Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 17, 2017
Juventus DWWWD 3
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Bologna LWWDL 0
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Renato Dall'Ara · 29,270 att.

Match Report

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Juventus cruise to easy win over Bologna to move into second

Reigning champions Juventus stormed back into second place in the Serie A table.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
58.8
Possession
41.2
12
SHOTS
3
7
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
532
Accurate Passes
364
617
Passes
441
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
28
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
49
29
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
0
15
Effective Tackles
16
23
Tackles
31
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
36
8
Clearances
36

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BOL · 4-3-2-1

  1. 83Antonio MiranteG
  2. 18Filip HelanderCD-L
  3. 3Giancarlo GonzálezCD-R
  4. 25Adam MasinaLB
  5. 15Ibrahima MbayeRB
  6. 5Erick PulgarCM
  7. 77Godfred DonsahCM-L
  8. 16Andrea PoliCM-R
  9. 10Mattia DestroF
  10. 30Orji OkwonkwoCF-L
  11. 9Simone VerdiCF-R

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 23Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-L
  3. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Sami KhediraRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicLF
  11. 11Douglas CostaRF

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Bologna 0, Juventus 1. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  2. 31' Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Goal! Bologna 0, Juventus 2. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.
  4. 51' Adam Masina (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Substitution, Bologna. Bruno Petkovic replaces Mattia Destro.
  6. 60' Ibrahima Mbaye (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Goal! Bologna 0, Juventus 3. Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 65' Substitution, Bologna. Cesar Falletti replaces Godfred Donsah.
  9. 70' Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Douglas Costa.
  10. 70' Substitution, Bologna. Ladislav Krejci replaces Orji Okwonkwo.
  11. 76' Substitution, Juventus. Paulo Dybala replaces Mario Mandzukic because of an injury.
  12. 86' Bruno Petkovic (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Juventus. Claudio Marchisio replaces Miralem Pjanic.

Serie A News

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