Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 10, 2016
Sassuolo WWWDL 1
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Juventus LWWWW 3
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SAS101
JUV303
Allianz Stadium · 39,040 att.

Match Report

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Early Gonzalo Higuain double sets up Juventus win over Sassuolo

Gonzalo Higuain scored twice in the first 10 minutes as Juventus saw off Sassuolo 3-1 after a blistering start in Turin on Saturday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
14
7
Saves
2
31
Possession
69
9
SHOTS
23
3
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
194
Accurate Passes
556
293
Passes
640
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
32
0.2
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
87
19
Accurate Long Balls
54
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
9
12
Tackles
13
1.0
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
10
25
Clearances
13

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  5. 5Miralem PjanicCM-L
  6. 6Sami KhediraCM-R
  7. 18Mario LeminaAM
  8. 12Alex SandroLM
  9. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRM
  10. 21Paulo DybalaCF-L
  11. 9Gonzalo HiguaínCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Dani AlvesSUB
  2. 32Emil AuderoSUB
  3. 11HernanesSUB
  4. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  5. 25NetoSUB
  6. 33Patrice EvraSUB
  7. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  8. 20Marko PjacaSUB
  9. 17Mario MandzukicSUB
  10. 15Andrea BarzagliSUB
  11. 7Juan CuadradoSUB

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 5Luca AnteiCD-L
  3. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 23Marcello GazzolaRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 6Lorenzo PellegriniRM
  9. 10Alessandro MatriF
  10. 90Antonino RagusaLF
  11. 16Matteo PolitanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 55Timo LetschertSUB
  2. 9Pietro IemmelloSUB
  3. 8Davide BiondiniSUB
  4. 26Emanuele TerranovaSUB
  5. 98Claud AdjapongSUB
  6. 79Gianluca PegoloSUB
  7. 20Pol LirolaSUB
  8. 1Alberto PominiSUB
  9. 27Federico RicciSUB
  10. 7Simone MissiroliSUB
  11. 28Paolo CannavaroSUB
  12. 22Luca MazzitelliSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Juventus 1, Sassuolo 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala following a fast break.
  2. 10' Goal! Juventus 2, Sassuolo 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sami Khedira with a headed pass.
  3. 27' Goal! Juventus 3, Sassuolo 0. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
  4. 33' Goal! Juventus 3, Sassuolo 1. Luca Antei (Sassuolo) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  5. 57' Substitution, Sassuolo. Simone Missiroli replaces Alessandro Matri.
  6. 57' Substitution, Sassuolo. Pietro Iemmello replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  7. 70' Substitution, Juventus. Mario Mandzukic replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  8. 72' Substitution, Juventus. Hernanes replaces Sami Khedira.
  9. 80' Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Ricci replaces Antonino Ragusa.
  10. 82' Marcello Gazzola (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Medhi Benatia (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Substitution, Juventus. Marko Pjaca replaces Paulo Dybala.
  13. 90'+7' Federico Ricci (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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