Como midfielder Martin Baturina contributed to a four-goal away victory against Genoa on matchday three of the 2026-27 Serie A season, with Diao and Nico Paz also among the scorers as FÃ bregas's side came from behind to win convincingly. The result lifted Como into the top four of the early standings.
The significance for Baturina personally is that the performance was not an isolated event. Three matches into the campaign, the 23-year-old carries two goals and an assist — numbers that establish him not merely as a promising presence but as a consistent contributor in a side that has yet to lose. Como sit fourth with seven points from three matches, having won twice and drawn once, scoring seven goals and conceding three. That is a team playing with genuine attacking intent, and Baturina is at the centre of it.
His average match rating of 7.34 across those three appearances reflects a player operating above the baseline of competent Serie A midfielders. An AI overall of 74 out of 100, with a potential of 82, suggests the data models see room for further development — which, given his age and current trajectory, is a reasonable projection rather than an optimistic one.
Fà bregas's Como have built something coherent early. The comeback against Genoa — overturning a deficit with four goals — points to a team with both tactical flexibility and attacking depth. Baturina's involvement in that result adds another data point to what is becoming a clear pattern: he is not a peripheral figure in this system but one of its engines.
The next test will reveal whether this early form holds against stiffer opposition, but through three rounds, Baturina has given no indication that the pace of Serie A has exceeded him.