Como vs Venezia - prediction, team news, lineups

Arriving astatine Stadio Sinigaglia successful starkly contrasting form, high-flying Como and rock-bottom Venezia volition conscionable for Serie A's Sunday lunchtime kickoff.

While the hosts won again successful midweek, and stayed successful interaction with Italy's apical three, their Venetian visitors mislaid for the eighth clip this term.

Match preview

On a streak of 4 consecutive wins, Como person scored 12 goals and conceded conscionable 3 during their existent run, which followed a little dip either broadside of the planetary break. 

Sandwiching an historical Champions League triumph implicit Manchester United, the Lariani bushed some Fiorentina and Sassuolo successful Serie A, and they kept that momentum going successful midweek.

Como trailed aft an mistake by Jacobo Ramon allowed Torino to people the opener connected Tuesday evening, past some sides deed the bar, earlier Cesc Fabregas saw his squad snatch maximum points.

Renowned arsenic an attack-minded defender, Ramon atoned for his earlier mistake by heading location the leveller connected 81 minutes, earlier Nico Paz completed the comeback and Martin Baturina enactment a cherry connected top.

A club-record tally of 20 points from 9 games moved Como conscionable supra section rivals AC Milan into 4th spot - wherever they finished past word - and keeps them successful interaction with the existent apical three.

Only Inter Milan and some Rome clubs are above, truthful Fabregas and co whitethorn adjacent beryllium entering the Scudetto race.

In opposition to their hosts, Venezia volition caput into this clash connected a genuinely dismal tally of form, having registered conscionable 3 points since returning to Serie A.

Promoted backmost to Italy’s apical formation past spring, the Lagunari person already swapped Giovanni Stroppa for endurance specializer Davide Nicola, whose caller broadside shocked Napoli connected his dugout debut.

However, mean work was swiftly resumed, arsenic Venezia mislaid 1-0 to Genoa past weekend, earlier welcoming the league leaders and reigning champions to Stadio Penzo connected Wednesday.

Showing large tone contempt propping up the table, they pushed Inter hard and were inactive connected level presumption with conscionable 10 minutes to go, but conceding 2 precocious ain goals meant they were yet sunk.

After their eighth decision from 9 games, Venezia indispensable present caput from the lagoon to Como's lakeside home, with Nicola surely acrophobic astir keeping the Lariani astatine bay. 

While their hosts boast a potent attack, the Arancioneroverdi person lone scored six times successful Serie A - and they are conceding astatine a complaint of much than 2 goals per game.

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Team News

Amid Como's hectic schedule, Fabregas named a beardown lineup successful Turin, truthful helium whitethorn take to rotate astatine location to Serie A's basement club.

However, helium cannot telephone upon Trevoh Chalobah, Jesus Rodriguez and Assane Diao owed to injury, portion Mattia Liberali and Jayden Addai are some doubts.

Despite a dense workload, apical scorer Tasos Douvikas could proceed up front, arsenic Italy striker Moise Kean has been ruled retired until December pursuing specializer attraction for a persistent shin problem.

Meanwhile, it remains to beryllium seen if John Yeboah reforms his onslaught concern with Venezia's club-record signing Akor Adams.

Lion Lauerbach was amazingly preferred successful midweek, erstwhile helium missed a large one-on-one against Inter, but those roles could beryllium reversed astatine Stadio Sinigaglia.

Injured trio Marin Sverko, Bartol Franjic and Andrea Adorante are inactive ruled out, portion wing-back Thierry Correia is struggling to retrieve from a thigh strain.

Como imaginable starting lineup:

Butez; Smolcic, Ramon, Kambwala, Kaiki; Milla, Ricci; Da Cunha, Paz, Baturina; Douvikas

Venezia imaginable starting lineup:

Stankovic; Halhal, Moreno, Jesus; Hainaut, Perez, Busio, Sohm, Haps; Yeboah, Adams

We say: Como 3-0 Venezia 

While Venezia person mostly offered immoderate absorption astatine Stadio Penzo, they are yet to prime up a constituent connected the roadworthy - and that drought volition spell on.

Como whitethorn beryllium feeling the strain of a packed fixture database - and respective fringe players are injured - but their sheer value of idiosyncratic accomplishment usually shines through.

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