Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 4, 2018
Sassuolo WDLDL 0
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Juventus WWWWW 7
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Allianz Stadium · 40,400 att.

Match Report

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Juventus thump Sassuolo as Gonzalo Higuain hits hat trick

Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat trick as Juventus romped to a 7-0 Serie A demolition of sorry Sassuolo at the Allianz Stadium.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
1
37.8
Possession
62.2
5
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
10
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
325
Accurate Passes
596
401
Passes
673
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
51
29
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
17
13
Clearances
17

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-1

Lineups

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Sami KhediraRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicLF
  11. 33Federico BernardeschiRF

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 5Mauricio LemosCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 21Pol LirolaRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 7Simone MissiroliRM
  9. 30Khouma BabacarF
  10. 16Matteo PolitanoLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Juventus 1, Sassuolo 0. Alex Sandro (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  2. 24' Goal! Juventus 2, Sassuolo 0. Sami Khedira (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Sandro with a headed pass following a corner.
  3. 26' Substitution, Juventus. Claudio Marchisio replaces Blaise Matuidi because of an injury.
  4. 27' Goal! Juventus 3, Sassuolo 0. Sami Khedira (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a through ball.
  5. 33' Federico Peluso (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 38' Goal! Juventus 4, Sassuolo 0. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sami Khedira.
  7. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Stefano Sturaro replaces Sami Khedira.
  8. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Medhi Benatia replaces Daniele Rugani.
  9. 59' Substitution, Sassuolo. Alessandro Matri replaces Domenico Berardi.
  10. 63' Goal! Juventus 5, Sassuolo 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
  11. 63' Substitution, Sassuolo. Davide Biondini replaces Matteo Politano.
  12. 74' Goal! Juventus 6, Sassuolo 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Claudio Marchisio with a through ball.
  13. 81' Substitution, Sassuolo. Antonino Ragusa replaces Khouma Babacar.
  14. 83' Goal! Juventus 7, Sassuolo 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a through ball.
  15. 86' Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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