Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 18, 2015
Lazio WWWWW 0
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Juventus WWWLW 2
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Allianz Stadium · 38,916 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/ Massimo Pinca

Juventus defeat second-placed Lazio to move 15 points clear atop Serie A

Juventus moved ever closer to clinching a fourth straight Serie A title by beating nearest challengers Lazio 2-0 in Turin.

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
59.3
Possession
40.7
17
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
465
Accurate Passes
307
548
Passes
390
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
1
33
Crosses
7
0.1
Cross %
0.1
65
Long Balls
51
43
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
10
Blocked Shots
1
20
Effective Tackles
13
24
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
26
7
Clearances
26

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 23Arturo VidalCM-L
  6. 8Claudio MarchisioCM-R
  7. 21Andrea PirloAM
  8. 33Patrice EvraLM
  9. 20Simone PadoinRM
  10. 32Alessandro MatriCF-L
  11. 10Carlos TevezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  2. 17Paolo De CeglieSUB
  3. 11Kingsley ComanSUB
  4. 34RubinhoSUB
  5. 7Simone PepeSUB
  6. 39Luca MarroneSUB
  7. 37Roberto PereyraSUB
  8. 30Marco StorariSUB
  9. 14Fernando LlorenteSUB
  10. 9Álvaro MorataSUB
  11. 26Stephan LichtsteinerSUB

LAZ · 4-3-3

  1. 22Federico MarchettiG
  2. 33MauricioCD-L
  3. 27Lorik CanaCD-R
  4. 5Edson BraafheidLB
  5. 8Dusan BastaRB
  6. 20Lucas BigliaCM
  7. 19Senad LulicLM
  8. 32Danilo CataldiRM
  9. 11Miroslav KloseF
  10. 6Stefano MauriLF
  11. 7Felipe AndersonRF

Substitutes

  1. 34Brayan PereaSUB
  2. 87Antonio CandrevaSUB
  3. 23Ogenyi OnaziSUB
  4. 10EdersonSUB
  5. 24Cristian LedesmaSUB
  6. 77Thomas StrakoshaSUB
  7. 2Michaël CianiSUB
  8. 17Bruno PereirinhaSUB
  9. 14Keita BaldéSUB
  10. 1Etrit BerishaSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Juventus 1, Lazio 0. Carlos Tévez (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arturo Vidal with a headed pass.
  2. 28' Goal! Juventus 2, Lazio 0. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Pirlo.
  3. 45'+2' Mauricio (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+5' Senad Lulic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Lazio. Antonio Candreva replaces Edson Braafheid.
  6. 50' Patrice Evra (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Alessandro Matri.
  8. 59' Claudio Marchisio (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 60' Antonio Candreva (Lazio) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 63' Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  11. 66' Substitution, Lazio. Keita replaces Stefano Mauri.
  12. 68' Lorik Cana (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 72' Substitution, Juventus. Roberto Pereyra replaces Andrea Pirlo.
  14. 84' Substitution, Juventus. Stefano Sturaro replaces Arturo Vidal.
  15. 89' Danilo Cataldi (Lazio) is shown the red card.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Lazio. Cristian Ledesma replaces Miroslav Klose.

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