Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Juventus DLLWD 3
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Spezia WDLLW 2
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JUV123
SPE112
Alberto Picco · 5,700 att.

Match Report

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Juventus earn first victory since Cristiano Ronaldo's exit with comeback win at Spezia

Matthijs de Ligt's second-half strike earned Juventus their first victory of the Serie A season at the fifth attempt, with a 3-2 win at Spezia.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
15
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
6
60.2
Possession
39.8
26
SHOTS
10
9
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
439
Accurate Passes
272
514
Passes
346
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
5
29
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.5
70
Long Balls
53
52
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
9
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
10
23
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
4
9
Effective Clearances
26
9
Clearances
26

Head to Head

JUV leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

SPE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jeroen ZoetG
  2. 43Dimitris NikolaouCD-L
  3. 15Petko HristovCD-R
  4. 20Simone BastoniLB
  5. 27Kelvin AmianRB
  6. 25Giulio MaggioreAM
  7. 6Mehdi BourabiaLM
  8. 21Salvador FerrerRM
  9. 22Janis AntisteF
  10. 11Emmanuel GyasiAM-L
  11. 10Daniele VerdeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18M'Bala NzolaSUB
  2. 77Nicolò BertolaSUB
  3. 9Rey ManajSUB
  4. 94Ivan ProvedelSUB
  5. 17Suf PodgoreanuSUB
  6. 14Jakub KiwiorSUB
  7. 44David StrelecSUB
  8. 29Eddie SalcedoSUB
  9. 7Jacopo SalaSUB
  10. 40Petar ZovkoSUB

JUV · 4-4-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 4Matthijs de LigtCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 2Mattia De SciglioLB
  5. 6DaniloRB
  6. 30Rodrigo BentancurCM-L
  7. 14Weston McKennieCM-R
  8. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  9. 22Federico ChiesaRM
  10. 18Moise KeanCF-L
  11. 10Paulo DybalaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Federico BernardeschiSUB
  2. 23Carlo PinsoglioSUB
  3. 9Álvaro MorataSUB
  4. 8Aaron RamseySUB
  5. 12Alex SandroSUB
  6. 36Mattia PerinSUB
  7. 44Dejan KulusevskiSUB
  8. 24Daniele RuganiSUB
  9. 11Juan CuadradoSUB
  10. 17Luca PellegriniSUB
  11. 27Manuel LocatelliSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Spezia 0, Juventus 1. Moise Kean (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot with a headed pass.
  2. 33' Goal! Spezia 1, Juventus 1. Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Alex Sandro replaces Mattia De Sciglio.
  4. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Manuel Locatelli replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  5. 49' Goal! Spezia 2, Juventus 1. Janis Antiste (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giulio Maggiore following a fast break.
  6. 59' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Moise Kean.
  7. 66' Goal! Spezia 2, Juventus 2. Federico Chiesa (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
  8. 67' Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  9. 72' Goal! Spezia 2, Juventus 3. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci following a corner.
  10. 77' Substitution, Spezia. Rey Manaj replaces Daniele Verde.
  11. 77' Substitution, Spezia. M'Bala Nzola replaces Janis Antiste.
  12. 77' Substitution, Spezia. Jacopo Sala replaces Mehdi Bourabia.
  13. 84' Substitution, Juventus. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Federico Chiesa.
  14. 85' Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 85' Substitution, Spezia. Eddie Salcedo replaces Giulio Maggiore.
  16. 90'+2' Álvaro Morata (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+4' M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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