Italian Serie A

FT Thursday, December 18, 2014
Juventus WWDDD 3
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Cagliari DLWLD 1
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JUV213
CAG011
Sant'Elia · 16,074 att.

Match Report

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Juventus return to winning ways against Cagliari

Juventus move four points clear at the top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
4
62.9
Possession
37.1
13
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
591
Accurate Passes
306
674
Passes
373
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
32
0.2
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
52
45
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
8
19
Effective Tackles
12
24
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
23
27
Clearances
23

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CAG · 4-4-1-1

  1. 27Alessio CragnoG
  2. 15Luca RossettiniCD-L
  3. 32Luca CeppitelliCD-R
  4. 33Marco CapuanoLB
  5. 24Simone BenedettiRB
  6. 20Albin EkdalCM-L
  7. 5Daniele ContiCM-R
  8. 8Danilo AvelarLM
  9. 21Antonio BalzanoRM
  10. 23Víctor IbarboF
  11. 7Andrea CossuRCF

Substitutes

  1. 16Daniele DessenaSUB
  2. 10João PedroSUB
  3. 9Sam LongSUB
  4. 4Lorenzo CrisetigSUB
  5. 13CaioSUB
  6. 30Godfred DonsahSUB
  7. 17Diego FariasSUB
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaSUB
  9. 3Nicola MurruSUB
  10. 14Francesco PisanoSUB
  11. 28Werther CarboniSUB
  12. 12Alessandro CapelloSUB

JUV · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 26Stephan LichtsteinerD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniD
  4. 5Angelo OgbonnaD
  5. 33Patrice EvraD
  6. 37Roberto PereyraM
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioM
  8. 21Andrea PirloM
  9. 23Arturo VidalM
  10. 14Fernando LlorenteF
  11. 10Carlos TevezF

Substitutes

  1. 34RubinhoSUB
  2. 9Álvaro MorataSUB
  3. 7Simone PepeSUB
  4. 12Sebastian GiovincoSUB
  5. 6Paul PogbaSUB
  6. 30Marco StorariSUB
  7. 41Filippo RomagnaSUB
  8. 11Kingsley ComanSUB
  9. 20Simone PadoinSUB
  10. 38Federico MattielloSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Cagliari 0, Juventus 1. Carlos Tévez (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  2. 15' Goal! Cagliari 0, Juventus 2. Arturo Vidal (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 33' Luca Rossettini (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Cagliari. Godfred Donsah replaces Simone Benedetti.
  5. 49' Marco Capuano (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 50' Goal! Cagliari 0, Juventus 3. Fernando Llorente (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Pirlo with a through ball.
  7. 65' Goal! Cagliari 1, Juventus 3. Luca Rossettini (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andrea Cossu with a cross following a set piece situation.
  8. 69' Danilo Avelar (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 73' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Fernando Llorente.
  10. 75' Substitution, Cagliari. Caio replaces Víctor Ibarbo.
  11. 81' Substitution, Juventus. Simone Padoin replaces Roberto Pereyra.
  12. 86' Substitution, Juventus. Sebastian Giovinco replaces Carlos Tévez.
  13. 90'+2' Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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