Italian Serie A

Spezia vs Juventus 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 33': Emmanuel Gyasi
  • 49': Janis Antiste
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2 - 3
  • 28': Moise Kean
  • 66': Federico Chiesa
  • 72': Matthijs de Ligt

Juventus earn first victory since Cristiano Ronaldo's exit with comeback win at Spezia

Matthijs de Ligt's second-half strike earned Juventus their first victory of the Serie A season at the fifth attempt, with a 3-2 win at Spezia.

Match Commentary

  • 28': Goal! Spezia 0, Juventus 1. Moise Kean (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot with a headed pass.
  • 33': Goal! Spezia 1, Juventus 1. Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Juventus. Alex Sandro replaces Mattia De Sciglio.
  • 45': Substitution, Juventus. Manuel Locatelli replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  • 45': Second Half begins Spezia 1, Juventus 1.
  • 49': Goal! Spezia 2, Juventus 1. Janis Antiste (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giulio Maggiore following a fast break.
  • 59': Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Moise Kean.
  • 66': Goal! Spezia 2, Juventus 2. Federico Chiesa (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
  • 67': Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  • 72': Goal! Spezia 2, Juventus 3. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leonardo Bonucci following a corner.
  • 77': Substitution, Spezia. Rey Manaj replaces Daniele Verde.
  • 77': Substitution, Spezia. M'Bala Nzola replaces Janis Antiste.
  • 77': Substitution, Spezia. Jacopo Sala replaces Mehdi Bourabia.
  • 84': Substitution, Juventus. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Federico Chiesa.
  • 85': Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Substitution, Spezia. Eddie Salcedo replaces Giulio Maggiore.
  • 90'+2': Álvaro Morata (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Spezia 2, Juventus 3.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Alberto Picco
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Attendance: 5,700

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+22 Napoli 25 56 3
+34 Internazionale 25 54 3
+28 Atalanta 25 51 4
+21 Juventus 25 46 1
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
15 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 6
60.2 Possession 39.8
26 SHOTS 10
9 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
439 Accurate Passes 272
514 Passes 346
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
11 Accurate Crosses 5
29 Crosses 11
0.4 Cross % 0.5
70 Long Balls 53
52 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
9 Blocked Shots 2
18 Effective Tackles 10
23 Tackles 19
0.8 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 4
9 Effective Clearances 26
9 Clearances 26

Line-Ups

SPE Spezia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jeroen Zoet (GK)
43 Dimitris Nikolaou Yellow Card
15 Petko Hristov
20 Simone Bastoni
27 Kelvin Amian
25 Giulio Maggiore
6 Mehdi Bourabia
21 Salvador Ferrer
22 Janis Antiste
11 Emmanuel Gyasi
10 Daniele Verde

JUV Juventus (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
4 Matthijs de Ligt
19 Leonardo Bonucci
2 Mattia De Sciglio
6 Danilo
30 Rodrigo Bentancur
14 Weston McKennie
25 Adrien Rabiot
22 Federico Chiesa
18 Moise Kean
10 Paulo Dybala

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