Italian Serie A

FT Friday, February 9, 2018
Juventus WWWWW 2
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Fiorentina DDLLW 0
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Artemio Franchi · 32,563 att.

Match Report

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Gianluigi Buffon keeps clean sheet in 500th league game as Juve win

Juventus defeated Fiorentina 2-0 in Gianluigi Buffon's 500th league match for the club to leapfrog Napoli at the top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
1
38.5
Possession
61.5
4
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
2
0.8
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
277
Accurate Passes
508
375
Passes
604
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
50
32
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
15
31
Clearances
15

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-1

Lineups

FIO · 4-3-3

  1. 57Marco SportielloG
  2. 13Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 20Germán PezzellaCD-R
  4. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 4Nikola MilenkovicRB
  6. 5Milan BadeljCM
  7. 17Jordan VeretoutLM
  8. 24Marco BenassiRM
  9. 9Giovanni SimeoneF
  10. 25Federico ChiesaLF
  11. 28Gil DiasRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Diego FalcinelliSUB
  2. 76Bruno GasparSUB
  3. 77Cyril ThereauSUB
  4. 27Simone Lo FasoSUB
  5. 19Sebastián CristóforoSUB
  6. 22Michele CerofoliniSUB
  7. 10Valentin EyssericSUB
  8. 97Bartlomiej DragowskiSUB
  9. 14Bryan DaboSUB
  10. 8Riccardo SaponaraSUB
  11. 31Vitor HugoSUB
  12. 15Maximiliano OliveraSUB

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  7. 8Claudio MarchisioLM
  8. 6Sami KhediraRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicLF
  11. 33Federico BernardeschiRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Andrea BarzagliSUB
  2. 11Douglas CostaSUB
  3. 30Rodrigo BentancurSUB
  4. 16Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  6. 23Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  7. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  8. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  9. 27Stefano SturaroSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 37' Gil Dias (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 39' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Juventus 1. Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 61' Substitution, Juventus. Andrea Barzagli replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  6. 66' Substitution, Juventus. Douglas Costa replaces Claudio Marchisio.
  7. 67' Jordan Veretout (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Substitution, Fiorentina. Cyril Théréau replaces Gil Dias.
  9. 78' Substitution, Juventus. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
  10. 79' Substitution, Fiorentina. Valentin Eysseric replaces Marco Benassi.
  11. 84' Cyril Théréau (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Juventus 2. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giorgio Chiellini with a through ball.
  13. 88' Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+4' Medhi Benatia (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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