Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Napoli DWWWW 1
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Juventus WWWLD 2
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Match Report

Photo Illustration by Josue Evilla

Dybala makes stunning return as Juventus end slump with Napoli win

Juventus striker Paulo Dybala marked his return from injury with a stunning goal in a 2-1 win over Napoli on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
3
53.1
Possession
46.9
14
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
512
Accurate Passes
453
579
Passes
515
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
6
19
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.5
42
Long Balls
42
30
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
12
9
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
12
7
Effective Clearances
25
7
Clearances
25

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-2

Lineups

JUV · 4-4-2

  1. 77Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 4Matthijs de LigtCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 13DaniloRB
  6. 25Adrien RabiotCM-L
  7. 30Rodrigo BentancurCM-R
  8. 22Federico ChiesaLM
  9. 16Juan CuadradoRM
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoCF-L
  11. 9Álvaro MorataCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  2. 5ArthurSUB
  3. 14Weston McKennieSUB
  4. 44Dejan KulusevskiSUB
  5. 38Gianluca FrabottaSUB
  6. 8Aaron RamseySUB
  7. 31Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  8. 28Merih DemiralSUB
  9. 10Paulo DybalaSUB
  10. 37Radu DragusinSUB
  11. 41Nicolò FagioliSUB
  12. 36Alessandro Di PardoSUB

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 4Diego DemmeLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25David OspinaSUB
  2. 44Kostas ManolasSUB
  3. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB
  4. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  5. 68Stanislav LobotkaSUB
  6. 6Mário RuiSUB
  7. 16Nikita ContiniSUB
  8. 37Andrea PetagnaSUB
  9. 9Victor OsimhenSUB
  10. 21Matteo PolitanoSUB
  11. 58Antonio CioffiSUB
  12. 5Tiemoué BakayokoSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Juventus 1, Napoli 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Chiesa with a cross.
  2. 21' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
  4. 54' Substitution, Napoli. Victor Osimhen replaces Diego Demme.
  5. 54' Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 69' Substitution, Juventus. Paulo Dybala replaces Álvaro Morata.
  7. 69' Substitution, Juventus. Weston McKennie replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  8. 73' Goal! Juventus 2, Napoli 0. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur.
  9. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Dries Mertens.
  10. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Elseid Hysaj.
  11. 80' Substitution, Juventus. Arthur replaces Federico Chiesa.
  12. 81' Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  14. 90' Goal! Juventus 2, Napoli 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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