Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 25, 2017
Empoli WLDLL 0
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Juventus WWWWW 2
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Allianz Stadium · 38,297 att.

Match Report

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Juventus defeat Empoli to open 10-point lead in Serie A

Juventus extended their lead at the top of Serie A to 10 points with a 2-0 win over Empoli in Turin.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
1
46.2
Possession
53.8
6
SHOTS
24
1
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
420
Accurate Passes
499
510
Passes
570
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
10
10
Crosses
27
0.0
Cross %
0.4
57
Long Balls
70
19
Accurate Long Balls
46
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
6
15
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
16
19
Clearances
16

Head to Head

JUV leads series 5-0

Lineups

JUV · 4-4-2

  1. 25NetoG
  2. 24Daniele RuganiCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 23Dani AlvesRB
  6. 8Claudio MarchisioCM-L
  7. 5Miralem PjanicCM-R
  8. 27Stefano SturaroLM
  9. 7Juan CuadradoRM
  10. 17Mario MandzukicCF-L
  11. 9Gonzalo HiguaínCF-R

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 15Andrea CostaCD-L
  3. 6Giuseppe BellusciCD-R
  4. 21Manuel PasqualLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 20Manuel PucciarelliM
  7. 8Assane DiousséCM
  8. 10Omar El KaddouriAM
  9. 5José MauriLM
  10. 33Rade KrunicRM
  11. 89Guido MarilungoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 52' Own Goal by Lukasz Skorupski, Empoli. Juventus 1, Empoli 0.
  2. 65' Goal! Juventus 2, Empoli 0. Alex Sandro (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dani Alves with a cross.
  3. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Frederic Veseli replaces Vincent Laurini.
  4. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Mame Thiam replaces Guido Marilungo.
  5. 74' Substitution, Juventus. Paulo Dybala replaces Stefano Sturaro.
  6. 77' Substitution, Empoli. Marcel Büchel replaces José Mauri.
  7. 79' Substitution, Juventus. Tomás Rincón replaces Claudio Marchisio.
  8. 82' Giuseppe Bellusci (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 85' Substitution, Juventus. Marko Pjaca replaces Juan Cuadrado.

Serie A News

All news
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