Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 22, 2018
Napoli WDWDW 1
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Juventus LWWWD 0
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Allianz Stadium · 40,114 att.

Match Report

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Napoli beat Juventus with late Koulibaly goal to cut gap to one point

Kalidou Koulibaly scored in the 89th minute to secure a dramatic 1-0 win against Juventus and cut the Old Lady's Serie A lead to a single point.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
3
59.8
Possession
40.2
12
SHOTS
4
4
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
588
Accurate Passes
359
672
Passes
449
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
74
30
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
16
10
Clearances
16

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

JUV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 22Kwadwo AsamoahLB
  5. 21Benedikt HöwedesRB
  6. 10Paulo DybalaAM
  7. 5Miralem PjanicLM
  8. 6Sami KhediraRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 14Blaise MatuidiAM-L
  11. 11Douglas CostaAM-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Timeline

  1. 9' Medhi Benatia (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 9' Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 11' Substitution, Juventus. Stephan Lichtsteiner replaces Giorgio Chiellini because of an injury.
  4. 16' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 27' Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Paulo Dybala.
  7. 61' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
  8. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Marek Hamsik.
  9. 71' Substitution, Juventus. Mario Mandzukic replaces Douglas Costa.
  10. 80' Substitution, Napoli. Marko Rog replaces Allan.
  11. 90' Goal! Juventus 0, Napoli 1. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross following a corner.

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