Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 28, 2021
Empoli WLWWL 1
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Juventus WWLWD 0
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Allianz Stadium · 17,584 att.

Match Report

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Juventus' post-Cristiano Ronaldo era begins with shock loss to Empoli

Lacklustre Juventus began life without Cristiano Ronaldo by suffering a shock 1-0 defeat at home to promoted Empoli in Serie A on Saturday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
3
44.8
Possession
55.2
11
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
259
Accurate Passes
346
342
Passes
412
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
20
Crosses
37
0.2
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
75
27
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
11
26
Effective Clearances
25
26
Clearances
25

Head to Head

JUV leads series 5-0

Lineups

JUV · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-L
  3. 4Matthijs de LigtCD-R
  4. 12Alex SandroLB
  5. 11Juan CuadradoRB
  6. 22Federico ChiesaM
  7. 6DaniloCM
  8. 14Weston McKennieAM
  9. 25Adrien RabiotLM
  10. 30Rodrigo BentancurRM
  11. 10Paulo DybalaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Carlo Pinsoglio
  2. 36Mattia Perin
  3. 44Dejan Kulusevski
  4. 17Luca Pellegrini
  5. 34Nicolò Fagioli
  6. 20Federico Bernardeschi
  7. 42Filippo Ranocchia
  8. 27Manuel Locatelli
  9. 24Daniele Rugani
  10. 9Álvaro Morata
  11. 3Giorgio Chiellini
  12. 2Mattia De Sciglio

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 3Riccardo MarchizzaLB
  5. 30Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 9Patrick CutroneM
  7. 28Samuele RicciCM
  8. 10Nedim BajramiAM
  9. 25Filippo BandinelliLM
  10. 32Nicolas HaasRM
  11. 7Leonardo MancusoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Riccardo Fiamozzi
  2. 6Simone Romagnoli
  3. 8Liam Henderson
  4. 26Lorenzo Tonelli
  5. 5Leo Stulac
  6. 1Alberto Brignoli
  7. 42Mattia Viti
  8. 99Andrea Pinamonti
  9. 27Szymon Zurkowski
  10. 65Fabiano Parisi
  11. 22Jacopo Furlan
  12. 19Andrea La Mantia

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Juventus 0, Empoli 1. Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  2. 32' Petar Stojanovic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Patrick Cutrone (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Weston McKennie.
  5. 55' Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  6. 56' Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Juventus. Manuel Locatelli replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  8. 66' Substitution, Juventus. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Federico Chiesa.
  9. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Leo Stulac replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  10. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Andrea Pinamonti replaces Leonardo Mancuso.
  11. 80' Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Patrick Cutrone.
  12. 80' Substitution, Empoli. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  13. 81' Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 82' Substitution, Juventus. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  15. 89' Danilo (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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