Como midfielder Martin Baturina has delivered a goal and an assist across the club's opening two Serie A matches of 2026-27, sustaining an average 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 familiar by now. What has changed around them is the context.

The summer that just closed was not quiet at Como. Fàbregas added Moise Kean, completed a loan deal for Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez on deadline day, and assembled a squad the coach himself described as built largely on loans and targeted acquisitions rather than extravagant outlay. Into that reshuffled environment, Baturina has contributed directly to two of Como's three goals so far — a ratio that speaks to his centrality in the system regardless of who else has arrived.

At 23, the Croatian carries an AI overall of 74 out of 100, with a potential of 82. That gap between present and ceiling is the operative number. It suggests a player still accumulating rather than one who has plateaued, and two matches into a season is precisely the moment when accumulation either stalls or accelerates. So far, Baturina is accelerating.

The broader picture at Como is one of deliberate construction. Fàbregas has spoken openly about the club's transfer approach — measured, loan-heavy, with selective permanent signings — and the arrival of a striker of Kean's profile adds a focal point that a creative midfielder can exploit. Whether Baturina's early output survives the competition for touches and territory that a fuller squad brings is the question the next month of fixtures will answer.

For Baturina, the season already has his fingerprints on it.