Overview
Venezia continued to sink deeper into crisis with a 0-3 defeat to Bologna in the most recent round of Serie A. Currently, they are experiencing a series of 4 consecutive losses, scoring only 1 goal and conceding 7 times.
Before round 15, coach Eusebio Di Francesco's team ranked bottom of Serie A with only 8 points and was the leading candidate for relegation. Di Francesco's position will likely be threatened if they continue to lose to Como.
Sharing the same fate as Venezia, Como is also having an extremely difficult season and is struggling at the bottom of the rankings. After 14 matches, coach Cesc Fabregas's team has only earned 10 points and is in 18th place.
However, Como's situation is a bit better than Venezia when they have earned 2 points in the last 3 rounds. Besides, the home team Giuseppe Sinigaglia sometimes has very impressive matches since the beginning of the season. Typical examples are the draw with Bologna and especially the 3-2 victory against the high-performing team Atalanta.
In their most recent encounter, Como defeated Venezia 2-1 with Patrick Cutrone scoring the decisive goal. Currently, the Italian striker is still a mainstay of Como with 5 goals this season and is expected to continue to shine.
With slightly better form, it is likely that Cesc Fabregas' team will defeat the representative of Venice city once again.
Human resources situation
Venezia will be without Jesse Joronen, Alfred Duncan and John Yeboah through injury this weekend, while full-back Francesco Zampano has undergone hand surgery and is not ready to return.
On the other side of the front line, Como will be without Sergi Roberto and Maximo Perrone due to injury. However, centre-back Alberto Dossena and midfielder Luca Mazzitelli could return.
Expected lineup:
Venice: Stankovic, Idzes, Svoboda, Sverko, Ellertsson, Crnigoj, Nicolussi Caviglia, Haps, Busio, Oristanio, Pohjanpalo.
Como: Audero, Van der Brempt, Dossena, Kempf, Moreno, Engelhardt, Da Cunha, Strefezza, Paz, Fadera, Cutron.
The match between Venezia and Como takes place at 0:00 on the morning of December 9 (Vietnam time).
