BOLOGNA. Juventus overcomes Bologna with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Morata (6′) and a goal from J. Cuadrado (69′). Bologna lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato with the support of Filippo Valeriani and Marco Bresmes. The 4th official was Valerio Marini. The weather was foggy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.3 degrees Celsius or 37.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bologna had a superior ball possession 58% while Juventus was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bologna was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Juventus succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Bologna shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Juventus shot 10 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Bologna received 1 yellow card (N. Dominguez). Regarding the opposition, Juventus received 1 yellow card (W. McKennie).

Standings

After playing this match, Bologna will stay with 24 points to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Juventus will have 31 points like Roma to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Bologna will play away against Sassuolo on the 22nd of December with a 5-5 head to head statistic.

Juventus will host Cagliari on the 21st of December with a 21-3 head to head in favor of Juventus (5 draws).

Bologna – Formation

Bologna started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Siniša Mihajlović decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Skorupski (7.1), Adama Soumaoro (6.4), Gary Medel (7.1), Arthur Theate (6.8), Nicolás Domínguez (7.1), Lorenzo De Silvestri (6.2), Roberto Soriano (7.9), Mattias Svanberg (7.1), Aaron Hickey (7.0), Marko Arnautović (6.6) and Musa Barrow (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Sydney van Hooijdonk, Kevin Bonifazi, Nicola Sansone (6.4), Riccardo Orsolini, Francesco Bardi, Mitchell Dijks, Andreas Skov Olsen (7.0), Emanuel Vignato (6.5), Luis Binks, Federico Santander (6.8), Ibrahima Mbaye and Nicolas Viola (6.5).

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: L. De Silvestri for A. Skov Olsen (46′), M. Barrow for N. Sansone (79′), M. Svanberg for E. Vignato (79′), R. Soriano for F. Santander (85′) and A. Hickey for N. Viola (85′).

Best player: Roberto Soriano​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Roberto Soriano.

His rating is (7.9) with 49 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Juventus – Formation

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

Massimiliano Allegri played with: Wojciech Szczęsny (7.8), Juan Cuadrado (7.6), Leonardo Bonucci (7.2), Matthijs de Ligt (7.1), Luca Pellegrini (6.1), Weston McKennie (6.8), Arthur (6.5), Adrien Rabiot (7.7), Federico Bernardeschi (7.1), Álvaro Morata (8.0) and Moise Kean (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Carlo Pinsoglio, Koni De Winter, Manuel Locatelli (6.2), Rodrigo Bentancur (6.2), Matías Soulé, Mattia Perin, Kaio Jorge (7.1), Daniele Rugani, Alex Sandro (6.7), Dejan Kulusevski (6.5) and Mattia De Sciglio.

Juventus could not rely on the presence of Alex Sandro (injured).

Substitutions

Juventus made 5 changes: Arthur for M. Locatelli (61′), L. Pellegrini for Alex Sandro (61′), M. Kean for D. Kulusevski (71′), W. McKennie for R. Bentancur (72′) and A. Morata for Kaio Jorge (85′).

Best player: Álvaro Morata​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Juventus was Álvaro Morata.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 22 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Atalanta – Roma – 1-4
• Bologna – Juventus – 0-2
• Cagliari – Udinese – 0-4