COMO starting XI (4-2-3-1): Audero, Van Der Brempt, Dossena, Kempf, Moreno, Roberto, Perrone (subbed for Baselli), Strefezza (subbed for Da Cunha), Paz (subbed for Jasim), Fadera (subbed for Mazzitelli), Cutrone (subbed for Belotti)
Bench: Reina, Sala, Goldaniga, Iovine, Gabrielloni, F. Jack, Engelhardt, Braunoder, Verdi, Barba
Goals: Cutrone 43’ 72’, Belotti 89’
VERONA starting XI (4-2-3-1): Montipò, Tchatchoua, Daniliuc (subbed for Lambourde), Coppola, Frese, Dani Silva (subbed for Duda), Belahyane, Suslov, Kastanos (subbed for Mosquera), Lazovic (subbed for Livramento), Tengstedt (subbed for Magnani)
Bench: Berardi, Perilli, Faraoni, Sarr, Bradaric, Okou, Sishuba, Ajayi, Cisse, Ghilardi
Goals: Lazovic 53’ (Pen), Lambourde 90+4’
Red card: Suslov 64’
The home side were utterly dominant with 72 per cent possession and 24 shots on goal to Verona’s six.
Como’s Patrick Cutrone broke the deadlock just before the break with a deflected shot that looped over the unlucky Lorenzo Montipo in the Verona goal.
Darko Lazović made it 1-1 early in the second half with a penalty awarded retroactively by VAR for a foul.
Verona went down to 10 men when Tomáš Suslov received a second yellow after an aggressive challenge on Alieu Fadera.
Cutrone had his brace in the 72nd with a shot from just outside the box.
Andrea Belotti sealed the points for Como in the 89th minute with a finish from point-blank range after the ball was squared to him by the head of Luca Mazzitelli.
Mathis Lambourde got a consolation goal for the visitors with a deflected shot in stoppage time, but it proved to be no more than that as Como move up to 10th on the table. Verona are two points behind in 14th.
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