Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 26, 2022
Juventus WWDDD 3
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Empoli LLDDL 2
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EMP112
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 11,890 att.

Match Report

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Juventus close gap on Serie A leaders with win at Empoli thanks to brilliant Vlahovic

A superb double from Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic earned Juventus a 3-2 win at Empoli on Saturday, helping to close the gap in Serie A.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
2
47.2
Possession
52.8
12
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
349
Accurate Passes
388
433
Passes
472
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
29
0.5
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
52
30
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
9
26
Effective Clearances
6
26
Clearances
6

Head to Head

JUV leads series 4-1

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 21Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 30Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 99Andrea PinamontiM
  7. 23Kristjan AsllaniCM
  8. 10Nedim BajramiAM
  9. 25Filippo BandinelliLM
  10. 27Szymon ZurkowskiRM
  11. 11Federico Di FrancescoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Valerio Verre
  2. 8Liam Henderson
  3. 20Riccardo Fiamozzi
  4. 19Andrea La Mantia
  5. 26Lorenzo Tonelli
  6. 1Samir Ujkani
  7. 9Patrick Cutrone
  8. 15Marco Benassi
  9. 6Simone Romagnoli
  10. 65Fabiano Parisi
  11. 22Jacopo Furlan
  12. 5Leo Stulac

JUV · 4-4-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 4Matthijs de LigtCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 17Luca PellegriniLB
  5. 6DaniloRB
  6. 5ArthurCM-L
  7. 28Denis ZakariaCM-R
  8. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  9. 11Juan CuadradoRM
  10. 18Moise KeanCF-L
  11. 7Dusan VlahovicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  2. 9Álvaro MorataSUB
  3. 27Manuel LocatelliSUB
  4. 38Marley AkéSUB
  5. 36Mattia PerinSUB
  6. 47Fabio MirettiSUB
  7. 2Mattia De SciglioSUB
  8. 46Matìas SoulèSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! Empoli 0, Juventus 1. Moise Kean (Juventus) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot with a cross.
  2. 37' Substitution, Juventus. Manuel Locatelli replaces Denis Zakaria because of an injury.
  3. 39' Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 1. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 2. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
  5. 50' Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Moise Kean.
  7. 66' Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 3. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
  8. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Andrea La Mantia replaces Federico Di Francesco.
  9. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Marco Benassi replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  10. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Fabiano Parisi replaces Liberato Cacace.
  11. 73' Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 76' Goal! Empoli 2, Juventus 3. Andrea La Mantia (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastiano Luperto following a set piece situation.
  13. 85' Substitution, Empoli. Valerio Verre replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  14. 85' Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Petar Stojanovic.

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