Feyenoord 3-2 Como: Zechiël answers within two minutes
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 0.61, three goals: 2.39 above expectation
- Shot quality: Como 0.12 xG per shot, Feyenoord 0.05
- Como fouls: 18, against a seven-match average of 8.1
Level within two minutes
Como struck first through Assane Diao in the 18th minute, but Feyenoord replied almost immediately. Gjivai Zechiël scored in the 20th minute from a Luciano Valente assist, so Como's lead lasted only about two minutes. The scores stayed level until half-time, and Feyenoord were then in front for most of the second half.
Sharper shots for Como, goals for Feyenoord
Per shot, Como's attempts were the more dangerous: 0.12 xG each against 0.05 for Feyenoord. Yet the hosts outperformed their xG by 2.39, and one of their goals was an own goal. The scoreline therefore flatters the quality of Feyenoord's chances and owes more to finishing than to the shots they created.
Como played unlike themselves
Como committed 18 fouls, well above their average of 8.1 over seven matches this season. That is a small sample, but the gap is large enough to suggest a stop-start match compared with their norm. It also helps explain why a side that usually dominates the ball never settled into a rhythm on the night.
Hadj Moussa's goal broke the deadlock
Anis Hadj Moussa put Feyenoord in front in the 52nd minute, with half-time substitute Gaoussou Diarra providing the assist. The goal was worth +1.0 FN xPts to Feyenoord, while Como's FN xPts fell by 0.9. Robert Sánchez's own goal later stretched the lead, and Anastasios Douvikas's stoppage-time strike only narrowed the gap.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Gjivai Zechiël 8.4Dominant
One goal, two key passes and 55 accurate passes from 57.
Zechiël's goal came two minutes after Como had scored, which stopped the visitors building on their early lead. Beyond the finish, he won the ball back with three interceptions and kept Feyenoord's passing moving, so his work in attack, build-up and defence all counted. It was the platform for the second-half lead.
Game state
0-11-12-13-13-2
Feyenoord ahead 38 min · level 50 min · Como ahead 2 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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
18'
Assane Diao
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Jacobo Ramón Naveros +0.2 · FEY −0.6
+0.7
20'
Gjivai Zechiël
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Luciano Valente +0.2 · COM −0.7
+0.6
52'
Anis Hadj Moussa
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Gaoussou Diarra +0.3 · COM −0.9
+1.0
81'
Robert Sánchez
Own goal · FEY +0.4
−0.2
90+3'
Anastasios Douvikas
Goal · FEY 0.0
0.0
Feyenoord
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 1.0Own moments +1.6Opponent moments −0.2Time effect +0.6→ League points won 3
Como
Expected (last two seasons) 1.8Own moments +0.5Opponent moments −1.6Time effect −0.7→ 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
FeyenoordComo
0.61Expected goals (xG)1.3
Compared with usual
Como
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.3 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.61 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 11 | 21.4 | |
| On target | 5 | 6.6 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 14 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 52% | 60.4% | |
| Passes | 564 | 593.7 | |
| Corners | 1 | 6.7 | |
| Fouls | 18 | 8.1 | |
Timeline
- 18'
Goal
Assane Diao competition goal #2 assist Jacobo Ramón Naveros
- 20'
Goal
Gjivai Zechiël competition goal #1 assist Luciano Valente
- 23'
Sub
Assane Diao → Jesús Rodríguez
- 45'
Sub
Luciano Valente → Gaoussou Diarra
- 50'
Yellow
Gaoussou Diarra
- 52'
Goal
Anis Hadj Moussa competition goal #1 assist Gaoussou Diarra
- 57'
Yellow
Ivan Smolčić
- 60'
Sub
Luis Milla → Lucas Da Cunha
- 60'
Sub
Ivan Smolčić → Yan Couto
- 60'
Sub
Kaiki → Anastasios Douvikas
- 69'
Yellow
Jacobo Ramón Naveros
- 74'
Yellow
Lucas Da Cunha
- 79'
Sub
Nacho Ferri → Tobias van den Elshout
- 79'
Sub
Martin Baturina → Mattia Liberali
- 79'
Sub
Jeremiah St. Juste → Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- 81'
Goal
Robert Sánchez (OG)
- 84'
Yellow
Givairo Read
- 90+1'
Sub
Anis Hadj Moussa → J. Schaken
- 90+3'
Goal
Anastasios Douvikas competition goal #2
Category leaders
- Key passesOussama Targhalline3
- Duels wonJesús Rodríguez8/13
- DribblesJesús Rodríguez3/4
- Defensive actionsNico Paz5
- ShotsAnis Hadj Moussa5 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonMartin Baturina5
#Feyenoord#Como#Champions League#Gjivai Zechiël#Anis Hadj Moussa
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.