Como 4-1 RB Leipzig: Paz's two assists drive a comfortable win
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Key numbers
- 2-0 at the break; Como led for about 75 mins
- On target 6 v 4 from 14 shots each
- Paz: 2 assists and 8 defensive actions
Como in front for most of the match
Como beat RB Leipzig 4-1 at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia and spent about 75 minutes in front after Martin Baturina's opener in the 15th minute. Leipzig's only spell on level terms came before that goal, and the hosts held the advantage for the rest of the evening.
Same shot count, different positions
Shots were level at 14 apiece, so the difference lay elsewhere. Como took 71% of their shots from inside the box against 57% for Leipzig, and their on-target rate was higher too. That suggests better positions, not volume, separated the sides.
Midfielders at the heart of the scoring
Midfielders featured in almost every Como goal. Nico Paz set up the third and fourth, Baturina scored the opener and assisted the second before being replaced, and Assane Diao, the scorer of the third, won 11 of his 15 duels over his 86 minutes on the pitch.
Two early goals did the heavy lifting
Baturina's opener was worth +0.7 FN xPts and Anastasios Douvikas's second +0.4, so the first-half goals did the most to tilt the match. Once the lead reached three goals, later strikes, including Andrija Maksimović's reply for Leipzig, barely moved the figures.
Player of the match
Nico Paz 9.0Dominant
Two assists and eight defensive actions gave him the highest FN Score.
Nico Paz earned most of his FN Score in attack, with two assists, three shots and two key passes. He also made five tackles, two interceptions and a block, and won 11 of 16 duels. His assists came for the third goal in the 54th minute and the fourth in the 90th, extending the lead and then restoring it after Leipzig's reply.
Game state
1-02-03-03-14-1
Como ahead 75 min · level 15 min · RB Leipzig ahead 0 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.
15'
Martin Baturina
Goal
+0.7
38'
Anastasios Douvikas
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Martin Baturina +0.1
+0.4
54'
Assane Diao
Goal · assist Nico Paz
+0.1
58'
Andrija Maksimović
Goal · assist Christopher Nkunku
0.0
90'
Máximo Perrone
Goal · assist Nico Paz
0.0
Como
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +1.2Opponent moments −0.1Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
RB Leipzig
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0
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
ComoRB Leipzig
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Como
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
RB Leipzig
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Timeline
- 2'
Yellow
Willi Orbán
- 15'
Goal
Martin Baturina competition goal #1
- 24'
Yellow
Christopher Nkunku
- 38'
Goal
Anastasios Douvikas competition goal #1 assist Martin Baturina
- 47'
Yellow
Nico Paz
- 54'
Goal
Assane Diao competition goal #1 assist Nico Paz
- 58'
Goal
Andrija Maksimović competition goal #1 assist Christopher Nkunku
- 60'
Sub
Nicolas Seiwald → Tidiam Gomis
- 60'
Sub
Marc Guiu → Assan Ouédraogo
- 60'
Sub
Christopher Nkunku → Ezechiel Banzuzi
- 64'
Yellow
Ezechiel Banzuzi
- 65'
Sub
Anastasios Douvikas → Moise Kean
- 65'
Sub
Lucas Da Cunha → Máximo Perrone
- 66'
Sub
Martin Baturina → Marc Kempf
- 70'
Sub
Andrija Maksimović → Brajan Gruda
- 74'
Sub
Yan Couto → Ivan Smolčić
- 86'
Sub
Assane Diao → Samuele Ricci
- 88'
Sub
Ridle Baku → Benjamin Henrichs
- 90'
Goal
Máximo Perrone competition goal #1 assist Nico Paz
- 90+4'
Yellow
Máximo Perrone
Category leaders
- Key passesDavid Raum4
- Duels wonAssane Diao11/15
- DribblesAssane Diao6/9
- Defensive actionsNico Paz8
- ShotsAntonio Nusa4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonAnastasios Douvikas4
#Como#RB Leipzig#Champions League#Nico Paz#Martin Baturina#Assane Diao
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.