Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, November 6, 2016
Juventus WLWWD 2
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Chievo Verona WLDDL 1
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 26,000 att.

Match Report

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Miralem Pjanic scores winner as Juventus go four points clear in Serie A

Miralem Pjanic fired reigning champions Juventus four points clear at the top of the Serie A table with his late free-kick at Chievo.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
20
4
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
4
58.7
Possession
41.3
17
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
439
Accurate Passes
274
513
Passes
353
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
7
13
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.4
66
Long Balls
77
39
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
10
15
Clearances
10

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CVO · 5-3-2

  1. 70Stefano SorrentinoG
  2. 3Dario DainelliCD
  3. 18Massimo GobbiCD-L
  4. 2Nicolás SpolliCD-R
  5. 29Fabrizio CacciatoreLB
  6. 13Mariano IzcoRB
  7. 8Ivan RadovanovicCM
  8. 56Perparim HetemajCM-L
  9. 19Lucas CastroCM-R
  10. 83Antonio Floro FloresCF-L
  11. 23Valter BirsaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Vittorio PariginiSUB
  2. 90Andrea SeculinSUB
  3. 12Bostjan CesarSUB
  4. 5Alessandro GamberiniSUB
  5. 36Filippo CostaSUB
  6. 45Roberto IngleseSUB
  7. 98Alessandro ConfenteSUB
  8. 1Jonathan de GuzmánSUB
  9. 31Sergio PellissierSUB
  10. 21Nicolas FreySUB
  11. 20Gennaro SardoSUB
  12. 28Samuel BastienSUB

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-L
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 11HernanesCM
  7. 27Stefano SturaroLM
  8. 5Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicLF
  11. 7Juan CuadradoRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Mario LeminaSUB
  2. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  3. 32Emil AuderoSUB
  4. 23Dani AlvesSUB
  5. 33Patrice EvraSUB
  6. 6Sami KhediraSUB
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioSUB
  8. 34Moise KeanSUB
  9. 25NetoSUB
  10. 19Leonardo BonucciSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Substitution, Juventus. Leonardo Bonucci replaces Andrea Barzagli because of an injury.
  2. 30' Dario Dainelli (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Massimo Gobbi (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+3' Ivan Radovanovic (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 48' Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 53' Goal! Chievo 0, Juventus 1. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado with a through ball.
  8. 61' Substitution, Chievo. Sergio Pellissier replaces Mariano Izco.
  9. 65' Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 66' Goal! Chievo 1, Juventus 1. Sergio Pellissier (Chievo) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  11. 75' Goal! Chievo 1, Juventus 2. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  12. 76' Substitution, Chievo. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Valter Birsa.
  13. 80' Substitution, Juventus. Patrice Evra replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  14. 80' Stefano Sturaro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Jonathan de Guzmán (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Substitution, Juventus. Dani Alves replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  17. 84' Substitution, Chievo. Roberto Inglese replaces Antonio Floro Flores.
  18. 90'+1' Fabrizio Cacciatore (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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