Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 15, 2017
Juventus WDLWW 2
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Pescara LLLDD 0
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JUV202
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Stadio Adriatico · 19,938 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain double helps Juventus close in on Serie A title

Juventus cruised to a 2-0 victory at basement club Pescara to strengthen their grip on a sixth successive Scudetto title.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
5
62
Possession
38
14
SHOTS
7
7
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
547
Accurate Passes
265
620
Passes
375
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
2
6
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
53
43
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
18
12
Tackles
27
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
13
22
Clearances
13

Head to Head

JUV leads series 5-0

Lineups

PES · 4-3-3

  1. 1Vincenzo FiorilloG
  2. 14Hugo CampagnaroCD-L
  3. 35Andrea CodaCD-R
  4. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 11Francesco ZampanoRB
  6. 13Sulley MuntariCM
  7. 5Alessandro BrunoLM
  8. 33Mamadou CoulibalyRM
  9. 16Gastón BrugmanF
  10. 17Gianluca CaprariLF
  11. 8Ledian MemushajRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Ahmad BenaliSUB
  2. 93Hrvoje MilicevicSUB
  3. 15Jean-Christophe BahebeckSUB
  4. 9Grigoris KastanosSUB
  5. 31Albano BizzarriSUB
  6. 7Valerio VerreSUB
  7. 36Andrés CubasSUB
  8. 28Alexandru MitritaSUB
  9. 20Alberto CerriSUB
  10. 44Michele FornasierSUB
  11. 30Robert MuricSUB

JUV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25NetoG
  2. 24Daniele RuganiCD-L
  3. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  4. 22Kwadwo AsamoahLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 21Paulo DybalaAM
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioLM
  8. 5Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicAM-L
  11. 7Juan CuadradoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Dani AlvesSUB
  2. 28Tomás RincónSUB
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniSUB
  4. 14Federico MattielloSUB
  5. 4Medhi BenatiaSUB
  6. 42Mattia Del FaveroSUB
  7. 38Rolando MandragoraSUB
  8. 18Mario LeminaSUB
  9. 12Alex SandroSUB
  10. 32Emil AuderoSUB
  11. 27Stefano SturaroSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Sulley Muntari (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Goal! Pescara 0, Juventus 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
  4. 39' Mamadou Coulibaly (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Goal! Pescara 0, Juventus 2. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Tomás Rincón replaces Miralem Pjanic.
  7. 54' Substitution, Juventus. Stefano Sturaro replaces Paulo Dybala because of an injury.
  8. 58' Substitution, Pescara. Ahmed Benali replaces Sulley Muntari.
  9. 59' Gianluca Caprari (Pescara) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 68' Substitution, Pescara. Jean-Christophe Bahebeck replaces Alessandro Bruno.
  11. 78' Substitution, Pescara. Valerio Verre replaces Gastón Brugman because of an injury.
  12. 88' Substitution, Juventus. Mario Lemina replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  13. 89' Andrea Coda (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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