Juventus defeats Fiorentina 1-0 with a late goal scored by J. Cuadrado

TORINO. Juventus snatched a late win Fiorentina 1-0 after J. Cuadrado scored just 1 goal (90').

Juventus defeats Fiorentina 1-0 with a late goal scored by J. Cuadrado

TORINO. Juventus snatched a late win Fiorentina 1-0 after J. Cuadrado scored just 1 goal (90′).

N. Milenkovic received a red card (73′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Fiorentina lost the match.

The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Torino on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Simone Sozza with the assistance of Stefano Alassio and Luca Mondin. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3.8 degrees Celsius or 38.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 13 Total 6
  • 3 On Target 1
  • 8 Off Target 5
  • 2 Shots blocked 0
  • 100 Attack 109
  • 40 Dangerous attack 43
  • 79 Ball safe 89
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 15 Total 15
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Juventus was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Fiorentina that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, Juventus succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Juventus shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Fiorentina shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Juventus received 2 yellow cards (D. Rugani and Danilo). Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards (M. Nastasic, N. Milenkovic and L. Martinez Quarta).

Also, Fiorentina didn’t finish the match with 11 players after N. Milenkovic (Fiorentina) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (73′).

Match Timeline

26'
Lucas Martínez Quarta- Yellow
Danilo- Yellow
45'
46'
64'
66'
Nikola Milenković- Yellow
73'
Nikola Milenković(yellowred)
74'
Riccardo Sottil- sub ->R. Saponara
75'
78'
Alfred Duncan- sub ->G. Bonaventura
78'
79'
81'
Daniele Rugani- Yellow
88'
88'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

After playing this match, Juventus will have 18 points like Lazio and Fiorentina to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina will stay with 18 points like Lazio and Juventus to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Juventus will play away with Salernitana on the 30th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.

Fiorentina will play away agasint Bologna on the 5th of December with a 12-3 head to head stats in favor of Fiorentina (9 draws).

Juventus – Formation

Juventus
G
Mattia Perin 36.Italy
6.7
D
Daniele Rugani 24.Italy
6.9
88'
D
D
Danilo 6.Brazil
7.2
45'
D
Alex Sandro 12.Brazil
6.4
46'
D
Matthijs de Ligt 4.Netherlands
7.1
M
Adrien Rabiot 25.France
6.6
79'
M
Manuel Locatelli 27.Italy
7.4
M
Weston McKennie 14.United States
7.3
M
Federico Chiesa 22.Italy
6.9
F
6.6
88'
F
Paulo Dybala  10.Argentina
7.2
90'
Substitutes
G
Franco Israel 35.Uruguay
G
Carlo Pinsoglio 23.Italy
D
Juan Cuadrado 11.Colombia
7.2
79' Goals90'
D
Leonardo Bonucci 19.Italy
D
Luca Pellegrini 17.Italy
6.8
46'
M
Rodrigo Bentancur 30.Uruguay
90'
M
Arthur 5.Brazil
M
Aaron Ramsey 8.Wales
M
Dejan Kulusevski 44.Sweden
F
Kaio Jorge 21.Brazil
6.2
88'

Juventus started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Massimiliano Allegri decided to play with the following team: Mattia Perin (6.7), Danilo (7.2), Daniele Rugani (6.9), Giorgio Chiellini, Matthijs de Ligt (7.1), Alex Sandro (6.4), Federico Chiesa (6.9), Weston McKennie (7.3), Manuel Locatelli (7.4), Adrien Rabiot (6.6), Paulo Dybala (7.2) and Álvaro Morata (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Juan Cuadrado (7.2), Leonardo Bonucci, Rodrigo Bentancur, Arthur, Franco Israel, Federico Bernardeschi, Luca Pellegrini (6.8), Aaron Ramsey, Carlo Pinsoglio, Dejan Kulusevski and Kaio Jorge (6.2).

Substitutions

Juventus made 4 changes: Alex Sandro for L. Pellegrini (46′), A. Rabiot for J. Cuadrado (79′), A. Morata for Kaio Jorge (88′) and P. Dybala for R. Bentancur (90′).

Best player: Manuel Locatelli​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Juventus was Manuel Locatelli even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 53 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina
G
6.7
D
7.2
D
6.5
D
6.7
26'
D
6.7
73'
M
7.4
78'
M
Lucas Torreira 18.Uruguay
6.2
64'
M
7.0
78'
F
José Callejón 7.Spain
7.0
75'
F
Dušan Vlahović 9.Serbia
7.0
F
6.2
74'
Substitutes
G
A. Rosati 25.Italy
G
D
Aleksa Terzic 17.Serbia
D
Igor 98.Brazil
6.4
75'
D
Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy
D
Matija Nastasić 55.Serbia
6.2
78' 81'
M
Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana
6.4
78'
M
Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco
M
Marco Benassi 24.Italy
M
Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco
6.2
64'
F
Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy
6.4
74'
F

Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Regarding the opposition, Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano (6.7), Álvaro Odriozola (6.5), Nikola Milenković (6.7), Lucas Martínez Quarta (6.7), Cristiano Biraghi (7.2), Giacomo Bonaventura (7.4), Lucas Torreira (6.2), Gaetano Castrovilli (7.0), José Callejón (7.0), Dušan Vlahović (7.0), Riccardo Saponara (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Alfred Duncan (6.4), Aleksa Terzić, Igor Júlio (6.4), Antonio Rosati, Lorenzo Venuti, Youssef Maleh, Marco Benassi, Riccardo Sottil (6.4), Destiny Egharevba, Michele Cerofolini, Sofyan Amrabat (6.2) and Matija Nastasić (6.2).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: L. Torreira for S. Amrabat (64′), R. Saponara for R. Sottil (74′), J. Callejon for Igor (75′), G. Bonaventura for A. Duncan (78′) and G. Castrovilli for M. Nastasic (78′).

Best player: Giacomo Bonaventura​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fiorentina was Giacomo Bonaventura.

His rating is (7.4) with 28 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​