Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 12, 2017
Juventus WWWWW 2
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Cagliari LWLDL 0
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Sant'Elia · 15,874 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain scores brace as Juventus cruise to seven-point Serie A lead

Gonzalo Higuain scored twice and Buffon preserved a clean sheet with a spectacular save as Serie A leader Juventus won 2-0 at Cagliari on Sunday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
20
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
1
62.9
Possession
37.1
13
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
570
Accurate Passes
277
646
Passes
374
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
65
39
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
11
28
Clearances
11

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CAG · 3-5-2

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 2Bruno AlvesCD
  3. 24Marco CapuanoCD-L
  4. 19Fabio PisacaneCD-R
  5. 18Nicolò BarellaCM-L
  6. 4Daniele DessenaCM-R
  7. 8Davide Di GennaroAM
  8. 29Nicola MurruLM
  9. 3Mauricio IslaRM
  10. 25Marco SauCF-L
  11. 22Marco BorrielloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28GabrielSUB
  2. 32Víctor IbarboSUB
  3. 12Senna MiangueSUB
  4. 30Alessandro DeiolaSUB
  5. 21Artur IonitaSUB
  6. 77Panagiotis TachtsidisSUB
  7. 35Bartosz SalamonSUB
  8. 20Simone PadoinSUB
  9. 13Roberto ColomboSUB
  10. 26Luca CrostaSUB

JUV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 21Paulo DybalaAM
  7. 6Sami KhediraLM
  8. 8Claudio MarchisioRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicAM-L
  11. 7Juan CuadradoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Dani AlvesSUB
  2. 18Mario LeminaSUB
  3. 20Marko PjacaSUB
  4. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  5. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  6. 4Medhi BenatiaSUB
  7. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  8. 25NetoSUB
  9. 28Tomás RincónSUB
  10. 32Emil AuderoSUB
  11. 5Miralem PjanicSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 18' Substitution, Juventus. Daniele Rugani replaces Giorgio Chiellini because of an injury.
  4. 27' Nicolò Barella (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 37' Goal! Cagliari 0, Juventus 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Claudio Marchisio with a through ball.
  6. 43' Claudio Marchisio (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 47' Goal! Cagliari 0, Juventus 2. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala following a fast break.
  8. 57' Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 62' Substitution, Cagliari. Artur Ionita replaces Daniele Dessena.
  10. 67' Substitution, Juventus. Miralem Pjanic replaces Claudio Marchisio.
  11. 67' Second yellow card to Nicolò Barella (Cagliari) for a bad foul.
  12. 75' Substitution, Cagliari. Víctor Ibarbo replaces Marco Borriello.
  13. 78' Mauricio Isla (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 82' Substitution, Cagliari. Simone Padoin replaces Fabio Pisacane.
  15. 85' Davide Di Gennaro (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+1' Substitution, Juventus. Mario Lemina replaces Paulo Dybala.

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