Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 4, 2015
Empoli WDDDW 0
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Juventus LWWWW 2
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Allianz Stadium · 40,029 att.

Match Report

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Carlos Tevez's goal gives Juventus victory over Empoli

A fourth straight Serie A title is Juventus' for the taking after they beat Empoli 2-0 on Saturday night to establish a 14-point advantage at the top of the table with nine games remaining.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
7
4
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
4
42.5
Possession
57.5
12
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
381
Accurate Passes
559
446
Passes
623
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
21
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
76
26
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
19
25
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
16
10
Clearances
16

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 5Angelo OgbonnaCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 23Arturo VidalCM-L
  6. 27Stefano SturaroCM-R
  7. 20Simone PadoinAM
  8. 33Patrice EvraLM
  9. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRM
  10. 10Carlos TevezCF-L
  11. 14Fernando LlorenteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Giorgio ChielliniSUB
  2. 24Mattia VitaleSUB
  3. 17Paolo De CeglieSUB
  4. 9Álvaro MorataSUB
  5. 34RubinhoSUB
  6. 7Simone PepeSUB
  7. 30Marco StorariSUB
  8. 37Roberto PereyraSUB
  9. 39Luca MarroneSUB
  10. 32Alessandro MatriSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 33Luigi SepeG
  2. 19Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 6Mirko ValdifioriCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 88Matías VecinoRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Davide Bassi
  2. 2Vincent Laurini
  3. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  4. 27Piotr Zielinski
  5. 26Lorenzo Tonelli
  6. 50Michele Somma
  7. 10Francesco Tavano
  8. 8Franco Signorelli
  9. 9Levan Mchedlidze
  10. 14Assane Dioussé
  11. 25Josh Brillante
  12. 18Simone Verdi

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Juventus 1, Empoli 0. Carlos Tévez (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Arturo Vidal following a set piece situation.
  2. 48' Carlos Tévez (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 66' Mário Rui (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Fernando Llorente.
  5. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Levan Mchedlidze replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  6. 74' Substitution, Empoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Daniele Croce.
  7. 78' Substitution, Empoli. Simone Verdi replaces Manuel Pucciarelli.
  8. 78' Substitution, Juventus. Roberto Pereyra replaces Stefano Sturaro.
  9. 78' Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Substitution, Juventus. Simone Pepe replaces Arturo Vidal because of an injury.
  11. 90' Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+4' Goal! Juventus 2, Empoli 0. Roberto Pereyra (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

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