Serie A | Como 2-0 Sassuolo: Douvikas at the double for impressive Lariani

Como continue their impressive march, as after Manchester United, they comfortably disposed of Sassuolo 2-0 thanks to a Tasos Douvikas double despite squad rotation.

The Lariani were still buzzing after the extraordinary 4-1 thrashing of Manchester United in the Champions League, but Mattia Liberali joined Trevoh Chalobah, Assane Diao and Jesus Rodriguez on the absentee list, with Moise Kean back on the bench and Samuele Ricci getting his first start.

Sassuolo scraped one point from the previous three rounds, missing Jay Idzes, Fedde Leysen, Daniel Boloca and Ismael Koné, but Cristian Volpato was returning to fitness.

Como had the ball in the net after seven minutes, but the offside flag went up for Lucas Da Cunha in that wide right role.

Nemanja Matic nodded wide from a free kick, but the hosts had another big chance when Tasos Douvikas tried to squeeze in a shot from the tightest of angles and the deflection bounced off the near post.

Douvikas also forced a tricky save from Stefano Turati, with Maxence Caqueret’s finish too weak, while Benjamin Dominguez curled off target from a promising position.

Bruno Kaiki charged down a Dominguez pull-back with his trailing arm, but as he was falling and it was in a natural position, there was no penalty.

Sassuolo also had a goal disallowed just before half-time, as Kieron Bowie was offside before rolling across for Darryl Bakola to turn in.

Cesc Fabregas was not satisfied and made a triple change during the break, it paid off as Como broke the deadlock within three minutes of the restart.

Caqueret won a tackle at full stretch in midfield and sent Kaiki down the left, rolling across for Douvikas to sweep home. Sassuolo felt it was a foul on Nemanja Matic, but Caqueret got to the ball first.

It was nearly 2-0, as Jayden Addai twisted and turned down the right to force a difficult save from Stefano Turati at the near post, then the follow-up header from Caqueret was deflected wide off Ignace van der Brempt.

That was only a warning, as Kaiki intercepted a pass in midfield and burst down the left, pulling back from the by-line for Douvikas to come sliding in from 10 yards and complete his brace.

Luis Milla really should’ve had a third when prodding wide from 12 yards after Sassuolo panicked playing out from the back, while Jacobo Ramon had a chance charged down in added time.

Como 2-0 Sassuolo

Douvikas 49, 60 (C)

24-10-2026 14:00

MatchDay 8

Player statistic

2nd half

Match statistic

56 Possession % 44

14 Total shots 7

6 Shots on target 0

4 Shots off target 5

4 Blocked shots 2

6 Corners 4

2 Offsides 5

14 Fouls 10

Como

Sassuolo

Starting lineups

1 Jean Butez Goalkeeper

16 Kaiki Defender

2 Marc-Oliver Kempf Defender

53 Willy Kambwala Defender 46'

27 Yan Couto Defender 67'

20 Martin Baturina Midfielder 46'

8 Maxence Caqueret Midfielder

5 Máximo Perrone Midfielder

21 Samuele Ricci Midfielder 46'

9 Anastasios Douvikas Attacker

7 Lucas Da Cunha Attacker 89'

80 Stefano Turati Goalkeeper

15 Duje Caleta-Car Defender

5 Fali Candé Defender

20 Ignace Van Der Brempt Defender

33 Rafa Obrador Defender 62'

50 Darryl Bakola Midfielder

18 Nemanja Matic Midfielder 62'

17 Vasilije Adžić Midfielder 86'

25 Benja Domínguez Attacker 62'

10 Domenico Berardi Attacker 74'

9 Kieron Bowie Attacker

Substitutes

18 Edoardo Goldaniga Defender

22 Mauro Vigorito Goalkeeper

13 Alberto Dossena Defender

97 Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper

3 Álex Valle Defender

10 Nico Paz Midfielder

6 Luis Milla Midfielder 46'

42 Jayden Addai Attacker 46'

4 Jacobo Ramón Defender 46'

28 Ivan Smolcic Defender 67'

15 Adrian Lahdo Midfielder 89'

6 Sebastian Walukiewicz Defender

12 Giacomo Satalino Goalkeeper

8 Andrea Ghion Defender

42 Kristian Thorstvedt Midfielder

77 Nicholas Pierini Attacker

49 Arijanet Muric Goalkeeper

55 Ibrahim Sulemana Midfielder

26 Cas Odenthal Defender

19 Laurs Skjellerup Attacker

46 Simone Cinquegrano Defender

3 Josh Doig Defender 62'

45 Armand Lauriente Attacker 62'

35 Luca Lipani Midfielder 62'

7 Cristian Volpato Midfielder 74'

94 Sebastiano Esposito Attacker 86'