TORINO. Juventus had a surprising win over Cagliari with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Kean (40′) and a goal from F. Bernardeschi (83′). Juventus was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Torino on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Federico Dionisi who was helped by Christian Rossi and Mattia Scarpa. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 0.8 degrees Celsius or 33.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Juventus was in firm control of the ball 63% while Cagliari was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Juventus was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Juventus won the match.
Juventus shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Cagliari shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Juventus didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Cagliari received 3 yellow cards (A. Carboni, H. Dalbert and L. Pavoletti).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Juventus will have 34 points to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Cagliari will stay with 10 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Juventus will host Napoli on the 6th of January with a 17-13 head to head statistic in favor of Juventus (8 draws).
Cagliari will play away agasint Sampdoria on the 6th of January with a 13-9 head to head record in favor of Cagliari (13 draws).
Juventus – Formation
Juventus started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Massimiliano Allegri decided to play with the following team: Wojciech Szczęsny , Juan Cuadrado , Leonardo Bonucci , Matthijs de Ligt , Alex Sandro , Rodrigo Bentancur , Arthur , Adrien Rabiot , Federico Bernardeschi , Álvaro Morata and Moise Kean .
The home team had on the bench: Matías Soulé, Daniele Rugani, Carlo Pinsoglio, Kaio Jorge, Manuel Locatelli , Dejan Kulusevski , Mattia De Sciglio, Koni De Winter, Luca Pellegrini, Weston McKennie and Mattia Perin.
Juventus could not rely on the presence of D. Kulusevski (injured).
Substitutions
Juventus made 5 changes: A. Rabiot for W. McKennie (46′), M. Kean for D. Kulusevski (72′), Arthur for M. Locatelli (83′), F. Bernardeschi for M. De Sciglio (89′) and A. Morata for Kaio Jorge (89′).
Best player: Juan Cuadrado
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Juventus was Juan Cuadrado even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 14 crosses.
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Walter Mazzarri played with: Alessio Cragno , Raoul Bellanova , Gabriele Zappa , Luca Ceppitelli , Andrea Carboni , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Alessandro Deiola , Alberto Grassi , Dalbert , Gastón Pereiro and João Pedro .
They had on the bench: Simone Aresti, Keita Baldé , Giorgio Altare, Paolo Faragò, Christian Oliva , Boris Radunović, Leonardo Pavoletti , Damir Ceter and Adam Obert.
Substitutions
Cagliari made 3 changes: G. Pereiro for L. Pavoletti (64′), A. Deiola for C. Oliva (71′) and H. Dalbert for K. Balde (84′).
Best player: Alberto Grassi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Alberto Grassi.
His rating is with 44 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.