TORINO. Juventus tops Udinese with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Dybala (19′) and a goal from W. McKennie (79′). Juventus was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Torino on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua who was helped by Edoardo Raspollini and Vittorio Di Gioia. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 2.1 degrees Celsius or 35.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Juventus had a superior ball possession 67% while Udinese was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Juventus had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Juventus won the match.
Juventus shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Udinese shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Juventus received 1 yellow card (Arthur). On the other side, Udinese received 3 yellow cards (B. Soppy, G. Cioffi and M. Zeegelaar).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Juventus will have 41 points like Atalanta to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Udinese will stay with 20 points like Sampdoria to hold in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Juventus will play away against Milan on the 23rd of January with a 21-9 head to head record in favor of Juventus (9 draws).
Udinese will play away agasint Genoa on the 22nd of January with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Udinese (10 draws).
Juventus – Formation
Juventus
57'
23'
79'
Juventus started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Massimiliano Allegri decided to play with the following team: Wojciech Szczęsny , Juan Cuadrado , Matthijs de Ligt , Daniele Rugani , Luca Pellegrini , Dejan Kulusevski , Arthur , Rodrigo Bentancur , Weston McKennie , Paulo Dybala and Moise Kean .
The home team had on the bench: Mattia De Sciglio , Giorgio Chiellini, Manuel Locatelli , Carlo Pinsoglio, Mattia Perin, Alex Sandro, Federico Bernardeschi , Álvaro Morata , Adrien Rabiot , Koni De Winter and Kaio Jorge.
Substitutions
Juventus made 5 changes: Arthur for M. Locatelli (46′), D. Kulusevski for F. Bernardeschi (46′), L. Pellegrini for M. De Sciglio (57′), M. Kean for A. Morata (64′) and R. Bentancur for A. Rabiot (82′).
Best player: Juan Cuadrado
The most impressive player for Juventus was Juan Cuadrado even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 85 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.
Udinese – Formation
Udinese
Udinese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Gabriele Cioffi played with: Daniele Padelli , Nehuén Pérez , Bram Nuytinck , Marvin Zeegelaar , Brandon Soppy , Tolgay Arslan , Walace , Jean-Victor Makengo , Iyenoma Udogie , Beto and Gerard Deulofeu .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Riccardo Castagnaviz, Mato Jajalo , Lazar Samardžić , Isaac Success , Edoardo Piana, Mattia Damiani, Riccardo Pinzi, Simone Ianesi, Nicolò Cocetta, Ilija Nestorovski, Antonio Santurro and Ignacio Pussetto .
Substitutions
Udinese made 4 changes: G. Deulofeu for I. Pussetto (66′), B. Soppy for I. Success (81′), Walace for M. Jajalo (81′) and T. Arslan for L. Samardzic (85′).
Best player: Isaac Success
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Udinese was Isaac Success.
His rating is with 6 passes (33% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 81′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
