Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, September 24, 2014
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Juventus WWWWW 3
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Allianz Stadium · 36,027 att.

Match Report

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Arturo Vidal scores twice as Juventus defeat Cesena

Juventus defended their place at the top of Serie A with Arturo Vidal on target twice in a 3-0 win over Cesena.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
6
10
Saves
1
28.9
Possession
71.1
1
SHOTS
29
1
ON GOAL
13
1.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
169
Accurate Passes
606
258
Passes
675
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
5
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.4
68
Long Balls
49
23
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
8
17
Effective Tackles
15
24
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
7
24
Clearances
7

Head to Head

JUV leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 5Angelo OgbonnaCD-R
  5. 37Roberto PereyraCM-L
  6. 23Arturo VidalCM-R
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioAM
  8. 33Patrice EvraLM
  9. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRM
  10. 12Sebastian GiovincoCF-L
  11. 14Fernando LlorenteCF-R

CES · 5-4-1

  1. 1Nicola LealiG
  2. 6Stefano LucchiniCD
  3. 15Luka KrajncCD-L
  4. 25Daniele CapelliCD-R
  5. 33Francesco RenzettiLB
  6. 24Gabriele PericoRB
  7. 34Emmanuel CascioneCM-L
  8. 5Luigi GiorgiCM-R
  9. 3Antonio MazzottaLM
  10. 92Grégoire DefrelRM
  11. 89Guido MarilungoF

Timeline

  1. 17' Emmanuel Cascione (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 18' Goal! Juventus 1, Cesena 0. Arturo Vidal (Juventus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 31' Daniele Capelli (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Cesena. Manuel Coppola replaces Antonio Mazzotta.
  5. 51' Gabriele Perico (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Substitution, Cesena. Carlos Carbonero replaces Gabriele Perico.
  7. 64' Goal! Juventus 2, Cesena 0. Arturo Vidal (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 70' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Fernando Llorente.
  9. 77' Substitution, Cesena. Constantin Nica replaces Luigi Giorgi.
  10. 80' Substitution, Juventus. Simone Padoin replaces Arturo Vidal.
  11. 85' Goal! Juventus 3, Cesena 0. Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Simone Padoin.
  12. 87' Substitution, Juventus. Simone Pepe replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.

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