Como vs Hellas Verona preview

Como go to Verona knowing exactly what is at stake. Win at Hellas Verona and they guarantee continental football next season, while the hosts had their relegation confirmed at the end of last month. The table gap is not the point here, because C. Fabregas's side still trail fourth-placed Juventus by three points with three rounds remaining.

Why Como cannot treat this like a routine away game

The trip matters because Como are still in the chase. They sit sixth in Serie A on 62 points after 35 matches, which is why this is a live top-four battle rather than a dead rubber. Verona, by contrast, are 19th with 20 points from 35 games and already down.

Como's defence has given them a proper platform. They have conceded a league-low 28 goals in Serie A, and they have also won 17 of their 35 league games. That is the reason they are still in touching distance, even after a last-five run of DWLLD.

The stronger opinion here is simple enough: Como should back themselves. Their season has been built on control and enough repeat winning to stay in the race, while Verona are already playing out the final weeks with relegation settled.

The scoring burden sits with Paz and Douvikas

The attacking responsibility is concentrated in two players. Tasos Douvikas and Nico Paz are Como's joint-top league scorers with 12 goals apiece, and Sports Mole noted that they only trail Inter pair Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez in Serie A's Capocannoniere rankings.

Paz has also been one of the cleaner long-range threats in the squad, with five goals from outside the box this season. He has scored four goals in seven away games this calendar year, which gives Como a real route to goal if Verona sit deep and try to slow the game down.

That is why this feels like a match Como ought to control rather than chase. If they get the win, the season's immediate target is met and the pressure shifts back onto the remaining table math, with Juventus still three points ahead and three rounds left.