Como vs Venezia: kick-off, TV and team news for Serie A

Como and Venezia meet at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on Sunday 1 November in Serie A matchday 10. The kick-off is at 12:30 CET, which is 11:30 GMT [1]. Most people searching for this game want three things: the time, the channel and the team sheet. The answers follow, starting with the broadcast, because the rights change from one country to the next.

Kick-off and where to watch

In Italy the match is on DAZN, which needs a subscription [2]. Sky Italia says it runs in the DAZN app on Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream, and on the DAZN 1 channel (channel 214) for Sky satellite customers who hold a DAZN Full or Family subscription [3].

Outside Italy the picture is less tidy. Goal's US guide lists Paramount+ as the broadcaster and gives a start time of 06:30, without naming a time zone [7]. Goal's Spanish guide says the match is live on DAZN in Spain, and it lists Disney+ for Mexico and Argentina [8]. Goal's US guide also lists DAZN as the UK broadcaster [7]. Check the broadcaster's own schedule before you plan the morning, because the guides do not agree on every market. The referee is Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi [1].

Como: Fàbregas, Paz and the absences

Como are coached by Francesc Fàbregas, with Jean Butez in goal [1] [5]. Nico Paz plays in the middle of the three behind the striker Douvikas, with Da Cunha and Baturina either side of him [1]. Reading the line-up, that is the player to watch first.

The absentees are a longer list. Virgilio names Trevoh Chalobah, Addai, Mattia Liberali, Assane Diao and Jesús Rodríguez as unavailable [4]. Corriere dello Sport reports Fàbregas on Moïse Kean, who is out for five weeks, but the coach says Como have not signed a player who is "broken" [2].

Como's form is good on paper. They have six wins, two draws and one defeat in nine league games [5], and they come off a 3-1 win at Torino [6]. Sky Italia notes that their last three Serie A wins were each by at least two goals, which it describes as a club record streak, and that they have conceded only one goal in their last five home league games [3].

Virgilio also gives the type of each injury: Chalobah has a leg problem, Addai a muscle injury, Liberali a calf injury, Diao a thigh injury and Rodríguez a muscle problem [4].

Venezia at the bottom

Venezia are bottom of the table with three points, 17 behind Como [4]. Sky Italia puts the record at one win and eight defeats this season, and says Venezia have not won any of their last 30 away league games [3]. Their most recent result before this week was a 2-0 defeat to Internazionale [6]. Sky also notes that Venezia have three own goals this season, the joint most among the five major European leagues. A ninth defeat in their first ten games would make them only the second Serie A side to suffer that, Sky reports [3].

Since Nicola took over, Venezia have one win and two defeats [2]. Coach Davide Nicola has chosen a 3-5-2, with Filip Stanković in goal and Lauberbach and Adams up front [1] [5]. Virgilio lists Šverko, Correia, Franjić and Adorante as unavailable, with Helgason doubtful [4]. Helgason is nevertheless named in the official XI, which is one of the points where the reports differ [1].

Serie A has 20 clubs and 38 rounds, and the bottom three go down to Serie B [6]. Corriere dello Sport describes Venezia as still alone in last place [2].

Head to head and what to watch

Como and Venezia have met four times in Serie A. Como won once and drew three, so Venezia have never won a league meeting with them [4] [3]. In 16 home meetings across Serie A and Serie B, Como won 8, drew 6 and lost 2 [4].

Three things will show more than the scoreline. The first is how Paz is used between the lines, because the Como attack runs through him. The second is whether Venezia can get a result away from home after 30 games without a win on the road. The third is whether Como keep the one-goal home record that Sky Italia describes, against a side that has scored three own goals this season.

The official line-ups are already published, so the lineup questions are settled. What remains open is how the two coaches react when the first goal goes in.