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Genoa — Como: 1:4, Serie A

Serie A
Genoa L22 Aug · Home Napoli · 0:2L30 Aug · Away Lazio · 0:1L4 Sep · Home Como · 1:4D12 Sep · Home Frosinone · 1:1W15 Sep · Home Sudtirol · 1:0L20 Sep · Away Parma · 1:2
1:4
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Como D22 Aug · Away Udinese · 1:1W30 Aug · Away Napoli · 2:1W4 Sep · Away Genoa · 4:1W10 Sep · Home RB Leipzig · 4:1W14 Sep · Home Parma · 2:1L20 Sep · Away Frosinone · 0:2
Venue: Luigi Ferraris City: Genoa

In the Serie A game on 4 September 2026, Como beat Genoa 1:4. Match numbers: shots on target 2:9, corners 5:4.

Match report

Como defeated Genoa 1:4 at the Luigi Ferraris in Serie A's third regular season round on Thursday evening. The visitors took control early and never looked back, extending their unbeaten run to five matches across all competitions. We backed this one on paper — the bookmakers were pricing a low-scoring game, but the away side picked one up last week against Napoli and turned it on.

Milutin Osmajić opened the scoring for Genoa in the 19th minute, but Como responded immediately. Martin Baturina levelled at 25, and Assane Diao Diaoune put the visitors ahead by 30 minutes. Nico Paz doubled the lead before the break at 36, leaving the hosts chasing the game for the remainder of the half.

Genoa struggled to create anything meaningful. They managed just 0.67 expected goals compared to Como's 1.53, and their shot accuracy sat at 0.18 — two goals from eleven attempts tells you everything. Diaoune added a second of his own in the 78th minute to seal the result. By then the match had long since been decided.

The statistics paint a clear picture. Como dominated possession at 62 per cent and registered nine shots on target to Genoa's two. They created three big chances against one, and their key passes total of 15 versus 11 reflects how much more they moved the ball into dangerous areas. Genoa made 21 clearances and attempted 16 tackles, but it wasn't enough to contain the visitors.

Genoa remain rooted to 14th place with a single point from three games. Como sit seventh with five points, though the table barely tells you much this early in the season. What it does show is that the support of the fans could be called devoted, but that is an assessment, not a fact. The fact is that the club sits top of the table — and this result moves them further away from the bottom.

Prepared from match data

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Key numbers

Possession, % 38 – 62
Shots on target 2 – 9
Shots off target 5 – 6
Expected goals 0.67 – 1.53

Match events

  1. 19' 1:0 Genoa Goal Milutin Osmajić assist: Lorenzo Colombo
  2. 25' 1:1 Como Goal Martin Baturina assist: Álex Valle
  3. 30' 1:2 Como Goal Assane Diao Diaoune
  4. 36' 1:2 Genoa Yellow card Djibril Sow
  5. 40' 1:3 Como Goal Nico Paz assist: Yan Couto
  6. 45' 1:3 Genoa Substitution Stefano Sabelli off: Vítor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira
  7. 60' 1:3 Como Yellow card Martin Baturina
  8. 62' 1:3 Genoa Yellow card Leo Østigård
  9. 66' 1:3 Como Substitution Anastasios Douvikas off: Moise Kean
  10. 66' 1:3 Como Substitution Martin Baturina off: Maxence Caqueret
  11. 66' 1:3 Genoa Substitution Tommaso Baldanzi off: Kingsley Ehizibue
  12. 66' 1:3 Genoa Substitution Lorenzo Colombo off: Junior Messias
  13. 75' 1:3 Genoa Substitution Djibril Sow off: Alexsandro Amorim de Freitas Filho
  14. 78' 1:4 Como Goal Assane Diao Diaoune assist: Moise Kean
  15. 79' 1:4 Como Substitution Lucas Da Cunha off: Samuele Ricci
  16. 80' 1:4 Como Substitution Nico Paz off: Luis Milla
  17. 81' 1:4 Genoa Substitution Alessandro Marcandalli off: Franz-Ethan Meichtry
  18. 84' 1:4 Como Substitution Assane Diao Diaoune off: Mattia Liberali

Statistics

38 Possession, % 62
2 Shots on target 9
5 Shots off target 6
0.67 Expected goals 1.53
1 Big chances 3
5 Corners 4
8 Fouls 7
7 Free kicks 8
6 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7 Goal kicks 7
19 Throw-ins 20
All statistics
6/1060% Aerial duels 4/1040%
46 Backward passes 89
4 Blocked shots 5
21 Clearances 17
6/1638% Crosses 4/1625%
2/1020% Dribbles 6/1735%
0.62 Expected assists 0.89
53 Failed passes 49
5 Goalkeeper saves 1
9 Interceptions 3
11 Key passes 15
9/2733% Long passes 24/3765%
48 Passes into the final third 139
168 Passes in the opposition half 347
208 Passes in own half 286
0.18 Shot accuracy 0.45
3 Shots from outside the box 11
8 Shots inside the box 9
10/1663% Tackles 7/1354%
360 Total passes 617

Line-ups

Genoa

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Justin Bijlow 1
5 Leo Skiri Østigård 5
22 Johan Felipe Vázquez Ibarra 22
27 Alessandro Marcandalli 27
8 Tommaso Baldanzi 8
20 Stefano Sabelli 20
32 Morten Wetche Frendrup 32
77 Mikael Egill Ellertsson 77
97 Djibril Sow 97
18 Milutin Osmajić 18
29 Lorenzo Colombo 29
Substitutes
# Player number
39 Daniele Sommariva 39
99 Franz Stolz 99
2 Mario Mitaj 2
3 Kingsley Osezele Ehizibue 3
31 David Puczka 31
34 Sebastian Otoa 34
74 M. Doucoure 74
4 Alexandre Amorim 4
11 Franz-Ethan Maichtri 11
25 Hamed Junior Traorè 25
71 Samuel Viáfara 71
9 Vitinha 9
10 Junior Messias 10
92 Stephan Kareem El Shaarawy 92
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Como

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Jean Butez 1
3 Álex Valle Gómez 3
4 Zh. Ramon 4
27 Yan Bueno Couto 27
99 Trevoh Chalobah 99
5 Máximo Perrone 5
7 Lucas da Cunha 7
10 Nico Paz 10
11 A. Dio 11
20 Martin Baturina 20
9 Anastasios Douvikas 9
Substitutes
# Player number
22 Mauro Vigorito 22
97 Robert Lynch Sánchez 97
2 Marc Oliver Kempf 2
13 Alberto Dossena 13
16 Kaiki 16
18 Edoardo Goldaniga 18
28 Ivan Smolčić 28
53 Willy Kambwala Ndengushi 53
6 Luis Milla 6
8 Maxence Caqueret 8
14 Samuele Ricci 14
15 A. Lakhdar 15
30 M. Liberali 30
17 Jesus Rodriguez 17
90 Moise Bioty Kean 90
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Match prediction: Genoa — Como

Win: Como

Confidence 53%

Reasoning

  • Дженоа — 16. place, 0 points after 2 games (0 wins, 2 losses)
  • Комо — 7. place, 4 points after 2 games (1 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses)
  • Дженоа, last 5 games: 1 wins, 4 losses
  • Комо, last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses
  • Head-to-head: 6 games, Дженоа — 0, 4 draws, Комо — 2
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Genoa

L22 Aug · Home Napoli · 0:2L30 Aug · Away Lazio · 0:1L4 Sep · Home Como · 1:4D12 Sep · Home Frosinone · 1:1W15 Sep · Home Sudtirol · 1:0L20 Sep · Away Parma · 1:2

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