Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Cagliari WLDLW 0
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Juventus WWWDL 4
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Allianz Stadium · 38,949 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain on target as Juventus thrash Cagliari

Juventus returned to the top of the Serie A table by humbling Cagliari 4-0 in Turin on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
19
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
9
10
Saves
0
38.6
Possession
61.4
2
SHOTS
28
0
ON GOAL
13
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
306
Accurate Passes
553
398
Passes
629
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
4
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
53
26
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
6
11
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
8
22
Clearances
10

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 15Andrea BarzagliCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  5. 5Miralem PjanicCM-L
  6. 18Mario LeminaCM-R
  7. 11HernanesAM
  8. 12Alex SandroLM
  9. 23Dani AlvesRM
  10. 9Gonzalo HiguaínCF-L
  11. 21Paulo DybalaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  2. 25NetoSUB
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciSUB
  4. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  5. 17Mario MandzukicSUB
  6. 32Emil AuderoSUB
  7. 26Stephan LichtsteinerSUB
  8. 20Marko PjacaSUB

CAG · 4-3-1-2

  1. 30Marco StorariG
  2. 2Bruno AlvesCD-L
  3. 23Luca CeppitelliCD-R
  4. 29Nicola MurruLB
  5. 26Luca BittanteRB
  6. 22Marco BorrielloM
  7. 8Davide Di GennaroCM
  8. 10João PedroAM
  9. 18Nicolò BarellaLM
  10. 20Simone PadoinRM
  11. 25Marco SauCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Rafael
  2. 19Fabio Pisacane
  3. 32Niccolo Giannetti
  4. 24Marco Capuano
  5. 35Bartosz Salamon
  6. 13Roberto Colombo
  7. 16Gianni Munari
  8. 9Federico Melchiorri
  9. 77Panagiotis Tachtsidis

Timeline

  1. 13' Davide Di Gennaro (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Goal! Juventus 1, Cagliari 0. Daniele Rugani (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  3. 33' Goal! Juventus 2, Cagliari 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 39' Goal! Juventus 3, Cagliari 0. Dani Alves (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic following a corner.
  5. 41' Luca Bittante (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Cagliari. Panagiotis Tachtsidis replaces João Pedro.
  7. 45' Substitution, Cagliari. Niccolò Giannetti replaces Marco Borriello.
  8. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Neto replaces Gianluigi Buffon.
  9. 64' Daniele Rugani (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Substitution, Cagliari. Gianni Munari replaces Marco Sau.
  11. 72' Substitution, Juventus. Marko Pjaca replaces Paulo Dybala.
  12. 81' Substitution, Juventus. Mario Mandzukic replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  13. 83' Own Goal by Luca Ceppitelli, Cagliari. Juventus 4, Cagliari 0.
  14. 90'+1' Gianni Munari (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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