Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 7, 2018
Juventus WWDWL 4
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Benevento LLLLW 2
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JUV224
BEN112
Ciro Vigorito · 16,867 att.

Match Report

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Paulo Dybala fires hat trick to help Juventus to win over Benevento

Juventus had Paulo Dybala to thank for a 4-2 win over rock-bottom Benevento to open a seven-point lead at top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
1
55.4
Possession
44.6
15
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
2
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
486
Accurate Passes
375
530
Passes
425
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
9
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
32
39
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
5
16
Tackles
10
0.9
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
13
15
Clearances
13

Head to Head

JUV leads series 1-0

Lineups

BEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 81Christian PuggioniG
  2. 16Alin ToscaCD-L
  3. 6Berat DjimsitiCD-R
  4. 23Lorenzo VenutiLB
  5. 83Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 66GuilhermeAM
  7. 30SandroLM
  8. 14Nicolas ViolaRM
  9. 25Cheick DiabatéF
  10. 31Filip DjuricicAM-L
  11. 99Enrico BrignolaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Christian RutjensSUB
  2. 22Alberto BrignoliSUB
  3. 87Cristiano LombardiSUB
  4. 8Danilo CataldiSUB
  5. 73Siriki SanogoSUB
  6. 60Giovanni VolpicelliSUB
  7. 18Bright GyamfiSUB
  8. 33Pietro IemmelloSUB
  9. 11Massimo CodaSUB
  10. 4Lorenzo Del PintoSUB
  11. 29Jean-Claude BillongSUB
  12. 91Luca SparandeoSUB

JUV · 4-4-1-1

  1. 23Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 24Daniele RuganiCD-L
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM-L
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioCM-R
  8. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  9. 7Juan CuadradoRM
  10. 17Mario MandzukicF
  11. 10Paulo DybalaRCF

Substitutes

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonSUB
  2. 11Douglas CostaSUB
  3. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  4. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  5. 3Giorgio ChielliniSUB
  6. 30Rodrigo BentancurSUB
  7. 16Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  8. 6Sami KhediraSUB
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínSUB
  10. 21Benedikt HöwedesSUB
  11. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Benevento 0, Juventus 1. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
  2. 24' Goal! Benevento 1, Juventus 1. Cheick Diabaté (Benevento) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Guilherme.
  3. 37' Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 45'+3' Goal! Benevento 1, Juventus 2. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 51' Goal! Benevento 2, Juventus 2. Cheick Diabaté (Benevento) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolas Viola with a cross following a corner.
  6. 58' Substitution, Juventus. Douglas Costa replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  7. 62' Substitution, Benevento. Danilo Cataldi replaces Enrico Brignola.
  8. 63' Substitution, Juventus. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Claudio Marchisio.
  9. 70' Substitution, Benevento. Pietro Iemmello replaces Cheick Diabaté.
  10. 74' Goal! Benevento 2, Juventus 3. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 78' Substitution, Juventus. Sami Khedira replaces Mario Mandzukic.
  12. 81' Substitution, Benevento. Lorenzo Del Pinto replaces Sandro.
  13. 82' Goal! Benevento 2, Juventus 4. Douglas Costa (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.

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