Napoli vs Como Serie A prediction & result
Final score: Napoli 1-2 Como.
Before kick-off the model made it 43% Napoli, 28% draw, 29% Como — fair odds of 2.33, 3.57 and 3.45.
Most likely scoreline: 2-1.
The model got this one wrong.
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Has the model earned this number?
Napoli at 43%: of 2,957 settled 40–50% forecasts, 46.1% came in (average 43.9%). It can be read literally. The full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 3 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Napoli vs Como
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 1A. MeretG
- 22G. Di LorenzoD
- 13A. RrahmaniD
- 16R. MarinD
- 17M. OliveraD
- 99F. AnguissaM
- 68S. LobotkaM
- 8S. McTominayM
- 21M. PolitanoF
- 19R. HojlundF
- 70N. LangF
- 32V. Milinkovic-SavicG
- 14N. ContiniG
- 31S. BeukemaD
- 37L. SpinazzolaD
- 47C. GarofaloD
- 11K. De BruyneM
- 26A. VergaraM
- 6B. GilmourM
- 2C. FavasuliD
- 1J. ButezG
- 27Y. CoutoD
- 4J. RamonD
- 99T. ChalobahD
- 3A. ValleD
- 6L. MillaM
- 7L. Da CunhaM
- 11A. DiaoM
- 10N. PazM
- 20M. BaturinaM
- 9A. DouvikasF
- 22M. VigoritoG
- 12E. AuderoG
- 13A. DossenaD
- 28I. SmolcicD
- 53W. KambwalaD
- 16KaikiD
- 2M. O. KempfD
- 18E. GoldanigaD
- 14S. RicciM
Form going into Napoli vs Como
Napoli
All competitions we cover
- W2-0away to Genoa22 August 2026
Como
All competitions we cover
- D1-1away to Udinese22 August 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
Serie A table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Napoli | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 15 |
| 5 | Como | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 23 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Napoli vs Como
- 2 May 2026Como 0–0 NapoliSerie A
- 10 February 2026Napoli 1–1 ComoCoppa Italia
- 1 November 2025Napoli 0–0 ComoSerie A
- 23 February 2025Como 2–1 NapoliSerie A
- 4 October 2024Napoli 3–1 ComoSerie A
Leading scorers: Napoli and Como
Napoli
No player in Serie A's leading scorers — 18 league goals as a side.
Como
GoalsAssists
- T. Douvikas50
Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.
The result against the call
Como won 2–1 at Napoli. The model had leaned towards a win for Napoli at 43% and given a win for Como 29%. At that figure it expects the outcome about once in every 3 matches like this one. The goals: M. Baturina 17' for Como, R. Hojlund 30' for Napoli, A. Douvikas 34' for Como. On expected goals it finished 1.35–1.03.