Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 8, 2017
Bologna LWLDW 0
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Juventus WWWWL 3
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Allianz Stadium · 38,144 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain nets double as Juventus cruise past Bologna

Juventus returned from their winter break to demonstrate their fearsome Scudetto credentials with a 3-0 dismantling of Bologna.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
46.4
Possession
53.6
7
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
422
Accurate Passes
477
494
Passes
558
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
48
35
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
12
16
Clearances
12

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

JUV · 4-3-2-1

  1. 25NetoG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  4. 22Kwadwo AsamoahLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 8Claudio MarchisioCM
  7. 27Stefano SturaroCM-L
  8. 6Sami KhediraCM-R
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 5Miralem PjanicCF-L
  11. 21Paulo DybalaCF-R

BOL · 4-3-3

  1. 83Antonio MiranteG
  2. 20Domenico MaiettaCD-L
  3. 2Marios OikonomouCD-R
  4. 25Adam MasinaLB
  5. 35Vasilis TorosidisRB
  6. 6Federico VivianiCM
  7. 31Blerim DžemailiLM
  8. 17Godfred DonsahRM
  9. 10Mattia DestroF
  10. 14Federico Di FrancescoLF
  11. 11Ladislav KrejcíRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Juventus 1, Bologna 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a through ball.
  2. 17' Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Vasilis Torosidis (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Goal! Juventus 2, Bologna 0. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45'+1' Federico Di Francesco (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Goal! Juventus 3, Bologna 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephan Lichtsteiner with a cross.
  7. 70' Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Miralem Pjanic.
  8. 71' Substitution, Bologna. Erick Pulgar replaces Blerim Dzemaili.
  9. 71' Substitution, Bologna. Luca Rizzo replaces Ladislav Krejci.
  10. 73' Substitution, Juventus. Mario Mandzukic replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  11. 81' Substitution, Juventus. Tomás Rincón replaces Sami Khedira.
  12. 88' Substitution, Bologna. Anthony Mounier replaces Federico Di Francesco because of an injury.

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