Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Juventus WDLWW 2
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Sampdoria WLLLW 1
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JUV202
SAM101
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Match Report

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Cristiano Ronaldo nets Juventus winner on record night for Gianluigi Buffon

A superb Cristiano Ronaldo header sent Juventus three points clear at the top of Serie A with a 2-1 victory at Sampdoria on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
70.7
Possession
29.3
11
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
646
Accurate Passes
208
735
Passes
295
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
2
23
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.1
67
Long Balls
70
35
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
17
19
Effective Clearances
22
19
Clearances
22

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-2

Lineups

SAM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Emil AuderoG
  2. 15Omar ColleyCD-L
  3. 25Alex FerrariCD-R
  4. 29Nicola MurruLB
  5. 21Jeison MurilloRB
  6. 7Karol LinettyCM-L
  7. 18Morten ThorsbyCM-R
  8. 14Jakub JanktoLM
  9. 12Fabio DepaoliRM
  10. 17Gianluca CaprariCF-L
  11. 11Gastón RamírezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Tommaso AugelloSUB
  2. 20Gonzalo MaroniSUB
  3. 31Marco PompettiSUB
  4. 23Manolo GabbiadiniSUB
  5. 10Emiliano RigoniSUB
  6. 30Wladimiro FalconeSUB
  7. 22Andrea SeculinSUB
  8. 19Vasco ReginiSUB
  9. 27Fabio QuagliarellaSUB
  10. 5Jeff ChabotSUB
  11. 26Mehdi LérisSUB

JUV · 4-3-1-2

  1. 77Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-L
  3. 28Merih DemiralCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 13DaniloRB
  6. 7Cristiano RonaldoM
  7. 5Miralem PjanicCM
  8. 10Paulo DybalaAM
  9. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  10. 25Adrien RabiotRM
  11. 21Gonzalo HiguaínCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Douglas Costa
  2. 4Matthijs de Ligt
  3. 8Aaron Ramsey
  4. 20Marko Pjaca
  5. 24Daniele Rugani
  6. 2Mattia De Sciglio
  7. 31Carlo Pinsoglio
  8. 33Federico Bernardeschi
  9. 37Mattia Perin
  10. 16Juan Cuadrado
  11. 39Manolo Portanova
  12. 23Emre Can

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Sampdoria 0, Juventus 1. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Sandro.
  2. 35' Goal! Sampdoria 1, Juventus 1. Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 43' Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Goal! Sampdoria 1, Juventus 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Sandro with a cross.
  5. 50' Substitution, Sampdoria. Mehdi Léris replaces Fabio Depaoli because of an injury.
  6. 59' Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 61' Jeison Murillo (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 61' Substitution, Sampdoria. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Jakub Jankto.
  9. 69' Substitution, Juventus. Aaron Ramsey replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  10. 76' Substitution, Sampdoria. Tommaso Augello replaces Nicola Murru.
  11. 76' Merih Demiral (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 76' Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 77' Substitution, Juventus. Douglas Costa replaces Paulo Dybala.
  14. 82' Substitution, Juventus. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Alex Sandro because of an injury.
  15. 90'+2' Second yellow card to Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+6' Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.

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