Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 30, 2017
Juventus WDWWW 3
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Hellas Verona LDLWL 1
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 29,215 att.

Match Report

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Paulo Dybala carries Juventus to victory at Verona

Juventus closed the gap to Serie A leaders Napoli back down to just one point after a 3-1 win at Verona with a brace from Paulo Dybala.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
22
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
6
0
Saves
6
67
Possession
33
18
SHOTS
3
9
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
593
Accurate Passes
234
665
Passes
321
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
16
0.5
Cross %
0.2
41
Long Balls
58
28
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
5
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
23
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
14
15
Clearances
14

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VER · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Nícolas AndradeG
  2. 12Antonio CaraccioloCD-L
  3. 75Thomas HeurtauxCD-R
  4. 26Martín CáceresLB
  5. 28Alex FerrariRB
  6. 77Marcel BüchelCM-L
  7. 5Bruno ZuculiniCM-R
  8. 7Daniele VerdeLM
  9. 2RômuloRM
  10. 9Moise KeanF
  11. 24Daniel BessaRCF

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 23Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 30Rodrigo BentancurCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Sami KhediraRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicLF
  11. 10Paulo DybalaRF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Verona 0, Juventus 1. Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
  2. 41' Martín Cáceres (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  4. 59' Goal! Verona 1, Juventus 1. Martín Cáceres (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 72' Goal! Verona 1, Juventus 2. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  6. 74' Substitution, Juventus. Andrea Barzagli replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner because of an injury.
  7. 77' Goal! Verona 1, Juventus 3. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giorgio Chiellini.
  8. 78' Substitution, Verona. Giampaolo Pazzini replaces Martín Cáceres because of an injury.
  9. 81' Substitution, Verona. Franco Zuculini replaces Moise Kean.
  10. 81' Substitution, Juventus. Claudio Marchisio replaces Mario Mandzukic.
  11. 85' Rômulo (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Substitution, Verona. Simone Calvano replaces Daniel Bessa.

Serie A News

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