Italian Serie A

FT Friday, March 11, 2016
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Juventus DDWLW 1
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Allianz Stadium · 39,690 att.

Match Report

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Paulo Dybala leads Juventus past Sassuolo to extend Serie A lead

Paulo Dybala's superb first-half strike sent Juventus six points clear at the top of Serie A after a 1-0 victory over Sassuolo.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
2
48.3
Possession
51.7
7
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
316
Accurate Passes
346
415
Passes
432
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
24
0.0
Cross %
0.3
65
Long Balls
74
25
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
7
22
Effective Tackles
10
24
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
7
18
Clearances
9

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 22Kwadwo AsamoahCM-L
  6. 6Sami KhediraCM-R
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioAM
  8. 12Alex SandroLM
  9. 16Juan CuadradoRM
  10. 17Mario MandzukicCF-L
  11. 21Paulo DybalaCF-R

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 5Luca AnteiCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 11Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 8Davide BiondiniRM
  9. 9Diego FalcinelliF
  10. 17Nicola SansoneLF
  11. 16Matteo PolitanoRF

Timeline

  1. 23' Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 36' Goal! Juventus 1, Sassuolo 0. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
  3. 41' Nicola Sansone (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Sime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 69' Substitution, Sassuolo. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Davide Biondini.
  6. 72' Substitution, Juventus. Paul Pogba replaces Sami Khedira.
  7. 77' Substitution, Sassuolo. Marcello Trotta replaces Diego Falcinelli.
  8. 80' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Paulo Dybala.
  9. 89' Substitution, Juventus. Stephan Lichtsteiner replaces Mario Mandzukic.
  10. 89' Substitution, Sassuolo. Claud Adjapong replaces Matteo Politano.

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