Juventus vs Genoa 2021-22 Italian Serie A
Juventus ease past Genoa as boss Massimiliano Allegri celebrates landmark win
Juan Cuadrado scored directly from a corner as Juventus comfortably beat Genoa 2-0 on Sunday to rise to fifth place in Serie A.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 9': Goal! Juventus 1, Genoa 0. Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the top right corner following a corner.
- 34': Luca Pellegrini (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Substitution, Juventus. Alex Sandro replaces Luca Pellegrini.
- 49': Andrea Cambiaso (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 58': Substitution, Genoa. Goran Pandev replaces Flavio Junior Bianchi.
- 59': Substitution, Genoa. Pablo Galdames replaces Valon Behrami.
- 59': Substitution, Genoa. Manolo Portanova replaces Abdoulaye Touré.
- 72': Álvaro Morata (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
- 73': Substitution, Juventus. Moise Kean replaces Álvaro Morata.
- 73': Substitution, Genoa. Zinho Vanheusden replaces Mattia Bani.
- 74': Moise Kean (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Goal! Juventus 2, Genoa 0. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
- 83': Substitution, Juventus. Adrien Rabiot replaces Federico Bernardeschi.
- 85': Substitution, Genoa. Filippo Melegoni replaces Andrea Cambiaso.
- 88': Substitution, Juventus. Kaio Jorge replaces Paulo Dybala.
Game Information
Venue: Allianz Stadium
Location: Torino, Italy
Attendance: 18,458
Italian Serie A Standings
| POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +7 | AC Milan | 8 | 17 | 1 |
| +10 | Internazionale | 7 | 15 | 2 |
| +5 | Napoli | 7 | 15 | 2 |
| +4 | AS Roma | 7 | 15 | 2 |
Statistics
 GEN |
JUV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 10 | Saves | 0 |
| 29.7 | Possession | 70.3 |
| 0 | SHOTS | 27 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 12 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 227 | Accurate Passes | 680 |
| 311 | Passes | 748 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 7 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 53 | Long Balls | 75 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 56 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 18 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 19 | Clearances | 5 |
Juventus (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wojciech Szczesny (GK) |
| 3 | Giorgio Chiellini |
| 4 | Matthijs de Ligt |
| 17 | Luca Pellegrini  |
| 11 | Juan Cuadrado |
| 10 | Paulo Dybala |
| 27 | Manuel Locatelli |
| 30 | Rodrigo Bentancur |
| 9 | Álvaro Morata |
| 20 | Federico Bernardeschi |
| 44 | Dejan Kulusevski |
Genoa (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 57 | Salvatore Sirigu (GK) |
| 13 | Mattia Bani |
| 15 | Johan Vásquez |
| 14 | Davide Biraschi |
| 33 | Hernani |
| 94 | Abdoulaye Touré |
| 11 | Valon Behrami |
| 50 | Andrea Cambiaso |
| 18 | Paolo Ghiglione |
| 20 | Caleb Ekuban |
| 24 | Flavio Junior Bianchi |
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