Cesc Fàbregas Tactics At Como 2025/2026: Building Control, Intensity & Spatial Dominance – Data Analysis

Como’s 2025/2026 Serie A season under Cesc Fàbregas has quietly evolved into one of the most compelling tactical projects in Italy.

After promotion and a transitional first year, this campaign represents a clear step forward in identity, structure, and performance.

Fàbregas has imposed a game model built on controlled possession, aggressive counterpressing, and intelligent occupation of space, allowing Como to compete consistently against more established Serie A sides.

Statistically, they rank among the league’s strongest teams for ball retention, progressive circulation, and pressing intensity, reflecting a side comfortable dictating tempo rather than merely reacting.

However, their data also reveals natural limitations in chance creation and in the final third, highlighting the gap that still exists between Como and the league’s elite.

This season, therefore, offers a valuable case study, a developing team using modern positional principles and high-intensity behaviours to punch above their weight, while still navigating the challenges of sustainability, depth, and attacking output at the top level.

In this Como data analysis, we examine Como’s pressing intensity and defensive structure, analyse possession control and space exploitation, compare their metrics with Serie A peers, assess attacking transitions and final-third efficiency, and evaluate their current performance level, limitations, and potential competitive ceiling this season.

Points On The Board Vs Process On The Pitch: How Como Results Mirror Their Tactical Reality

After 20 Serie A matches in 2025/2026, Como sits on 34 points, a return that almost perfectly aligns with their expected points total of 34.3.

Serie A Points Vs Expected Points After 20 Matches 2025/2026

This near-identical relationship between outcomes and underlying performance is tactically significant.

Unlike several sides either overperforming through finishing variance or underperforming due to inefficiency, Como’s league position is a faithful reflection of their structural level.