Last Updated on April 11, 2026 8:04 pm by ZUWP Automation
Three straight Serie A defeats to the champions-elect — but Como’s form has never looked better for breaking the cycle.
There is a version of this match that writes itself: a newly promoted side hosting one of Italian football’s great powers, duly beaten, duly respectful. The last three meetings between Como and Inter have all followed that script. What makes Sunday different is that Como have spent the past six weeks tearing up the expected narrative entirely.
Match Details
- Fixture: Como vs Inter
- Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, Como
- Date: 12 April 2026
- Competition: Serie A 2025/26
The Form Picture
Como arrive at this fixture unbeaten in their last five matches, picking up three wins and two draws. That record is not built on fortune. They beat Roma 2-1 at home, defeated Cagliari 2-1 away, and then dismantled Pisa 5-0 at the Sinigaglia. The draw they took against Inter in early March was earned, not survived. A 0-0 scoreline at home to the champions is not a footnote; it is evidence.
Inter, by contrast, have looked like a side managing their energy rather than hunting results. Their last five reads one win, three draws, and a loss: a 0-1 defeat at AC Milan, draws against Atalanta and Fiorentina, and a 0-0 at Como before a 5-2 home win over Roma last weekend. That Roma result flatters the eye. Three draws and a loss in the four matches either side of it tell a more complicated story about Inter’s consistency on the road and away from their best.
Como’s 3W 2D 0L in last 5 against Inter’s 1W 3D 1L in last 5 is not a trivial contrast. It is the central fact of this fixture.
The Player Who Makes Como Tick
No Como player better embodies the club’s ambitions this season than Nico Paz. The midfielder has nine goals and six assists in 28 appearances, with an average rating of 7.48 that marks him as one of the most consistent performers in the division. He leads Como in tackles (67, fourth in Serie A), key passes (41), and big chances created (10). He has attempted 100 shots this season, putting 39 on target, an average of 3.6 shots per match that reflects how central he is to everything Como do going forward.
Paz is also Como’s top assister and top chance creator in the league rankings. He is, in short, the player Inter will need to contain. Whether they can is the tactical question this match will answer.
Anastasios Douvikas provides the finishing end of that equation. Ten goals in 29 appearances puts him fourth in Serie A’s scoring charts, behind only Mateo Retegui and Lautaro Martínez at the top. He averages 1.7 shots per match from 48 attempts total, with 22 on target. For a promoted side, having a striker ranked fourth in the division for goals is not something anyone predicted at the start of the campaign.
Lucas Da Cunha adds further depth in the midfield engine room: three goals, four assists, 33 key passes, and 127 ball recoveries across 29 matches. His combination with Paz and the creative contributions of Martin Baturina (five goals, six big chances created) gives Como a midfield that does not simply sit and absorb. They press, they create, and they score.
Head to Head
The head-to-head record is unambiguous: in their last three meetings, Inter have won all three, with Como yet to take a single point. The most recent of those came at Inter’s ground in December 2025, a 4-0 win for the hosts. That result, heavy as it was, belongs to a different phase of this Como side’s development. The 0-0 draw at the Sinigaglia in March was the first time Como had denied Inter a goal in the three-match sequence, and it arrived on the back of the form run that has continued unbroken since.
Inter have never lost to Como in this run of fixtures. That is the record Como will be most aware of as they take the pitch on Sunday.
The Statistical Landscape
The individual numbers available tell a story of a Como side with genuine depth of quality across the squad. Jacobo Ramón sits third in Serie A for total passes with 1,763, a figure that underlines how much of Como’s build-up play flows through their defensive structure. Goalkeeper Jean Butez has made 73 saves across 29 appearances, a workload that reflects how often Como have had to defend, but also how reliably their last line has held.
| Stat | Como | Inter |
|---|---|---|
| Top Scorer | Douvikas (10 goals, 4th in Serie A) | N/A |
| Top Assister | Nico Paz (6 assists, 10th in Serie A) | N/A |
| Top Chance Creator | Nico Paz (10 big chances created) | N/A |
| Top Tackler | Nico Paz (67 tackles, 4th in Serie A) | N/A |
| Top Passer | Jacobo Ramón (1,763 passes, 3rd in Serie A) | N/A |
| Goalkeeper Saves | Jean Butez (73 saves) | N/A |
Inter’s individual statistics are not available for direct comparison, which makes the Como numbers all the more striking in isolation. This is a side that has built quietly but with real substance.
Team News
No injury concerns have been reported for either side ahead of kick-off. Both squads appear available in full, which removes any convenient excuse from the equation. This will be decided on the pitch, not in the treatment room.
The Closing Argument
Como have not beaten Inter in any of their three meetings. Inter have not won convincingly away from home in weeks, and their last visit to the Sinigaglia ended without a goal. Como’s form is the best it has been all season; their striker is one of the division’s top scorers; their midfield creator is among the league’s elite by almost every measure. The gap between these two sides, on paper and by reputation, remains real. But form is the currency that matters now, and Como are richer in it than they have ever been. Whether Nico Paz and Douvikas can finally make that count against the one side that has consistently denied them is the only question worth asking on Sunday afternoon.
