Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 22, 2018
AS Roma LDDLW 0
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Juventus WWWLW 1
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Allianz Stadium · 40,069 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Juventus beat Roma to end 2018 with eight-point Serie A lead

Juventus piled further woe on Roma with a 1-0 win in Turin that left the visitors languishing in ninth place in the Serie A table.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
13
5
Saves
4
49.5
Possession
50.5
7
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
358
Accurate Passes
364
434
Passes
438
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
9
24
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.3
37
Long Balls
66
14
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
23
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
17
Interceptions
13
24
Effective Clearances
20
24
Clearances
20

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

JUV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 2Mattia De SciglioRB
  6. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 30Rodrigo BentancurRM
  9. 17Mario MandzukicF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 10Paulo DybalaRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Mattia PerinSUB
  2. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  3. 33Federico BernardeschiSUB
  4. 23Emre CanSUB
  5. 18Moise KeanSUB
  6. 4Medhi BenatiaSUB
  7. 6Sami KhediraSUB
  8. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaSUB
  9. 21Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  10. 11Douglas CostaSUB

ROMA · 5-3-2

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD
  3. 11Aleksandar KolarovCD-L
  4. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziLB
  6. 18Davide SantonRB
  7. 42Steven N'ZonziCM
  8. 22Nicolò ZanioloCM-L
  9. 4Bryan CristanteCM-R
  10. 14Patrik SchickCF-L
  11. 17Cengiz ÜnderCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Luca PellegriniSUB
  2. 8Diego PerottiSUB
  3. 63Daniel FuzatoSUB
  4. 34Justin KluivertSUB
  5. 5Juan JesusSUB
  6. 27Javier PastoreSUB
  7. 15Iván MarcanoSUB
  8. 2Rick KarsdorpSUB
  9. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  10. 9Edin DzekoSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal! Juventus 1, Roma 0. Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mattia De Sciglio with a cross.
  2. 40' Steven Nzonzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Roma. Justin Kluivert replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  4. 71' Substitution, Juventus. Emre Can replaces Miralem Pjanic.
  5. 71' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  6. 79' Substitution, Roma. Edin Dzeko replaces Steven Nzonzi.
  7. 80' Substitution, Juventus. Douglas Costa replaces Paulo Dybala.
  8. 81' Patrik Schick (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 90'+3' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  10. 90'+5' Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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