TORINO. Juventus defeats Fiorentina 1-0 after F. Gatti scored just 1 goal (21′). Fiorentina was surely better in terms of ball possession (75%).​

The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Torino on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Federico La Penna assisted by Valerio Colarossi and Alessandro Lo Cicero. The 4th official was Ermanno Feliciani. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.31 degrees Celsius or 66.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fiorentina was in firm control of the ball 75% while Juventus was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Juventus found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Juventus shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina shot 13 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Juventus received 2 yellow cards (Andrea Cambiaso and Kenan Yıldız). On the other side, Fiorentina received 1 yellow card (Lucas Beltrán).

Standings

After this contest, Juventus has 62 points to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Fiorentina will stays with 43 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Juventus will play away with Torino on the 14th of April with a 23-1 head to head statistic in favor of Juventus (5 draws).

Fiorentina will host Genoa on the 14th of April with a 13-4 head to head stats in favor of Fiorentina (15 draws).

Juventus – Formation

Juventus started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Massimiliano Allegri decided to play with the following team: Wojciech Szczęsny (7.1), Federico Gatti (7.9), Bremer (7.3), Danilo (7.1), Andrea Cambiaso (6.8), Weston McKennie (7.5), Manuel Locatelli (7.0), Adrien Rabiot (6.7), Filip Kostić (7.0), Dušan Vlahović   (7.0) and Federico Chiesa (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Mattia De Sciglio, Alex Sandro, Kenan Yıldız (6.4), Samuel Iling-Junior (6.7), Moise Kean (6.0), Fabio Miretti, Timothy Weah, Carlo Pinsoglio, Daniele Rugani, Carlos Alcaraz  (6.4), Tiago Djaló, Mattia Perin and Hans Nicolussi Caviglia.

Substitutions

Juventus made 4 changes: Andrea Cambiaso for Carlos Alcaraz  (75′), Filip Kostić for Samuel Iling-Junior (59′), Federico Chiesa for Kenan Yıldız (59′) and Dušan Vlahović   for Moise Kean (85′).

Player of the match: Federico Gatti​

The most impressive player for Juventus was Federico Gatti.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 3. He hit the woodwork once times.

Fiorentina – Formation

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

Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano (7.0), Michael Kayode (7.0), Nikola Milenković (6.7), Luca Ranieri (7.0), Cristiano Biraghi  (7.0), Giacomo Bonaventura (7.5), Rolando Mandragora (6.7), Nicolás González (7.5), Antonín Barák (7.0), Christian Kouamé (6.7) and Andrea Belotti (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Dodô (6.7), Maxime López (7.5), Jonathan Ikoné, Gaetano Castrovilli, M’Bala Nzola (7.1), Gino Infantino, Davide Faraoni, Alfred Duncan, Pietro Comuzzo, Oliver Christensen , Fabiano Parisi, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Arthur Melo, Lucas Beltrán (7.0) and Riccardo Sottil (7.1).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: Christian Kouamé for Lucas Beltrán (61′), Antonín Barák for M’Bala Nzola (61′), Rolando Mandragora for Maxime López (46′), Andrea Belotti for Riccardo Sottil (46′) and Michael Kayode for Dodô (84′).

Player of the match: Giacomo Bonaventura​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Giacomo Bonaventura.

His rating is 7.5 with 77 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Hellas Verona – Genoa – 1-2
• Monza – Napoli – 2-4
• Juventus – Fiorentina – 1-0
• Frosinone – Bologna – 0-0
• Cagliari – Atalanta – 2-1