Napoli 1-2 Como: Baturina's goal and assist set the tone
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 0.11 xG per shot for Napoli, 0.05 for Como
- Como led for about 69 minutes, rose to 4th
- 34' goal worth +1.0 FN xPts
Three goals packed into 17 minutes
Como left the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona with a 2-1 win, and all three goals arrived between the 17th and 34th minutes. Como led for about 69 minutes of the 90, and the second half brought no more scoring. The result lifted them from 13th to fourth, while Napoli slipped from seventh to ninth.
Como had the volume, Napoli the better shots
Como had far more attempts, but each one was worth less: 0.05 xG per shot against 0.11 for Napoli. Napoli created more xG overall, yet only two of their efforts were on target. Como, by contrast, scored more than their xG suggested, which tells the story of a side that made its chances count.
Como won the individual contests
Anastasios Douvikas won ten duels, the most of anyone, while Nico Paz completed five dribbles and Luis Milla made nine defensive actions, each also a match high. That spread across attack and midfield suggests Como were not leaning on a single player to protect their lead.
Douvikas restored the lead within four minutes
Napoli made three changes in the 56th minute, and Kevin De Bruyne, one of those introduced, made four key passes, the most in the match. No goal followed. Douvikas's strike in the 34th minute turned 1-1 into 1-2, four minutes after Rasmus Højlund's equaliser, and was worth +1.0 FN xPts, the highest of the three goals.
Player of the match
Martin Baturina 8.4Dominant
He scored once, assisted once and had four shots, two of them on target.
Baturina was involved in both of Como's first-half goals, scoring the opener in the 17th minute and setting up Douvikas in the 34th. His two key passes and the bulk of his FN Score came in attack before he was replaced in the 58th minute. Those two moments gave Como a lead they protected for about 69 minutes.
Game state
0-11-11-2
Napoli ahead 0 min · level 21 min · Como ahead 69 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
17'
Martin Baturina
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Assane Diao +0.3
+0.9
30'
Rasmus Højlund
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Amir Rrahmani +0.2
+0.8
34'
Anastasios Douvikas
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Martin Baturina +0.3
+1.0
Napoli
Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −1.6Time effect −0.8→ League points won 0
Como
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +1.9Opponent moments −0.9Time effect +0.8→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
NapoliComo
1.39Expected goals (xG)1.05
Timeline
- 17'
Goal
Martin Baturina league goal #1 assist Assane Diao
- 30'
Goal
Rasmus Højlund league goal #1 assist Amir Rrahmani
- 34'
Goal
Anastasios Douvikas league goal #2 assist Martin Baturina
- 37'
Yellow
Giovanni Di Lorenzo
- 56'
Sub
Mathías Olivera → Leonardo Spinazzola
- 56'
Sub
Scott McTominay → Kevin De Bruyne
- 56'
Sub
Noa Lang → Alisson Santos
- 58'
Sub
Yan Couto → Ivan Smolčić
- 58'
Sub
Martin Baturina → Maxence Caqueret
- 65'
Sub
Assane Diao → Marc Kempf
- 66'
Sub
Lucas Da Cunha → Máximo Perrone
- 80'
Sub
Frank Anguissa → David Neres
- 80'
Sub
Rasmus Højlund → Lorenzo Lucca
- 81'
Sub
Nico Paz → Kaiki
Category leaders
- Key passesKevin De Bruyne4
- Duels wonAnastasios Douvikas10/19
- DribblesNico Paz5/7
- Defensive actionsLuis Milla9
- ShotsMartin Baturina4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonAnastasios Douvikas5
#Napoli#Como#Serie A#Martin Baturina#Anastasios Douvikas
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.