Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 28, 2019
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Allianz Stadium · 38,995 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Cristiano Ronaldo seals Juventus win over SPAL to keep pressure on Inter

Cristiano Ronaldo helped Juventus continue their unbeaten start to the Serie A season with a comfortable 2-0 home victory over struggling SPAL.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
13
8
Saves
1
33.1
Possession
66.9
5
SHOTS
21
1
ON GOAL
10
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
246
Accurate Passes
588
329
Passes
666
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
23
0.4
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
50
23
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
17
Effective Tackles
10
20
Tackles
15
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
7
23
Effective Clearances
14
23
Clearances
14

Head to Head

JUV leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

JUV · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 77Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 4Matthijs de LigtCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 5Miralem PjanicDM
  5. 14Blaise MatuidiLB
  6. 16Juan CuadradoRB
  7. 8Aaron RamseyAM
  8. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  9. 6Sami KhediraRM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-L
  11. 10Paulo DybalaCF-R

SPA · 3-5-2

  1. 99Etrit BerishaG
  2. 23Francesco VicariCD
  3. 3Igor JulioCD-L
  4. 40Nenad TomovicCD-R
  5. 6Mirko ValdifioriCM-L
  6. 11Alessandro MurgiaCM-R
  7. 7Simone MissiroliAM
  8. 13Arkadiusz RecaLM
  9. 26Jacopo SalaRM
  10. 9Gabriele MonciniCF-L
  11. 37Andrea PetagnaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 32' Sami Khedira (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Goal! Juventus 1, SPAL 0. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sami Khedira.
  3. 55' Igor Julio (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Substitution, SPAL. Gabriel Strefezza replaces Alessandro Murgia.
  5. 61' Substitution, Juventus. Emre Can replaces Sami Khedira.
  6. 65' Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  7. 72' Substitution, SPAL. Marko Jankovic replaces Jacopo Sala.
  8. 76' Substitution, SPAL. Alberto Paloschi replaces Gabriele Moncini.
  9. 77' Substitution, Juventus. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  10. 78' Goal! Juventus 2, SPAL 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala with a cross.
  11. 82' Andrea Petagna (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+2' Emre Can (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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