Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 8, 2017
Chievo Verona WLWLL 0
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Juventus WWWDL 2
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JUV112
Allianz Stadium · 39,196 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain brace keeps Juventus on track for title

Gonzalo Higuain was the hero again as Juventus took another step towards the Serie A title with a 2-0 victory over Chievo.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
3
43.5
Possession
56.5
10
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
381
Accurate Passes
535
452
Passes
597
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
5
26
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
63
35
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
7
9
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
19
23
Clearances
19

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

JUV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 24Daniele RuganiCD-L
  3. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 21Paulo DybalaAM
  7. 6Sami KhediraLM
  8. 8Claudio MarchisioRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 27Stefano SturaroAM-L
  11. 7Juan CuadradoAM-R

CVO · 4-3-1-2

  1. 90Andrea SeculinG
  2. 12Bostjan CesarCD-L
  3. 2Nicolás SpolliCD-R
  4. 18Massimo GobbiLB
  5. 29Fabrizio CacciatoreRB
  6. 31Sergio PellissierM
  7. 8Ivan RadovanovicCM
  8. 23Valter BirsaAM
  9. 56Perparim HetemajLM
  10. 19Lucas CastroRM
  11. 69Riccardo MeggioriniCF-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Fabrizio Cacciatore (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Juventus 1, Chievo 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala.
  3. 45' Substitution, Chievo. Mariano Izco replaces Massimo Gobbi.
  4. 55' Nicolás Spolli (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Juventus. Mario Lemina replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  6. 67' Substitution, Chievo. Roberto Inglese replaces Riccardo Meggiorini.
  7. 72' Substitution, Juventus. Leonardo Bonucci replaces Stefano Sturaro.
  8. 75' Substitution, Chievo. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Perparim Hetemaj.
  9. 79' Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 84' Goal! Juventus 2, Chievo 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  11. 85' Substitution, Juventus. Dani Alves replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.

Serie A News

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