Italian Serie A

FT Monday, January 22, 2018
Genoa DLWDW 0
–
Juventus WWWWW 1
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Allianz Stadium · 29,069 att.

Match Report

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Douglas Costa lifts Juventus to within one point of leaders Napoli

Douglas Costa scored the only goal as Juventus closed to within a point of Serie A leaders Napoli following a workmanlike 1-0 victory over Genoa.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
23
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
0
46.2
Possession
53.8
4
SHOTS
15
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
343
Accurate Passes
427
440
Passes
520
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
15
0.0
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
73
19
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
19
21
Effective Clearances
25
21
Clearances
25

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-1

Lineups

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 23Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Sami KhediraRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicLF
  11. 11Douglas CostaRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Andrea BarzagliSUB
  2. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  3. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  4. 33Federico BernardeschiSUB
  5. 30Rodrigo BentancurSUB
  6. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  7. 35Leonardo LoriaSUB
  8. 16Carlo PinsoglioSUB

GEN · 3-5-2

  1. 1Mattia PerinG
  2. 2Nicolás SpolliCD
  3. 13Luca RossettiniCD-L
  4. 5Armando IzzoCD-R
  5. 40Stephane OmeongaCM-L
  6. 30Luca RigoniCM-R
  7. 8Andrea BertolacciAM
  8. 93Diego LaxaltLM
  9. 20Aleandro RosiRM
  10. 11Adel TaarabtCF-L
  11. 19Goran PandevCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 44Miguel VelosoSUB
  2. 22Darko LazovicSUB
  3. 10Gianluca LapadulaSUB
  4. 38Lucas ZimaSUB
  5. 21Petar BrlekSUB
  6. 3Santiago GentilettiSUB
  7. 33Loïck LandreSUB
  8. 4Isaac CofieSUB
  9. 64Pietro PellegriSUB
  10. 14Davide BiraschiSUB
  11. 23Eugenio LamannaSUB
  12. 16Andrej GalabinovSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Juventus 1, Genoa 0. Douglas Costa (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic.
  2. 25' Nicolás Spolli (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Aleandro Rosi (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Genoa. Andrej Galabinov replaces Luca Rigoni.
  5. 67' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 68' Substitution, Genoa. Darko Lazovic replaces Adel Taarabt.
  7. 70' Substitution, Juventus. Stefano Sturaro replaces Sami Khedira because of an injury.
  8. 72' Goran Pandev (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Juventus. Kwadwo Asamoah replaces Alex Sandro because of an injury.
  10. 78' Substitution, Genoa. Gianluca Lapadula replaces Goran Pandev.
  11. 83' Substitution, Juventus. Andrea Barzagli replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  12. 84' Mattia Perin (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 85' Andrej Galabinov (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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