Serie A: Douvikas, Diao Fire Como to Fifth With 2-0 Win Over Genoa

Como win at Genoa

Como leapfrog Roma into fifth after 2-0 win at Genoa. Goals from Douvikas and Diao keep Fabregas' men in Champions League hunt, two points off Juve.

Como make it 8 away games unbeaten vs bottom-half sides after Genoa win...

 

Como extended their unbeaten away run to eight games (W6, D2) against sides who started the round in the bottom half, after a 2-0 win at Genoa at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.

 

A winless run across their last three league games (D1, L2) had seen Como drop out of the UEFA Champions League qualification spots.

Still, the visitors regained some confidence when Anastasios Douvikas powered in a 10th-minute header from Lucas Da Cunha’s excellent cross past Justin Bijlow, giving them an early platform for three points.

Cesc Fabregas’s side almost doubled the lead in the 23rd minute, when Serie A MVP candidate Nico Paz beat two defenders and created space just outside the box, only to shoot narrowly wide of the far post.

If Paz was frustrated before the half-hour mark, the playmaker was even more annoyed after it, when his header beat Bijlow but struck the post.

 

That frustration would have spread through the entire Como setup if Genoa – who surprisingly left top scorers Lorenzo Colombo and Ruslan Malinovskyi on the bench – had equalised before half-time.

But goalkeeper Jean Butez wasn’t having it, producing a brilliant save to deny Sebastian Otoa’s header and keep his clean sheet intact.

Fabregas and his staff took a hit at half-time when Paz was replaced by Maxence Caqueret after an apparent injury. The forced reshuffle saw Genoa push forward just two minutes into the second half, with Mikael Egill Ellertsson firing a long-range effort off target.

The Rossoblu kept coming, and Butez had to make another sharp save to deny Morten Frendrup just past the hour mark.

Como get back to winning ways 👏#GenoaComo pic.twitter.com/hI6GRCulyH

— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) April 26, 2026

Como found another gear after that key save and doubled their lead against the run of play. Eager to make an impact, substitute Caqueret did just that in the 68th minute, with an instinctive flick in the box setting up Assane Diao to nod home at the near post.

 

This might be Como’s most crucial three points of the season given their recent slump. For now, the European contenders have climbed above Roma into fifth in Serie A, sitting just two points behind fourth-placed Juventus.

Tasos Douvikas is the Panini Player of the Match! 🏆 #GenoaComo pic.twitter.com/50QOrqnaGB

— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) April 26, 2026

Meanwhile, Genoa are heading for a third straight bottom-half finish since coming back up, with Daniele De Rossi’s side still 14th in the table.