Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 30, 2014
Juventus WDWWW 1
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Chievo Verona LLWWL 0
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JUV101
CVO000
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 26,000 att.

Match Report

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Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus win Serie A opener against Chievo

Juventus made a winning start to the defence of their Serie A title with a 1-0 result at Chievo which failed to reflect their dominance in Verona.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
11
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
3
72.7
Possession
27.3
21
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
587
Accurate Passes
164
690
Passes
250
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
11
Accurate Crosses
8
22
Crosses
18
0.5
Cross %
0.4
65
Long Balls
57
43
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.7
Long Balls %
0.2
6
Blocked Shots
1
17
Effective Tackles
14
22
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
15
22
Clearances
15

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CVO · 4-3-2-1

  1. 25Francesco BardiG
  2. 12Bostjan CesarCD-L
  3. 3Dario DainelliCD-R
  4. 34Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 21Nicolas FreyRB
  6. 84Thomas ManganiCM
  7. 56Perparim HetemajCM-L
  8. 13Mariano IzcoCM-R
  9. 10Maxi LópezF
  10. 23Valter BirsaCF-L
  11. 24Ezequiel SchelottoCF-R

JUV · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 5Angelo OgbonnaCD-L
  4. 4Martín CáceresCD-R
  5. 6Paul PogbaCM-L
  6. 8Claudio MarchisioCM-R
  7. 23Arturo VidalAM
  8. 22Kwadwo AsamoahLM
  9. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRM
  10. 11Kingsley ComanF
  11. 10Carlos TevezRCF

Timeline

  1. 6' Own Goal by Cristiano Biraghi, Chievo. Chievo 0, Juventus 1.
  2. 29' Arturo Vidal (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' Thomas Mangani (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chievo. Alberto Paloschi replaces Ezequiel Schelotto.
  5. 45' Substitution, Chievo. Ivan Radovanovic replaces Thomas Mangani.
  6. 57' Dario Dainelli (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Substitution, Juventus. Fernando Llorente replaces Kingsley Coman.
  8. 70' Substitution, Chievo. Isaac Cofie replaces Ivan Radovanovic because of an injury.
  9. 86' Substitution, Juventus. Roberto Pereyra replaces Arturo Vidal.

Serie A News

All news
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