TORINO. Juventus estinguishes NEC Nijmegen 5-0 with goals of Nico González (9′), Kerim Alajbegovic (24′), Nick Woltemade (35′ pen), Zeki Çelik (75′) and Randal Kolo Muani (82′).
The match was played at the Juventus Stadium stadium in Torino on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Oleksiy Derevinskyi with the assistance of Oleksiy Myronov and Dmytro Zaporozhenko. The 4th official was Klym Zabroda. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 11 Total 11
- 7 On Target 3
- 2 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 75 Attack 108
- 16 Dangerous attack 26
- 99 Ball safe 104
- 18 Free Kicks 9
- 1 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 19
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Juventus was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. NEC Nijmegen that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
NEC Nijmegen was more aggressive with 26 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Juventus found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Juventus shot 11 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, NEC Nijmegen shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Juventus received 1 yellow card (Douglas Luiz). Talking about the opposition, NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card (Jamiro Monteiro).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Juventus has 3 points to occupy the 1st place in the standings. On the opposite side, NEC Nijmegen stays with 0 points (36th).
Juventus – Formation
Juventus
75'
61'
53'
Juventus adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: Kamil Grabara , Pierre Kalulu , Federico Gatti , Jhon Lucumí , Zeki Çelik , Douglas Luiz , Pape Matar Sarr , Weston McKennie , Nico González , Kerim Alajbegovic and Nick Woltemade .
The home team had on the bench: Francisco Conceição , Teun Koopmeiners , Bremer , Randal Kolo Muani , Carlo Pinsoglio, Guglielmo Vicario, Augusto Owusu , Filippo Pagnucco and Destiny Elimoghale.
Substitutions
Juventus made 5 changes: Weston McKennie for Bremer (60′), Nico González for Francisco Conceição (61′), Douglas Luiz for Teun Koopmeiners (61′), Kerim Alajbegovic for Randal Kolo Muani (71′) and Nick Woltemade for Augusto Owusu (83′).
Player of the match: Randal Kolo Muani
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Juventus was Randal Kolo Muani.
His rating is with 1 goal, 7 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 8.
His performance was amazing also because he began the contest from the bench before entering in the 71′.
NEC Nijmegen – Formation
NEC Nijmegen
Also NEC Nijmegen adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Dick Schreuder played with: Nikolas Polster , Tobias Storm , Philippe Sandler , Almugera Kabar , Clement Bischoff , Darko Nejasmic , Noé Lebreton , Dele Thomas , Tjaronn Chery , Dusan Tadic and Bryan Linssen .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Willum Thór Willumsson, Kaj Sierhuis, Dennis Geiger , Perr Schuurs , Bram Nuytinck , Kevin Kers , Jamiro Monteiro , Freek Entius, Joep Geneste, Yassin Moslih and Gabriel Brás.
NEC Nijmegen could not rely on the presence of Dennis Geiger (injured).
Substitutions
NEC Nijmegen made 5 changes: Clement Bischoff for Dennis Geiger (32′), Almugera Kabar for Jamiro Monteiro (46′), Philippe Sandler for Perr Schuurs (67′), Noé Lebreton for Kevin Kers (78′) and Bryan Linssen for Bram Nuytinck (79′).
Player of the match: Tjaronn Chery
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC Nijmegen was Tjaronn Chery.
His rating is with 43 passes (95% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Levski Sofia – Salzburg – 0-1
- OFI – TSG Hoffenheim – 2-0
- Viktoria Plzeň – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-3
- Crystal Palace – Lech Poznań – 4-0
- Lillestrøm – Torreense – 1-2
- Celtic – Ferencvárosi – 1-3
- Juventus – NEC Nijmegen – 5-0
- Beşiktaş – Olympique Marseille – 4-1
- Real Sociedad – AFC Bournemouth – 1-2
