Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 12, 2020
Juventus WWWLW 2
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AS Roma DDWWL 1
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Stadio Olimpico

Match Report

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Ronaldo strikes again as Juventus go top with Roma win

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his superb scoring form as Juventus won 2-1 away to AS Roma on Sunday and moved two points clear at the top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
13
4
Saves
2
46.9
Possession
53.1
5
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
6
0.8
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
398
Accurate Passes
440
464
Passes
497
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
9
7
Crosses
46
0.1
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
33
28
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
6
11
Effective Tackles
2
12
Tackles
3
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
11
28
Effective Clearances
6
28
Clearances
6

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD-L
  3. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 7Lorenzo PellegriniAM
  7. 21Jordan VeretoutLM
  8. 42Amadou DiawaraRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 8Diego PerottiAM-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Nikola KalinicSUB
  2. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  3. 5Juan JesusSUB
  4. 17Cengiz ÜnderSUB
  5. 33Bruno PeresSUB
  6. 4Bryan CristanteSUB
  7. 63Daniel FuzatoSUB
  8. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaSUB
  9. 15Mert ÇetinSUB

JUV · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-L
  3. 28Merih DemiralCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 16Juan CuadradoRB
  6. 7Cristiano RonaldoM
  7. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  8. 8Aaron RamseyAM
  9. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  10. 25Adrien RabiotRM
  11. 10Paulo DybalaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 77Gianluigi Buffon
  2. 31Carlo Pinsoglio
  3. 11Douglas Costa
  4. 21Gonzalo Higuaín
  5. 13Danilo
  6. 2Mattia De Sciglio
  7. 20Marko Pjaca
  8. 4Matthijs de Ligt
  9. 24Daniele Rugani
  10. 23Emre Can
  11. 33Federico Bernardeschi

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Roma 0, Juventus 1. Merih Demiral (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 9' Jordan Veretout (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 10' Goal! Roma 0, Juventus 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 12' Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 15' Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 19' Substitution, Juventus. Matthijs de Ligt replaces Merih Demiral because of an injury.
  7. 26' Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 32' Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 36' Substitution, Roma. Cengiz Ünder replaces Nicolò Zaniolo because of an injury.
  10. 45' Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 66' Substitution, Roma. Bryan Cristante replaces Jordan Veretout.
  12. 67' VAR Decision: Penalty Roma.
  13. 68' Goal! Roma 1, Juventus 2. Diego Perotti (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  14. 69' Substitution, Juventus. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Paulo Dybala.
  15. 69' Substitution, Juventus. Danilo replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  16. 82' Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 82' Substitution, Roma. Nikola Kalinic replaces Diego Perotti.
  18. 83' Nikola Kalinic (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+4' Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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News PA Milan boss Ruben Amorim faces injury headache ahead of pre-derby Bologna game A growing injury list has left AC Milan head coach Ruben Amorim facing a difficult week leading up to the weekend's derby against Inter Milan. News PA Napoli to appeal Allegri's two-match ban for insulting ref in Roma draw Napoli have confirmed they will appeal against the two-match ban which was given to boss Massimiliano Allegri following their 3-3 draw with Roma. ESPN ESPN A global experiment: Can ESPN predict the Ballon d'Or awards? The Ballon d'Or awards are typically tough to predict, but can ESPN and our global resources do just that? ESPN ESPN News Services McKennie scores 1st goal since April in much-needed Juventus win Weston McKennie opened the scoring for Juventus in a 2-0 win over Lecce on Sunday to help the Serie A side course correct after a pair of disappointing results.