Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 16, 2018
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Match Report

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Cristiano Ronaldo ends goal drought as Juventus beat Sassuolo to continue winning run

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goals for Juventus as they beat Sassuolo 2-1 to continue their perfect start to the Serie A season.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
4
57.7
Possession
42.3
15
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
496
Accurate Passes
344
553
Passes
397
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
7
18
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
38
Long Balls
34
25
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
14
23
Effective Clearances
12
23
Clearances
12

Head to Head

JUV leads series 5-0

Lineups

JUV · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 4Medhi BenatiaCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 20João CanceloRB
  6. 7Cristiano RonaldoM
  7. 23Emre CanCM
  8. 10Paulo DybalaAM
  9. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  10. 6Sami KhediraRM
  11. 17Mario MandzukicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Mattia De Sciglio
  2. 16Juan Cuadrado
  3. 24Daniele Rugani
  4. 5Miralem Pjanic
  5. 3Giorgio Chiellini
  6. 22Mattia Perin
  7. 21Carlo Pinsoglio
  8. 33Federico Bernardeschi
  9. 11Douglas Costa
  10. 18Moise Kean
  11. 30Rodrigo Bentancur

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 31Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  3. 2MarlonCD-R
  4. 6RogérioLB
  5. 21Pol LirolaRB
  6. 73Manuel LocatelliCM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 68Mehdi BourabiaRM
  9. 27Kevin-Prince BoatengF
  10. 9Filip DjuricicLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

Substitutes

  1. 30Khouma BabacarSUB
  2. 79Gianluca PegoloSUB
  3. 98Claud AdjapongSUB
  4. 5Mauricio LemosSUB
  5. 34Federico Di FrancescoSUB
  6. 12Stefano SensiSUB
  7. 99Enrico BrignolaSUB
  8. 20Jérémie BogaSUB
  9. 10Alessandro MatriSUB
  10. 23Giangiacomo MagnaniSUB
  11. 4Francesco MagnanelliSUB
  12. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' João Cancelo (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Goal! Juventus 1, Sassuolo 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  6. 60' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Di Francesco replaces Filip Djuricic.
  8. 61' Substitution, Juventus. Douglas Costa replaces Mario Mandzukic.
  9. 65' Goal! Juventus 2, Sassuolo 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emre Can following a fast break.
  10. 71' Substitution, Juventus. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Emre Can.
  11. 72' Substitution, Sassuolo. Cristian Dell'Orco replaces Rogerio.
  12. 80' Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Alex Sandro.
  13. 83' Substitution, Sassuolo. Khouma Babacar replaces Manuel Locatelli.
  14. 90'+1' Goal! Juventus 2, Sassuolo 1. Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Dell'Orco with a cross.
  15. 90'+1' Douglas Costa (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+3' Douglas Costa (Juventus) is shown the red card.

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