Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Atalanta LDDLW 0
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Juventus WWWWW 2
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Allianz Stadium · 36,753 att.

Match Report

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Juventus see off Atalanta to open four-point lead atop Serie A

Juventus beat visiting Atalanta 2-0 on Wednesday to open up a four-point lead over Napoli that could prove decisive in the title race.

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Team Stats

23
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
0
48.7
Possession
51.3
8
SHOTS
15
0
ON GOAL
3
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
402
Accurate Passes
461
483
Passes
526
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.6
52
Long Balls
59
27
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
6
Effective Clearances
13
6
Clearances
13

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

JUV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 22Kwadwo AsamoahLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 10Paulo DybalaAM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 5Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicAM-L
  11. 11Douglas CostaAM-R

ATA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Etrit BerishaG
  2. 28Gianluca ManciniCD
  3. 6José PalominoCD-L
  4. 3Rafael TolóiCD-R
  5. 32Nicolas HaasCM-L
  6. 4Bryan CristanteCM-R
  7. 15Marten de RoonAM
  8. 8Robin GosensLM
  9. 33Hans HateboerRM
  10. 10Alejandro GómezCF-L
  11. 72Josip IlicicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Juventus 1, Atalanta 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Douglas Costa.
  2. 47' Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Substitution, Juventus. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  4. 57' Substitution, Atalanta. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Nicolas Haas.
  5. 61' Bryan Cristante (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Juventus. Alex Sandro replaces Mario Mandzukic.
  7. 65' Substitution, Atalanta. Andrea Petagna replaces Robin Gosens.
  8. 70' Substitution, Atalanta. Andreas Cornelius replaces Hans Hateboer.
  9. 72' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Gianluca Mancini (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 78' Substitution, Juventus. Andrea Barzagli replaces Douglas Costa.
  12. 79' Second yellow card to Gianluca Mancini (Atalanta) for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Goal! Juventus 2, Atalanta 0. Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.
  14. 82' Marten de Roon (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 82' Medhi Benatia (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+1' Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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