Como midfielder Martin Baturina has opened the 2026-27 Serie A season with a goal and an assist across two matches, averaging a rating of 7.15 as Cesc Fàbregas's side sit eighth in the table with four points from a win and a draw.
The numbers are modest in volume but significant in weight. A goal and an assist from two appearances means Baturina has been directly involved in two of Como's three goals this season — a contribution rate that marks him as the team's most decisive creative presence in the early weeks. At 23, the Croatian is no longer a prospect being eased into the division; he is a central figure in how Fàbregas wants his team to play.
The context around him is shifting. Como's summer has brought reinforcements, with Luis Milla arriving as a midfield option that Fàbregas has publicly described as underrated in Spain. The reported addition of goalkeeper Robert Sanchez on loan from Chelsea addresses a different area of the pitch entirely, but the broader pattern of recruitment signals a club building with genuine intent rather than simply consolidating. For Baturina, a more competitive squad means less margin for off-days — and also more support when he is on them.
His AI overall of 75 out of 100, with a potential of 82, places him in a bracket of players whose ceiling remains meaningfully above their current level. The gap between those two numbers is where a season like this one becomes consequential. Serie A at this stage of a career either accelerates development or exposes its limits; two matches in, Baturina is doing the former.
Fàbregas's Como have already beaten a Napoli side managed by Massimiliano Allegri, who acknowledged his team were too soft defensively in that defeat. Winning away in that kind of fixture, early in the season, against a club with European ambitions, is the sort of result that recalibrates how opponents prepare for you. Baturina was at the centre of it.
The challenge now is consistency across a 38-match campaign, against opponents who will study the footage.