Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 2, 2016
Empoli LLLDD 0
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Juventus LWWLW 1
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JUV101
Allianz Stadium · 38,911 att.

Match Report

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Juventus edge out Empoli to move closer to Serie A title

Mario Mandzukic's goal on the stroke of half-time was enough to secure victory and send Juve six points above second-placed Napoli.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
8
4
Corner Kicks
7
8
Saves
3
59.4
Possession
40.6
9
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
497
Accurate Passes
316
578
Passes
387
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
16
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.4
61
Long Balls
60
26
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
12
17
Clearances
13

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 15Andrea BarzagliCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  5. 10Paul PogbaCM-L
  6. 37Roberto PereyraCM-R
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioAM
  8. 33Patrice EvraLM
  9. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRM
  10. 17Mario MandzukicCF-L
  11. 9Álvaro MorataCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Juan CuadradoSUB
  2. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  3. 25NetoSUB
  4. 11HernanesSUB
  5. 20Simone PadoinSUB
  6. 7Simone ZazaSUB
  7. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  8. 34RubinhoSUB
  9. 46Filippo RomagnaSUB
  10. 18Mario LeminaSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 15Andrea CostaCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 6Luca BittanteRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 32Leandro ParedesCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 77Marcel BüchelLM
  10. 17Piotr ZielinskiRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Assane Dioussé
  2. 33Rade Krunic
  3. 24Uros Cosic
  4. 22Alessandro Piu
  5. 11Daniele Croce
  6. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  7. 31Michele Camporese
  8. 3Marco Zambelli
  9. 23Alberto Pelagotti
  10. 13Raffaele Maiello

Timeline

  1. 44' Goal! Juventus 1, Empoli 0. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a cross.
  2. 45'+1' Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 53' Leandro Paredes (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 54' Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Giorgio Chiellini.
  5. 54' Substitution, Empoli. Daniele Croce replaces Marcel Büchel.
  6. 60' Substitution, Empoli. Alessandro Piu replaces Riccardo Saponara because of an injury.
  7. 66' Substitution, Juventus. Simone Zaza replaces Mario Mandzukic.
  8. 67' Simone Zaza (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 75' Substitution, Empoli. Rade Krunic replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  10. 81' Substitution, Juventus. Kwadwo Asamoah replaces Roberto Pereyra.
  11. 86' Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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