What happened
Como 1907 host RB Leipzig at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on Thursday 10 September at 21:00 Como time. It is Como’s first home match in the 2026/27 Champions League league phase and the opening European night in the renovated lakeside ground.
Como arrive after beating Genoa 4–1 at Marassi. The club’s match report confirms that Martin Baturina, Assane Diao and Nico Paz scored, while Moise Kean and Samuele Ricci made their Como debuts from the bench. That gives Cesc Fàbregas a successful starting eleven and several credible alternatives for a different kind of test.
Who might play
No starting lineup has been confirmed. The cleanest projection begins with the team that started at Genoa: Jean Butez; Yan Couto, Jacobo Ramón, Trevoh Chalobah and Álex Valle; Máximo Perrone and Lucas Da Cunha; Assane Diao, Nico Paz and Martin Baturina; Tasos Douvikas.
The first call is at centre-forward. Douvikas led the line during Como’s three-goal first half at Genoa. Kean entered after 65 minutes and created Diao’s second goal. Starting Kean would add a more direct physical threat; keeping him as an impact substitute would preserve a powerful change of rhythm after the hour.
The second call is midfield control. Perrone and Da Cunha offer continuity from Marassi, while Caqueret, Ricci and Milla all appeared from the bench. The third is how aggressively the full-backs advance. Couto and Valle can help Como create width, but their timing will matter against Leipzig’s pace outside. This is a reasoned projection from the latest confirmed lineup, not leaked team news.
The Como view
The emotional temptation is to treat the first Champions League night at the Sinigaglia as a celebration with a match attached. Como need the reverse: make the football precise enough that the occasion can grow around it.
Sempre Como Editorial Desk
Leipzig list Antonio Nusa and Johan Bakayoko among their wide attackers. That makes Como’s rest defence—the players positioned to stop a counter while the team attacks—one of the evening’s central details. If both full-backs move at the same time, Perrone and the centre-backs cannot be left defending an open field.
With the ball, Como’s best question is whether Paz and Baturina can receive behind Leipzig’s first midfield line. If they can turn, Diao can attack the space beyond them and either centre-forward should receive better service. If they are forced backwards, the game risks becoming a series of harmless passes followed by difficult recoveries.
The Genoa win showed that Como can respond after conceding and can produce goals from several players. Thursday asks for the same confidence with greater control. European football often punishes the one transition or loose restart that a domestic match allows you to survive.
Bottom line
Keep the connections that worked at Genoa, choose the right moment to release Kean, and protect the space behind the full-backs. The historic part is guaranteed; Como’s decisions will determine what kind of football memory joins it.