Como 1-0 Venezia: Da Cunha penalty keeps hosts fourth
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Lucas Da Cunha’s 43rd-minute penalty separated the teams, while Como’s possession, passing and shot advantage underlined their control. The result leaves Como fourth and Venezia 20th in the Serie A table.
Match report
Da Cunha penalty gives Como a 1-0 win
Como beat Venezia 1-0 at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, with Lucas Da Cunha’s 43rd-minute penalty deciding the match. The hosts’ control of possession and chance creation explains why the narrow scoreline did not reflect the balance of play.
Penalty settles a dominant first half
Venezia received yellow cards for Simon Sohm in the 39th minute and Juan Jesus in the 41st, before Da Cunha converted from the spot two minutes later to make the score 1-0. That remained the half-time and full-time score. Venezia made four changes across the 55th and 62nd minutes, while Como introduced Maxence Caqueret and Mattia Liberali in the 73rd minute. Kaiki Bruno was booked for Como in the 86th minute.
Como control the numbers
Como had 66% possession and completed 655 accurate passes to Venezia’s 310. They also led 19-7 in total shots, 10-2 in shots inside the box and 4-1 in shots on goal. Their expected-goals figure was 1.63, compared with Venezia’s 0.23.
Como move fourth
Como are fourth in Serie A with 23 points from 10 games, 20 points ahead of Venezia, who are 20th with 3 points. Lazio lead with 25 points, leaving Como two points behind. M. Perrone was the highest-rated player at 7.4 after 16 minutes on the pitch.
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Lazio | WWWWW | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 25 | |
| 2 | Inter | LWWWW | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 25 | |
| 3 | AS Roma | WWDWD | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 24 | |
| 4 | Como | WWWWD | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 23 | |
| 5 | AC Milan | WLWWD | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 21 | |
| 6 | Frosinone | WDWLW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 17 | |
| 7 | Napoli | WDLWD | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | |
| 8 | Bologna | WWWLW | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | |
| 9 | Juventus | LWLDW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 14 | |
| 10 | Torino | LWWWD | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | |
| 11 | Cagliari | LLLDW | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 13 | |
| 12 | Atalanta | DDLWL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | |
| 13 | Genoa | WWLWL | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | |
| 14 | Lecce | LLWLL | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | |
| 15 | Sassuolo | LLLDL | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 8 | |
| 16 | Monza | LLLWL | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | |
| 17 | Fiorentina | DLLLD | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | |
| 18 | Parma | DLLLW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 5 | |
| 19 | Udinese | LDLLL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 5 | |
| 20 | Venezia | LLLWL | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 3 |