Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 2, 2016
Juventus DLWWW 3
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Empoli LWDLL 0
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 15,424 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain brace sees Juventus beat Empoli and stay top

Juventus ensured they would end the weekend in first place in Serie A with a convincing 3-0 victory at Empoli.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
21
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
8
57.3
Possession
42.7
26
SHOTS
6
11
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
427
Accurate Passes
293
501
Passes
369
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
1
19
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
44
44
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
10
15
Clearances
17

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 24Uros CosicCD-L
  3. 6Giuseppe BellusciCD-R
  4. 21Manuel PasqualLB
  5. 3Marco ZambelliRB
  6. 20Manuel PucciarelliM
  7. 5José MauriCM
  8. 33Rade KrunicAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 88Andrés TelloRM
  11. 7Massimo MaccaroneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Alberto Pelagotti
  2. 18Alberto Gilardino
  3. 8Assane Dioussé
  4. 9Levan Mchedlidze
  5. 77Marcel Büchel
  6. 13Frederic Veseli
  7. 10Riccardo Saponara
  8. 89Guido Marilungo
  9. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  10. 31Matheus Pereira
  11. 4Federico Dimarco
  12. 17Raffaele Maiello

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. 7Juan CuadradoRM
  10. 21Paulo DybalaCF-L
  11. 9Gonzalo HiguaínCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Dani AlvesSUB
  2. 20Marko PjacaSUB
  3. 32Emil AuderoSUB
  4. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  5. 33Patrice EvraSUB
  6. 18Mario LeminaSUB
  7. 17Mario MandzukicSUB
  8. 25NetoSUB
  9. 26Stephan LichtsteinerSUB

Timeline

  1. 50' Hernanes (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 60' Substitution, Empoli. Guido Marilungo replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  3. 61' Substitution, Juventus. Mario Lemina replaces Sami Khedira.
  4. 62' Manuel Pasqual (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Goal! Empoli 0, Juventus 1. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Sandro.
  6. 67' Substitution, Empoli. Levan Mchedlidze replaces Andrés Tello.
  7. 67' Goal! Empoli 0, Juventus 2. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Lemina.
  8. 69' José Mauri (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 70' Goal! Empoli 0, Juventus 3. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  10. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Assane Diousse replaces Rade Krunic.
  11. 73' Substitution, Juventus. Marko Pjaca replaces Paulo Dybala.
  12. 82' Substitution, Juventus. Stefano Sturaro replaces Miralem Pjanic.

Serie A News

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