Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 19, 2017
Cagliari LWLWW 0
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Juventus LWWLL 3
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Allianz Stadium · 39,226 att.

Match Report

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Juventus control Cagliari to open Serie A campaign with victory

Juventus launched their bid for a seventh successive Serie A title with a routine 3-0 home win over Cagliari.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
37.4
Possession
62.6
5
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
320
Accurate Passes
609
408
Passes
685
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.1
60
Long Balls
67
29
Accurate Long Balls
49
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
8
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
9
Interceptions
16
23
Effective Clearances
15
23
Clearances
15

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

JUV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 26Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 10Paulo DybalaAM
  7. 5Miralem PjanicLM
  8. 8Claudio MarchisioRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 17Mario MandzukicAM-L
  11. 7Juan CuadradoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  2. 4Medhi BenatiaSUB
  3. 16Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  4. 22Kwadwo AsamoahSUB
  5. 14Blaise MatuidiSUB
  6. 15Andrea BarzagliSUB
  7. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  8. 33Federico BernardeschiSUB
  9. 27Stefano SturaroSUB
  10. 11Douglas CostaSUB
  11. 6Sami KhediraSUB
  12. 30Rodrigo BentancurSUB

CAG · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Alessio CragnoG
  2. 19Fabio PisacaneCD-L
  3. 3Marco AndreolliCD-R
  4. 24Marco CapuanoLB
  5. 20Simone PadoinRB
  6. 17Diego FariasM
  7. 8Luca CigariniCM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaAM
  9. 21Artur IonitaLM
  10. 16Paolo FaragòRM
  11. 90Duje CopCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Andrea Cossu
  2. 23Luca Ceppitelli
  3. 4Daniele Dessena
  4. 29Riccardo Daga
  5. 26Luca Crosta
  6. 12Senna Miangue
  7. 13Filippo Romagna
  8. 9Niccolo Giannetti
  9. 25Marco Sau
  10. 10João Pedro

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Juventus 1, Cagliari 0. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stephan Lichtsteiner.
  2. 39' Penalty saved! Diego Farias (Cagliari) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Juventus 2, Cagliari 0. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a through ball.
  4. 62' Substitution, Juventus. Sami Khedira replaces Claudio Marchisio.
  5. 63' Substitution, Cagliari. João Pedro replaces Simone Padoin.
  6. 66' Goal! Juventus 3, Cagliari 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Sandro.
  7. 71' Substitution, Juventus. Blaise Matuidi replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  8. 74' Substitution, Juventus. Douglas Costa replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  9. 77' Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 81' Substitution, Cagliari. Marco Sau replaces Duje Cop.
  11. 82' Substitution, Cagliari. Daniele Dessena replaces Luca Cigarini.

Serie A News

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