Como 4-1 RB Leipzig: result and report

Report

Como beat RB Leipzig 4-1. The home win was expected, but the margin was wider than the chances alone would suggest.

Martin Baturina opened the scoring on 15 minutes from Anastasios Douvikas's pass. The pair swapped roles on 38 minutes, when Douvikas made it 2-0 from Baturina's assist. Assane Diao added a third on 54 minutes after Nico Paz set him up. RB Leipzig replied four minutes later through Andrija Maksimovic, assisted by Christopher Nkunku. That goal still left them two behind, and Máximo Perrone finished it on 90 minutes, again from a Paz pass.

Chances against the scoreline

Como deserved the win because they created the better openings. They finished with 2.05 xG to RB Leipzig's 1.18, seven big chances to three and six shots on target to four. That gap opened even though each side had 12 shots, so the difference lay in the quality of the chances.

Still, four goals is a generous return from that chance total. Como also missed four big chances, so this was not a night of flawless finishing. They simply took enough of the good chances to put the game beyond doubt.

Baturina was the standout. He scored once, set up another and was named player of the match. Paz's two assists meant Como's goals kept coming from the same small group of attackers.

RB Leipzig were not overrun, despite the scoreline. They had more dangerous attacks, 56 to 36, and more key passes, 12 to 9, and they sustained the higher level of pressure across the match. However, that territory produced fewer clear chances than Como managed, and Maksimovic's goal was their only reward.