Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 18, 2018
Juventus WWWWD 1
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Torino WDWDW 0
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Olimpico Grande Torino · 26,105 att.

Match Report

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Alex Sandro leads Juventus past Torino but Gonzalo Higuain departs injured

Juventus climbed above Napoli with a 1-0 victory at Torino that maintains their pursuit of the Serie A title.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
49.9
Possession
50.1
7
SHOTS
6
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
402
Accurate Passes
382
470
Passes
470
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
12
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
66
28
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
0
12
Effective Tackles
13
17
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
11
18
Clearances
11

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

TOR · 4-3-3

  1. 39Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 13Nicolás BurdissoCD-L
  3. 33Nicolas NkoulouCD-R
  4. 3Christian MolinaLB
  5. 29Lorenzo De SilvestriRB
  6. 88Tomás RincónCM
  7. 22Joel ObiLM
  8. 8Daniele BaselliRM
  9. 9Andrea BelottiF
  10. 15Cristian AnsaldiLF
  11. 14Iago FalqueRF

Substitutes

  1. 4Kevin BonifaziSUB
  2. 10Adem LjajicSUB
  3. 21Álex BerenguerSUB
  4. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicSUB
  5. 24Emiliano MorettiSUB
  6. 1Salvador IchazoSUB
  7. 11M'Baye NiangSUB
  8. 6Afriyie AcquahSUB
  9. 5Mirko ValdifioriSUB
  10. 20Simone EderaSUB
  11. 23Antonio BarrecaSUB

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 23Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  4. 22Kwadwo AsamoahLB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  7. 6Sami KhediraLM
  8. 27Stefano SturaroRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 12Alex SandroLF
  11. 11Douglas CostaRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Paulo DybalaSUB
  2. 16Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  3. 1Gianluigi BuffonSUB
  4. 30Rodrigo BentancurSUB
  5. 21Benedikt HöwedesSUB
  6. 26Stephan LichtsteinerSUB
  7. 33Federico BernardeschiSUB
  8. 4Medhi BenatiaSUB
  9. 8Claudio MarchisioSUB
  10. 15Andrea BarzagliSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Gonzalo Higuaín because of an injury.
  2. 33' Goal! Torino 0, Juventus 1. Alex Sandro (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross.
  3. 55' Substitution, Torino. M'Baye Niang replaces Daniele Baselli.
  4. 65' Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Juventus. Paulo Dybala replaces Douglas Costa.
  6. 72' Substitution, Torino. Afriyie Acquah replaces Joel Obi.
  7. 80' Substitution, Torino. Simone Edera replaces Lorenzo De Silvestri.
  8. 90'+2' Substitution, Juventus. Stephan Lichtsteiner replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
  9. 90'+2' Cristian Molinaro (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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