Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, October 25, 2017
SPAL LLDLL 1
–
Juventus WDLWW 4
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SPA101
JUV224
Allianz Stadium · 38,539 att.

Match Report

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Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain score as Juventus thrash SPAL

Juventus kept up their pursuit of Inter Milan and Napoli at the top of Serie A with a 4-1 win against SPAL.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
30.9
Possession
69.1
6
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
263
Accurate Passes
651
326
Passes
732
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
10
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.4
47
Long Balls
62
20
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
9
0.4
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
13
26
Clearances
13

Lineups

JUV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-L
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 10Paulo DybalaAM
  7. 6Sami KhediraLM
  8. 30Rodrigo BentancurRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 11Douglas CostaAM-L
  11. 33Federico BernardeschiAM-R

SPA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Alfred GomisG
  2. 21Bartosz SalamonCD
  3. 27FelipeCD-L
  4. 2Marios OikonomouCD-R
  5. 11Luca RizzoCM-L
  6. 18Eros SchiavonCM-R
  7. 77Federico VivianiAM
  8. 14Federico MattielloLM
  9. 29Manuel LazzariRM
  10. 43Alberto PaloschiCF-L
  11. 22Marco BorrielloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Juventus 1, SPAL 0. Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Douglas Costa.
  2. 22' Goal! Juventus 2, SPAL 0. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  3. 34' Goal! Juventus 2, SPAL 1. Alberto Paloschi (SPAL) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Mattiello following a corner.
  4. 37' Daniele Rugani (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
  6. 59' Substitution, Juventus. Miralem Pjanic replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  7. 64' Substitution, SPAL. Filippo Costa replaces Marios Oikonomou.
  8. 65' Goal! Juventus 3, SPAL 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  9. 70' Goal! Juventus 4, SPAL 1. Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Douglas Costa with a cross.
  10. 71' Substitution, SPAL. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Alberto Paloschi.
  11. 75' Substitution, Juventus. Claudio Marchisio replaces Sami Khedira.
  12. 78' Substitution, SPAL. Luca Mora replaces Luca Rizzo.

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