Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, October 29, 2016
Napoli LLLWW 1
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Juventus WWWLW 2
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Allianz Stadium · 41,409 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain scores winner against former club Napoli

Gonzalo Higuain's second-half winner saw Juventus clinch their 22nd consecutive home win in Serie A with a 2-1 victory over Napoli.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
1
48.6
Possession
51.4
12
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
433
Accurate Passes
445
515
Passes
533
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
91
19
Accurate Long Balls
57
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
15
22
Clearances
15

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-2

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 5Miralem PjanicCM-L
  6. 6Sami KhediraCM-R
  7. 11HernanesAM
  8. 12Alex SandroLM
  9. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRM
  10. 9Gonzalo HiguaínCF-L
  11. 17Mario MandzukicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Mario LeminaSUB
  2. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaSUB
  4. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  5. 32Emil AuderoSUB
  6. 8Claudio MarchisioSUB
  7. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  8. 33Patrice EvraSUB
  9. 25NetoSUB
  10. 7Juan CuadradoSUB
  11. 34Moise KeanSUB
  12. 23Dani AlvesSUB

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 21Vlad ChirichesCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 42Amadou DiawaraCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Ivan StrinicSUB
  2. 22Luigi SepeSUB
  3. 62Lorenzo TonelliSUB
  4. 77Omar El KaddouriSUB
  5. 8JorginhoSUB
  6. 1RafaelSUB
  7. 4Emanuele GiaccheriniSUB
  8. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  9. 94Roberto InsigneSUB
  10. 20Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  11. 30Marko RogSUB
  12. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Giorgio Chiellini because of an injury.
  5. 50' Goal! Juventus 1, Napoli 0. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  6. 54' Goal! Juventus 1, Napoli 1. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  7. 61' Substitution, Napoli. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  8. 61' Hernanes (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 68' Substitution, Juventus. Claudio Marchisio replaces Miralem Pjanic.
  10. 70' Goal! Juventus 2, Napoli 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  11. 76' Substitution, Juventus. Stefano Sturaro replaces Hernanes.
  12. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Allan.
  13. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri replaces Marek Hamsik.
  14. 85' Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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