstvedt, A. Laurienté; S. Esposito
Team Form Analysis
Como
League Position: 5Como Form Analysis
Como have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five matches across all competitions, and their latest result is a good one: a 3-1 win at Fiorentina in Serie A on October 18. That ended a run in which they had lost at Feyenoord in the Champions League on October 14 and drawn 0-0 with AS Roma at home on October 11.
In attack, Como scored seven goals across the five matches, an average of 1.4 per game. Three of them came in the Fiorentina win, and they netted twice against Parma on September 14. The 0-0 draw with Roma and the 2-0 loss at Frosinone on September 20 were the games where they did not score.
Defensively they conceded six goals, including three at Feyenoord. In their four Serie A matches in this window they conceded four, or one per game, and they kept one clean sheet against Roma.
The opposition has been varied, with Roma, Parma, Fiorentina, Frosinone and a European trip to Feyenoord. The October 14 match adds some fixture congestion, but Como answered it with an away league win four days later.
Sassuolo
League Position: 12Sassuolo Form Analysis
Sassuolo have won one, drawn two and lost two of their last five Serie A matches. Their two most recent results are a 4-2 defeat at Frosinone on October 16 and a 1-1 home draw with AC Milan on October 11, so the trend is slightly downward after a strong September.
They have scored nine goals in five matches, an average of 1.8 per game, and found the net every time. That includes a 3-2 home win over Juventus on September 13 and two goals at Frosinone and at Bologna. The 2-2 draw at Bologna on September 6 and the 2-1 loss at Monza on September 18 further show an ability to score away from home.
The defensive record is the concern. They have conceded 12 goals, an average of 2.4 per game, and have not kept a clean sheet in this run. The four goals at Frosinone were the most in a single match.
The opposition has been strong, with Juventus, AC Milan and Bologna among them. They took points off two of those sides, which suggests Sassuolo can compete with higher-ranked teams, though the leaky defence has cost them against Frosinone and Monza.
Head-to-Head
Como
Sassuolo
Recent Meetings
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | Sassuolo | 2 - 1 | Como |
| 2025-11-28 | Como | 2 - 0 | Sassuolo |
| 2025-09-24 | Como | 3 - 0 | Sassuolo |
Memorable Matches
The most recent meeting, on April 17, 2026, went to Sassuolo, who won 2-1 at the end of a series in which Como had been dominant. It is the freshest reminder for both sides that the contest is not one-sided.
Before that, Como had won both 2025 meetings without conceding. They won 3-0 on September 24, 2025, and followed that with a 2-0 victory on November 28, 2025. Those two clean sheets give Como a 5-0 aggregate in that pair of matches.
Across the three meetings in the data, Como have won twice and Sassuolo once, with Como scoring six goals and Sassuolo two. The April result shows Sassuolo can find a way past this opponent.
Venue Factor
The Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia hosts this fixture, and Como's recent home form in the data is solid without being dominant. They beat Parma 2-1 on September 14 and drew 0-0 with AS Roma on October 11, so they are unbeaten in those two home league matches. They also won both home meetings with Sassuolo in the 2025 H2H data.
Sassuolo's away form
Injury Concerns
Como
Sassuolo
