Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 29, 2017
Juventus WWLWW 2
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Sassuolo LDWLW 0
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JUV202
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Mapei Stadium · 21,584 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain and Sami Khedira on target in Juventus victory

Gonzalo Higuain reached 15 goals for the Serie A season as Juventus reinforced their position as league leaders with a 2-0 victory at Sassuolo.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
54.8
Possession
45.2
14
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
458
Accurate Passes
334
549
Passes
453
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
79
34
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
14
9
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
21
21
Clearances
21

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SAS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 28Paolo CannavaroCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 5Luca AnteiRB
  6. 6Lorenzo PellegriniAM
  7. 21Alberto AquilaniLM
  8. 22Luca MazzitelliRM
  9. 10Alessandro MatriF
  10. 16Matteo PolitanoAM-L
  11. 25Domenico BerardiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 90Antonino RagusaSUB
  2. 26Emanuele TerranovaSUB
  3. 11Grégoire DefrelSUB
  4. 9Pietro IemmelloSUB
  5. 1Alberto PominiSUB
  6. 12Stefano SensiSUB
  7. 55Timo LetschertSUB
  8. 23Marcello GazzolaSUB
  9. 79Gianluca PegoloSUB
  10. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoSUB
  11. 27Federico RicciSUB
  12. 32Alfred DuncanSUB

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. 5Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicAM-L
  11. 7Juan CuadradoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Marko PjacaSUB
  2. 14Federico MattielloSUB
  3. 32Emil AuderoSUB
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliSUB
  5. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  6. 28Tomás RincónSUB
  7. 11HernanesSUB
  8. 25NetoSUB
  9. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  10. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  11. 23Dani AlvesSUB
  12. 8Claudio MarchisioSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Juventus 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Sandro with a cross.
  2. 23' Matteo Politano (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 25' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Juventus 2. Sami Khedira (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.
  4. 37' Luca Mazzitelli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Sassuolo. Alfred Duncan replaces Luca Mazzitelli.
  7. 59' Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  8. 65' Federico Peluso (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 75' Substitution, Sassuolo. Antonino Ragusa replaces Alessandro Matri.
  10. 77' Substitution, Juventus. Marko Pjaca replaces Paulo Dybala.
  11. 83' Substitution, Juventus. Tomás Rincón replaces Juan Cuadrado.

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