UEFA Champions League Matchday 1 Thu, Sep 10 · 20:00 Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, Como
Como
4–1Full time
RB Leipzig
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Our take

Como were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Absences weigh more on RB Leipzig. Como had 6 days of rest, RB Leipzig 5.2 and had to travel 661 km. Conditions were neutral.

Away travel661 kmRest days6 · 5.2Matches / 14d2 · 2
Como51%
Draw22%
RB Leipzig27%
Expected goals 1.95 – 1.39
Como44%
Draw26%
RB Leipzig30%
Expected goals 1.50 – 1.20
Como49%
Draw22%
RB Leipzig29%
Expected goals 1.89 – 1.43
Como42%
Draw23%
RB Leipzig35%
Expected goals 1.74 – 1.56
Como50%
Draw23%
RB Leipzig28%
Expected goals 1.84 – 1.32
Over 2.5 65% Both score 64% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Como)
19°COvercast
  • Precipitation 0.0 mm
  • Wind 7 km/h
  • Humidity 89%
Referee · NetherlandsSerdar Gozubuyuk
  • Cards per match 4.0
  • Penalties per match 0.28
  • Matches 109

Team strength

ComoRB Leipzig
67 L90 StrengthIn forecast 68
65 Current StrengthIn forecast 67
72 AttackIn forecast 76
67 DefenceIn forecast 53
77 Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Como

Attack—
Defense risk—

RB Leipzig

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

ComoRB Leipzig
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.20
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
1.59 xGVia Att/Def 2.06
1.03 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.39
+0.31 Goals minus xGContext +0.14
90% Scored inContext 100%
40% Clean sheetsContext 30%
16.90 ShotsContext 16.50
5.60 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 7.00
33% On target shareContext 42%
10.90 Shots in the boxContext 11.90
66% Box shareContext 70%
11% ConversionContext 13%
2.14 OffsidesContext 2.17
9.40 Shots allowedContext 11.90
2.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.20
2.56 BlocksContext 3.44
1.56 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.78
64% Save rateContext 61%
62% PossessionIn forecast 56%
519 PassesContext 497
464 Accurate passesContext 426
89% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.93 Team ratingContext 7.05
10.60 FoulsContext 8.50
12.30 Fouls sufferedContext 10.60
1.80 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Como
Rest6 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km1,697 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
Form 77 · 7 pts vs 3.7 for an average club · +2.4 vs expected
  • W4 SepA · Genoa4–11.8 xPts
  • W30 AugA · Napoli2–11.2 xPts
  • D22 AugA · Udinese1–11.6 xPts
RB Leipzig
Rest5.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel661 km620 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
Form 50 · 3 pts vs 3.0 for an average club · -0.9 vs expected
  • L5 SepA · Werder Bremen1–32.0 xPts
  • W29 AugH · Borussia Mönchengladbach3–02.0 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Como RB Leipzig
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match6Serie A 2026-2027, 4 Sep5.2Bundesliga 2026-2027, 5 Sep
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km661 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,697 km620 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 31 / 2 / 2
Next matchdays after this one3.92.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Como Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1J. Butez(G)
3Álex Valle 99T. Chalobah 4Jacobo Ramón 27Yan Couto
6Luis Milla 7L. da Cunha
20M. Baturina 10N. Paz 11Assane Diao
9A. Douvikas
+6 more reported missing outside this XI
RB Leipzig Confirmed XI
4-4-2
26M. Vandevoordt(G)
22D. Raum 23C. Lukeba 4V. Orbán 17R. Baku
7A. Nusa 13N. Seiwald 21N. El Aynaoui 30A. Maksimović
28C. Nkunku 9Marc Guiu
+9 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Como Scores -0.01 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
RB Leipzig Scores -0.04 · concedes +0.07 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Como+2.2 pp
  • Draw-0.4 pp
  • RB Leipzig-1.8 pp

Home / Away this season

Como · Home No home games yet this season.
RB Leipzig · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Serdar Gozubuyuk Netherlands · 109 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.88league 4.00
Red cards0.12league 0.07
Cards 5+41%league 36%
Fouls22.9league 24.4
Penalties0.28league 0.21
Home wins49%league 57%
Como

No previous matches with this referee.

RB Leipzig1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.4.0 · 1.0 Pens for · against0 · 1 Reds1
  • L15 Sep 21A · Manchester City3–64

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Como
No complete event data.
RB Leipzig
No complete event data.
Como10 games · scored 19 · conceded 10
1 0-15
3 3 16-30
6 3 31-45
3 3 46-60
3 1 61-75
3 76-90
RB Leipzig10 games · scored 22 · conceded 15
1 1 0-15
7 3 16-30
3 2 31-45
3 1 46-60
3 2 61-75
5 6 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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