TORINO. Juventus topped Sampdoria.
The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Torino on Sunday and it started at 10:30 am local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi with the assistance of Rodolfo Di Vuolo and Michele Lombardi. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 14.8 degrees Celsius or 58.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Juventus – Formation
Juventus adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Massimiliano Allegri decided to play with the following team: Mattia Perin , Juan Cuadrado , Leonardo Bonucci , Matthijs De Ligt , Alex Sandro , Federico Chiesa , Manuel Locatelli , Rodrigo Bentancur , Federico Bernardeschi , Paulo Dybala and Álvaro Morata .
The home team had on the bench: Dejan Kulusevski , Carlo Pinsoglio, Danilo, Giorgio Chiellini , Moise Kean , Aaron Ramsey , Daniele Rugani, Wojciech Szczęsny, Weston McKennie , Luca Pellegrini and Mattia De Sciglio.
Juventus could not rely on the presence of D. Kulusevski (injured).
Best player: Paulo Dybala
The player that probably impressed the most for Juventus was Paulo Dybala.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes.
Sampdoria – Formation
Also Sampdoria adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Roberto D’Aversa played with: Emil Audero , Bartosz Bereszyński , Maya Yoshida , Omar Colley , Nicola Murru , Fabio Depaoli , Morten Thorsby , Albin Ekdal , Antonio Candreva , Francesco Caputo and Fabio Quagliarella .
They had on the bench: Tommaso Augello , Kristoffer Askildsen, Riccardo Ciervo, Mikkel Damsgaard , Ernesto Torregrossa , Wladimiro Falcone, Alex Ferrari, Radu Drăguşin, Julian Chabot, Adrien Silva , Simone Trimboli and Nicola Ravaglia.
Best player: Antonio Candreva
The player that probably impressed the most for Sampdoria was Antonio Candreva.
His rating is with 1 goal, 56 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 5 crosses.
Match Statistics
The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Juventus was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sampdoria that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Juventus was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Juventus won the match.
Juventus shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Sampdoria shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Juventus received 4 yellow cards (R. Bentancur, J. Cuadrado, L. Bonucci and M. Kean). On the other side, Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards (M. Thorsby, N. Murru and A. Ekdal).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Juventus will have 8 points like Bologna to move down in the 9th place. On the other side, Sampdoria will stay with 5 points like Genoa and Hellas Verona to stay in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Juventus will play away against Torino on the 2nd of October with a 19-1 head to head in favor of Juventus (4 draws).
Sampdoria will host Udinese on the 3rd of October with a 12-9 head to head record in favor of Sampdoria (13 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Empoli – Bologna – 4-2
- Juventus – Sampdoria – 3-2
- Lazio – Roma – 3-2
- Napoli – Cagliari – 2-0
- Sassuolo – Salernitana – 1-0
- Udinese – Fiorentina – 0-1