Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 20, 2016
Fiorentina DDWLL 1
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Juventus WWLWW 2
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FIO011
JUV112
Allianz Stadium · 40,184 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain scores winner on debut to give Juventus victory

Gonzalo Higuain scored the winner on his debut to clinch reigning champions Juventus a 2-1 opening-day win in Serie A against Fiorentina.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
0
46.2
Possession
53.8
4
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
422
Accurate Passes
495
499
Passes
560
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
13
5
Crosses
28
0.4
Cross %
0.5
56
Long Balls
67
22
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
15
9
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
6
26
Clearances
7

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-1

Lineups

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 22Kwadwo AsamoahCM-L
  6. 6Sami KhediraCM-R
  7. 18Mario LeminaAM
  8. 12Alex SandroLM
  9. 23Dani AlvesRM
  10. 21Paulo DybalaCF-L
  11. 17Mario MandzukicCF-R

FIO · 3-4-3

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD
  3. 13Davide AstoriCD-L
  4. 40Nenad TomovicCD-R
  5. 5Milan BadeljCM-L
  6. 8Matías VecinoCM-R
  7. 28Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 10Federico BernardeschiRM
  9. 9Nikola KalinicF
  10. 72Josip IlicicCF-L
  11. 25Federico ChiesaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 37' Goal! Juventus 1, Fiorentina 0. Sami Khedira (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Giorgio Chiellini with a cross.
  2. 39' Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Matías Vecino (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Fiorentina. Cristian Tello replaces Federico Chiesa.
  5. 54' Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Substitution, Fiorentina. Carlos Sánchez replaces Milan Badelj.
  7. 66' Substitution, Juventus. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Mario Mandzukic.
  8. 70' Goal! Juventus 1, Fiorentina 1. Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross following a corner.
  9. 75' Goal! Juventus 2, Fiorentina 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  10. 80' Substitution, Fiorentina. Giuseppe Rossi replaces Josip Ilicic.
  11. 85' Substitution, Juventus. Patrice Evra replaces Paulo Dybala.
  12. 88' Substitution, Juventus. Hernanes replaces Sami Khedira.
  13. 90'+1' Nenad Tomovic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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