Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 18, 2012
Catania LLDDW 1
–
Juventus WWDWD 3
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CAT101
JUV123
Allianz Stadium · 31,000 att. · ESPN3

Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
1
Corner Kicks
8
9
Saves
5
36.4
Possession
63.6
8
SHOTS
30
6
ON GOAL
12
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
265
Accurate Passes
493
327
Passes
564
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
16
3
Crosses
39
0.0
Cross %
0.4
41
Long Balls
50
23
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.6
Long Balls %
0.9
1
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
17
21
Tackles
28
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
8
36
Clearances
16

Head to Head

JUV leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 8Claudio MarchisioCM-L
  6. 24Emanuele GiaccheriniCM-R
  7. 21Andrea PirloAM
  8. 11Paolo De CeglieLM
  9. 20Simone PadoinRM
  10. 18Fabio QuagliarellaCF-L
  11. 23Marco BorrielloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Mirko VucinicSUB
  2. 30Marco StorariSUB
  3. 10Alessandro Del PieroSUB
  4. 32Alessandro MatriSUB
  5. 4Martín CáceresSUB
  6. 7Simone PepeSUB
  7. 26Stephan LichtsteinerSUB

CAT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tomás KosickýG
  2. 14Giuseppe BellusciCD-L
  3. 6Nicola LegrottaglieCD-R
  4. 12Giovanni MarcheseLB
  5. 11Marco MottaRB
  6. 10Francesco LodiCM
  7. 4Sergio AlmirónLM
  8. 13Mariano IzcoRM
  9. 17Alejandro GómezF
  10. 18Gonzalo BergessioLF
  11. 28Pablo BarrientosRF

Substitutes

  1. 32Andrea CatellaniSUB
  2. 27Marco BiagiantiSUB
  3. 19Adrián RicchiutiSUB
  4. 3Nicolás SpolliSUB
  5. 22Osariemen EbaguaSUB
  6. 20Juan Pablo CarrizoSUB
  7. 8Felipe SeymourSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Juventus 0, Catania 1. Pablo Barrientos (Catania) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Motta.
  2. 22' Goal! Juventus 1, Catania 1. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 50' Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
  4. 51' Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
  5. 56' Sergio Almirón (Catania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  6. 60' Attempt missed. Simone Padoin (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emanuele Giaccherini with a cross.
  7. 61' Substitution, Catania. Nicolás Spolli replaces Francesco Lodi.
  8. 65' Paolo De Ceglie (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  9. 67' Fabio Quagliarella (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  10. 68' Sergio Almirón (Catania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 71' Foul by Nicolás Spolli (Catania).
  12. 74' Hand ball by Giovanni Marchese (Catania).
  13. 77' Giovanni Marchese (Catania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  14. 78' Mirko Vucinic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 81' Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mirko Vucinic with a cross.
  16. 90'+2' Mirko Vucinic (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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