Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 24, 2016
Juventus WWWWW 2
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Fiorentina DDLWL 1
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Artemio Franchi · 33,650 att.

Match Report

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Juventus move to brink of fifth straight title with Morata, Mandzukic goals

Juventus could be crowned Serie A champions for the fifth year in a row on Monday after emerging victorious from a gritty encounter with Fiorentina.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
1
37.6
Possession
62.4
6
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
328
Accurate Passes
586
395
Passes
660
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
53
29
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
17
19
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
6
32
Clearances
7

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

FIO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 13Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD-R
  4. 28Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 4Nenad TomovicRB
  6. 72Josip IlicicAM
  7. 20Borja ValeroLM
  8. 5Milan BadeljRM
  9. 9Nikola KalinicF
  10. 10Federico BernardeschiAM-L
  11. 27Cristian TelloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Mauro ZárateSUB
  2. 16Jakub BlaszczykowskiSUB
  3. 14Matías FernándezSUB
  4. 6Tino CostaSUB
  5. 26Panagiotis KoneSUB
  6. 32Facundo RoncagliaSUB
  7. 34Giacomo SatalinoSUB
  8. 24Luca LezzeriniSUB
  9. 23Manuel PasqualSUB

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 10Paul PogbaCM-L
  6. 6Sami KhediraCM-R
  7. 18Mario LeminaAM
  8. 33Patrice EvraLM
  9. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRM
  10. 17Mario MandzukicCF-L
  11. 21Paulo DybalaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11HernanesSUB
  2. 12Alex SandroSUB
  3. 7Simone ZazaSUB
  4. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  5. 16Juan CuadradoSUB
  6. 9Álvaro MorataSUB
  7. 37Roberto PereyraSUB
  8. 34RubinhoSUB
  9. 38Emil AuderoSUB
  10. 20Simone PadoinSUB

Timeline

  1. 39' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Juventus 1. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a headed pass.
  2. 53' Substitution, Fiorentina. Mauro Zárate replaces Josip Ilicic because of an injury.
  3. 57' Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Substitution, Fiorentina. Matías Fernández replaces Cristian Tello.
  5. 70' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Paulo Dybala.
  6. 72' Daniele Rugani (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 81' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Juventus 1. Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mauro Zárate.
  8. 83' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Juventus 2. Álvaro Morata (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  9. 83' Álvaro Morata (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  10. 84' Substitution, Juventus. Kwadwo Asamoah replaces Paul Pogba.
  11. 88' Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  12. 88' Substitution, Fiorentina. Facundo Roncaglia replaces Milan Badelj.
  13. 89' Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90' Penalty saved! Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.

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