Como vs Sassuolo 2-0

Como beat Sassuolo 2-0 at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, with Anastasios Douvikas scoring both goals after the break. The match was level at half-time.

The first half ended 0-0 after Como made three changes on 45 minutes, sending on Jayden Addai, Jacobo Ramón and Luis Milla for Martin Baturina, Willy Kambwala and Samuele Ricci. Douvikas broke the deadlock in the 49th minute from Maxence Caqueret’s assist, then scored again on 60 minutes, this time set up by Kaiki Bruno, to make it 2-0.

Sassuolo responded with three substitutions on 62 minutes, bringing on Armand Lauriente, Josh Doig and Luca Lipani, but Como kept the lead. Domenico Berardi was booked on 63 minutes and Yan Couto was booked on 65 minutes before Como replaced him with Ivan Smolcic on 67 minutes. Sassuolo made more changes later, with Cristian Volpato replacing Berardi on 74 minutes and Sebastiano Esposito coming on for Vasilije Adzic on 86 minutes, while Como’s final switch sent on Adrian Lahdo for Lucas Da Cunha on 89 minutes.

The statistics matched the scoreline. Como had 56% of the possession, made 582 passes to Sassuolo’s 463 and had 14 shots to seven, with six on target to Sassuolo’s none. They also finished with 1.63 expected goals to 0.26, six corners to four, and two offsides to Sassuolo’s five. Sassuolo’s goalkeeper made four saves, while Como had none to make.

Each side collected two yellow cards. Sassuolo’s were shown to Domenico Berardi and Ignace Van der Brempt, while Como’s went to Yan Couto and Luis Milla, who was booked in the 90th minute plus one. There were no red cards.