H. Verona and Como 1907 will meet Sunday, May 10, at 07:30 at the Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona in the 36th round of Serie A.
Como arrive for the fixture sitting sixth in the table and three points behind Juventus in fourth, and the match is being billed by the visitors as a must-show of intent — it will be broadcast live in Argentina on Disney+ Premium and. The tie follows identical weekend draws for both sides: Verona drew with Juventus and Como drew with Napoli.
Coach Cesc Fábregas has been blunt about what he expects from his team. He warned the trip will not be easy despite facing a side already relegated, said there is pride in every match and stressed that his side must be hungry for goals and proactive rather than assume success will come. He also suggested the club could take a teenager on the road: Riccardo Cassano, 16, has shone with the under-17s and, while Fábregas would not call him fully ready, he said the youngster understands the type of football the team wants to play and that, if possible, Cassano will travel with the squad.
The numbers underline what is at stake for Como. The club has managed only one win in its last five matches, a form dip that sits awkwardly with its position inside the top six. Historically, however, the fixture has favoured Como: Verona have not beaten Como in their last eight Serie A encounters, with their last victory over Como dating back to December 1986. Como have also been unbeaten in their last three away Serie A matches played in Verona, though their earlier record there includes only one point taken from the first four away Serie A meetings at the ground.
Individual form offers promise as well as caution. Bowie, who arrived in January from Hibernian, has scored three goals since joining, and Paz has been particularly productive away from home in 2026, with four goals in seven away Serie A matches this year and five goals from outside the area across the five major European leagues this season.
That mix — a club hunting continental qualification, a string of recent draws, and attacking players capable of moments of quality — is the context Fábregas says must translate into a different approach on Sunday. He has emphasised the practical problem of breaking down a low defensive block and urged his players not to be passive: the challenge, he said, is to create and finish chances rather than simply wait for them.
The tension in this game is straightforward. Como’s place in the top six keeps the match consequential; their recent form, however, suggests vulnerability. Facing a relegated H. Verona removes one kind of pressure, but the visitors must solve another: their inability to convert possession and territory into wins consistently. Those contradictions are the reason Fábregas has raised the possibility of including a standout under-17 player and of leaning on the form of Bowie and Paz to unlock a stubborn defence.
Sunday’s result will matter not as an isolated fixture but as a piece of a larger race: with Como three points behind Juventus for fourth, every matchday in this late stretch reshapes the margin for error. The urgent question is clear — can Como find the hunger for goals Fábregas demands and turn the trip to the Marcantonio Bentegodi into the sort of win that keeps them within striking distance of fourth place?
