Como 2-0 Sassuolo: two second-half goals, nothing on target in reply
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Key numbers
- 0 shots on target: Sassuolo's season low
- 0.26 xG against: Como's lowest this season
- 4 key passes: Caqueret, most in the match
A goalless half ends with a quick brace
Como beat Sassuolo 2-0 at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, and the match turned shortly after the interval. A goalless first half gave way to a quick brace from Anastasios Douvikas, scored in the 49th and 60th minutes. Maxence Caqueret and Kaiki supplied the assists, and Como had no deficit to chase after that.
Sassuolo shoot, but never test the keeper
Sassuolo's problem was not volume so much as threat. They got shots away, but finished with zero on target, the lowest figure in their nine matches this season, against an average of 6.1. Their xG per shot was 0.04, which suggests the efforts came from positions that rarely worried Como.
Como's lowest xG against this season
At the other end Como were rarely stretched. The 0.26 xG they conceded was a season low, and the seven shots against compare with an average of 14.3. Jean Butez finished with a clean sheet without being asked to make a save, which says as much about the shots Sassuolo took as about the defending.
The opener moves the expected points most
The opening goal carried the most weight. Douvikas broke the deadlock in the 49th minute, worth +0.9 FN xPts to Como, while Sassuolo's FN xPts were −0.7 on the same moment. That was the largest combined change of the match. Kaiki's assist then set up the second goal.
FN MOM
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Maxence Caqueret 8.5Dominant
He led the match with four key passes and set up Como's opener in the 49th minute.
Caqueret earned most of his FN Score through attacking work, and the assist for the 49th-minute opener was the clearest example: it broke a goalless match open. He also made three tackles, one interception and one block, the most defensive actions of any player on the pitch, and won five of his ten duels.
Game state
1-02-0
Como ahead 41 min · level 49 min · Sassuolo 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. 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.
49'
Anastasios Douvikas
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Maxence Caqueret +0.3 · SAS −0.7
+0.9
60'
Anastasios Douvikas
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Kaiki +0.1 · SAS −0.2
+0.4
Como
Expected (last two seasons) 1.8Own moments +1.3Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Sassuolo
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.9Time effect 0.0→ 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
ComoSassuolo
1.69Expected goals (xG)0.26
Compared with usual
Como
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.69 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.26 | 1.4 | low |
| Shots | 14 | 18.8 | |
| On target | 6 | 6.7 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 14.3 | low |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 56% | 58.4% | |
| Passes | 584 | 591.1 | |
| Corners | 6 | 5.4 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 9.7 | |
Sassuolo
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.8 | low |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 0.26 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 1.69 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 7 | 15 | |
| On target | 0 | 6.1 | low |
| Shots faced | 14 | 15 | |
| xG per shot | 0.04 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 44% | 48.9% | |
| Passes | 461 | 447.8 | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.4 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 9.4 | |
Timeline
- 45'
Sub
Samuele Ricci → Luis Milla
- 45'
Sub
Martin Baturina → Jayden Addai
- 45'
Sub
Willy Kambwala Ndengushi → Jacobo Ramón Naveros
- 49'
Goal
Anastasios Douvikas league goal #4 assist Maxence Caqueret
- 60'
Goal
Anastasios Douvikas league goal #5 assist Kaiki
- 62'
Sub
Rafael Obrador → Josh Doig
- 62'
Sub
Benjamín Domínguez → Armand Laurienté
- 62'
Sub
Nemanja Matić → Luca Lipani
- 63'
Yellow
Domenico Berardi
- 65'
Yellow
Yan Couto
- 67'
Sub
Yan Couto → Ivan Smolčić
- 74'
Sub
Domenico Berardi → Cristian Volpato
- 86'
Sub
Vasilije Adžić → Sebastiano Esposito
- 87'
Yellow
Ignace Van der Brempt
- 89'
Sub
Lucas Da Cunha → Adrian Lahdo
- 90+1'
Yellow
Luis Milla
Category leaders
- Key passesMaxence Caqueret4
- Duels wonBenjamín Domínguez9/13
- DribblesRafael Obrador2/5
- Defensive actionsMaxence Caqueret5
- ShotsAnastasios Douvikas4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonBenjamín Domínguez4
#Como#Sassuolo#Serie A#Anastasios Douvikas#Maxence Caqueret#Kaiki
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.