Serie A: Juventus beats Sampdoria 3-1
GENOVA. Juventus conquers Sampdoria 3-1.
GENOVA. Juventus prevails over Sampdoria 3-1. Juventus got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from M. Yoshida (23′) and A. Morata (34′). Sampdoria tried to recover with a goal from A. Sabiri (84′). However, the match was closed by a goal (88′) scored by A. Morata for Juventus.
A. Candreva missed a decisive penalty (74′). That would have allowed Sampdoria to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Paolo Valeri who had the assistance of Rodolfo Di Vuolo and Matteo Bottegoni. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 4.5 degrees Celsius or 40.06 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 56%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Sampdoria was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Juventus that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Sampdoria was more aggressive with 81 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Juventus was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Sampdoria shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Juventus shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Sampdoria. On the opposite side, Juventus received 2 yellow cards (A. Rabiot and L. Pellegrini).
After this match, Sampdoria will stay with 26 points like Spezia to move up in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Juventus will have 53 points to stay in the 4th place.
Match Events
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23'23'
M. Yoshida (OG)
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34'34'
A. Morata (Penalty)
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49'49'
A. Rabiot
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62'62'
A. Sabiri
F. Quagliarella
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65'65'
D. Vlahovic
M. Kean
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66'66'
S. Giovinco
S. Sensi
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74'74'
A. Candreva
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75'75'
Alex Sandro
A. Rabiot
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82'82'
L. Pellegrini
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83'83'
S. Trimboli
T. Rincon
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83'83'
A. Conti
T. Augello
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84'84'
A. Sabiri
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85'85'
M. De Sciglio
L. Pellegrini
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88'88'
A. Morata
M. Locatelli
Next match
In the upcoming Serie A match, Sampdoria will play away against Venezia on the 20th of March with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Juventus will host Salernitana on the 20th of March with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Juventus (0 draws).
Sampdoria: Formation and Lineups
Sampdoria started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Marco Giampaolo chose to play with the following team: Wladimiro Falcone , Bartosz Bereszyński , Maya Yoshida , Omar Colley , Tommaso Augello , Antonio Candreva , Tomás Rincón , Morten Thorsby , Stefano Sensi , Francesco Caputo and Fabio Quagliarella .
Substitutes
Sampdoria made 4 changes: F. Quagliarella for A. Sabiri (62′), S. Sensi for S. Giovinco (66′), T. Rincon for S. Trimboli (83′) and T. Augello for A. Conti (83′).
Top player: Abdelhamid Sabiri
The player who no doubt impressed Sampdoria the most was Abdelhamid Sabiri.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7.
His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 62′.
Juventus: Formation and Lineups
Juventus started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Massimiliano Allegri played with: Wojciech Szczęsny , Danilo , Matthijs de Ligt , Daniele Rugani , Luca Pellegrini , Juan Cuadrado , Manuel Locatelli , Arthur , Adrien Rabiot , Moise Kean and Álvaro Morata .
Substitutes
Juventus made 3 changes: M. Kean for D. Vlahovic (65′), A. Rabiot for Alex Sandro (75′) and L. Pellegrini for M. De Sciglio (85′).
Top player: Álvaro Morata
The player who no doubt impressed Juventus the most was Álvaro Morata.
His rating is with 2 goals, 44 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A
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