Como score three times in nine minutes to beat Torino

Torino led for 81 minutes and lost 3-1, with Como's chances fewer than usual but far better taken.

Torino led from the 24th minute, when Che Adams finished after a pass from Kian Fitz-Jim, and they held that lead for 81 minutes. Then Como changed the match. Jacobo Ramón equalised, Nico Paz put them ahead at 87 minutes, and Martin Baturina made it 3-1 in stoppage time. Three goals in the last nine minutes turned a home win into a home defeat.

Torino spent most of the game without the ball. They had 28% of possession, well below their usual 50.6% at home, and Como had 72%, comfortably above their away average of 60.3%. Como used that control to complete 609 of their 668 passes, which gave them the patience to wait for openings rather than force them.

Como did not create more chances than usual, though. They took 17 shots, below their away average of 19.5, and their expected goals total, a measure of how good the chances were (a shot is scored according to how often similar efforts go in), was 1.47 against their usual 1.76. Torino took 11 shots, close to their normal 10.1, but their expected goals of 1.00 were lower than the 1.24 they usually manage at home. Como's chances were fewer, and they were taken.

Paz was the difference. He set up Ramón's equaliser and then scored the winner himself, and across the match he created three chances and took six shots. His overall display was the strongest of the afternoon, and it came against a Torino defence that had kept its shape for most of the game. The late goals were a sign of quality rather than a stroke of luck.

Four goals in the match is above the league's usual three per game, which tells you how open the second half became. Torino scored only once, against their home average of 1.6 goals, and conceded three, where they usually concede 1.4. Como scored three here, after averaging 1.8 goals on their travels, so both sides were away from their normal figures in opposite directions.

Torino's home form had been steadier than this result suggests. They had lost only one of their previous six home matches, a 2-0 defeat, and had won four of the six. Even so, a side that had not been beaten at home by more than two goals now faces a harder run of matches with a lead that no longer counts for anything.

Como arrive at the end of this month with a useful away record. They had won three of their last six away matches, drawn one and lost two, and the most recent of those losses came by two goals. This was their first away win by three goals in that run, and it came from a team that had been second best for most of the game.

Player of the matchN. Paz1 goal · 1 assist9.0

Jacobo Ramón Naveros1 goal7.8

Robert Sánchez4 saves7.6

C. Adams1 goal7.6