Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 3, 2019
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Match Report

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Ten-man Juventus hold on to beat 10-man Napoli, go 16 points clear

Ten-man Juventus held on to beat 10-man Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday despite an unrelenting comeback attempt from the hosts at the San Paolo.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
12
4
Saves
1
36.5
Possession
63.5
6
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
285
Accurate Passes
508
340
Passes
574
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
6
Crosses
31
0.3
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
47
39
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
8
8
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
3
36
Effective Clearances
6
36
Clearances
6

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 2Kévin MalcuitRB
  6. 8Fabián RuizCM-L
  7. 5AllanCM-R
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneCF-L
  11. 99Arkadiusz MilikCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Amin YounesSUB
  2. 21Vlad ChirichesSUB
  3. 6Mário RuiSUB
  4. 9Simone VerdiSUB
  5. 11Adam OunasSUB
  6. 13Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  7. 25David OspinaSUB
  8. 14Dries MertensSUB
  9. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  10. 42Amadou DiawaraSUB
  11. 27Orestis KarnezisSUB

JUV · 4-4-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 20João CanceloRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM-L
  7. 23Emre CanCM-R
  8. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  9. 33Federico BernardeschiRM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-L
  11. 17Mario MandzukicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Martín CáceresSUB
  2. 30Rodrigo BentancurSUB
  3. 10Paulo DybalaSUB
  4. 18Moise KeanSUB
  5. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  6. 22Mattia PerinSUB
  7. 21Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  8. 15Andrea BarzagliSUB
  9. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaSUB
  10. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Alex Meret (Napoli) is shown the red card.
  2. 27' Substitution, Napoli. David Ospina replaces Arkadiusz Milik.
  3. 28' Goal! Napoli 0, Juventus 1. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 34' Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 39' Goal! Napoli 0, Juventus 2. Emre Can (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross following a corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Kevin Malcuit.
  7. 47' Second yellow card to Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) for hand ball.
  8. 54' João Cancelo (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 61' Goal! Napoli 1, Juventus 2. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross.
  10. 61' Substitution, Juventus. Mattia De Sciglio replaces João Cancelo.
  11. 74' Substitution, Juventus. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Mario Mandzukic because of an injury.
  12. 77' Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 78' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces José Callejón.
  14. 83' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  15. 83' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  16. 84' Penalty missed! Still Napoli 1, Juventus 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) hits the left post with a right footed shot.
  17. 85' Substitution, Juventus. Paulo Dybala replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
  18. 86' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 89' Allan (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 89' Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 90'+1' Paulo Dybala (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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