Como vs Sassuolo opens Matchday 13

Matchday 13 of Serie A kicks off at the Sinigaglia. Como, fuelled by last week’s 5-1 win over Turin, are looking to go unbeaten in 11 and, above all, to secure their first back-to-back victories this season, lifting their ambitions. Sassuolo are also in good form and, after beating Atalanta and drawing with Pisa, will want to keep the momentum going.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Como won the only previous official match at the Sinigaglia against the Neroverdi: 3–0 in the Coppa Italia on 24 September, with a brace from Rodriguez and a goal from Douvikas.

DID YOU KNOW?

Como have lost just once after 12 matchdays of the 2025/26 Serie A season: they are one of the two teams with the fewest defeats, along with Milan. The Lariani were beaten on matchday two, 1–0 away to Bologna on 31 August; since then they are unbeaten in 10 league games, with 4 wins and 6 draws. Sassuolo come into this game on a run of 3 wins and 1 draw away from home, having conceded just 1 goal. The Neroverdi’s last defeat came precisely at Como, in the Coppa Italia, 3–0 last September.

COACHES and PLAYERS

As players, the two faced each other at Euro 2008 in Spain vs Italy, a quarter-final won by Spain 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw after 90 and 120 minutes. Both scored in the shootout: Grosso converted Italy’s first penalty, while Fàbregas scored the decisive one to send Spain through. 28 November, the day of the match between Como and Sassuolo, is the birthday of Sassuolo coach Fabio Grosso, born in Rome in 1977.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Smolcic (Como) Cautioned: Perrone (Como); Doig (Sassuolo)

REFEREE

MARCHETTI (DI GIOIA – BARONE) IV: DI MARCO, VAR: GHERSINI, AVAR: ABISSO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Inter-Como (Saturday, December 6, 18.00 CET) Sassuolo-Fiorentina (Saturday, December 6, 15.00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)