GENOVA. Juventus defeats Sampdoria 3-1. Juventus got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from M. Yoshida (23′) and A. Morata (34′). Sampdoria tried to recover with a goal from A. Sabiri (84′). However, the encounter was closed by a goal (88′) scored by A. Morata for Juventus.
A. Candreva didn’t convert a decisive penalty (74′). That would have allowed Sampdoria to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Paolo Valeri with the collaboration of Rodolfo Di Vuolo and Matteo Bottegoni. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 4.5 degrees Celsius or 40.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sampdoria was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Juventus that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sampdoria was putting more pressure with 81 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Juventus was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Sampdoria shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Juventus shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Sampdoria didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Juventus received 2 yellow cards (A. Rabiot and L. Pellegrini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sampdoria will stay with 26 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Juventus will have 56 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sampdoria will play away with Venezia on the 20th of March with a 0-0 head to head record.
Juventus will host Salernitana on the 20th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Juventus (0 draws).
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria
83'
84'
Sampdoria started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Marco Giampaolo decided to play with the following team: Wladimiro Falcone , Bartosz Bereszyński , Maya Yoshida , Omar Colley , Tommaso Augello , Antonio Candreva , Tomás Rincón , Morten Thorsby , Stefano Sensi , Francesco Caputo and Fabio Quagliarella .
The home team had on the bench: Vladyslav Supryaga, Andrea Conti , Kristoffer Askildsen, Sebastian Giovinco , Alex Ferrari, Simone Trimboli , Emil Audero, Nicola Ravaglia, Albin Ekdal, Abdelhamid Sabiri and Giangiacomo Magnani.
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 4 changes: F. Quagliarella for A. Sabiri (62′), S. Sensi for S. Giovinco (66′), T. Rincon for S. Trimboli (83′) and T. Augello for A. Conti (83′).
Best player: Abdelhamid Sabiri
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sampdoria was Abdelhamid Sabiri.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.
Juventus – Formation
Juventus
82'
Juventus started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Massimiliano Allegri played with: Wojciech Szczęsny , Danilo , Matthijs de Ligt , Daniele Rugani , Luca Pellegrini , Juan Cuadrado , Manuel Locatelli , Arthur , Adrien Rabiot , Moise Kean and Álvaro Morata .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Diego Stramaccioni, Fabio Miretti, Marley Aké, Mattia De Sciglio , Mattia Perin, Alex Sandro , Carlo Pinsoglio and Dušan Vlahović .
Substitutions
Juventus made 3 changes: M. Kean for D. Vlahovic (65′), A. Rabiot for Alex Sandro (75′) and L. Pellegrini for M. De Sciglio (85′).
Best player: Álvaro Morata
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Juventus was Álvaro Morata.
His rating is with 2 goals, 46 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Milan – Empoli – 1-0
- Salernitana – Sassuolo – 2-2
- Sampdoria – Juventus – 1-3
- Spezia – Cagliari – 2-0
