Juventus 1-0 Roma: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 17 December 2016
Result
Juventus 1-0 Roma
Serie A · Saturday 17 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Juventus 1-0 Roma: match report
Juventus defeated Roma 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Gonzalo Higuaín of Juventus in the 14th minute.
Discipline: Juventus received 3 yellow cards; Roma received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Juventus were 1st on 39 points from 16 and Roma 2nd on 35 points from 16. Juventus went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Roma 2nd with 87.
Juventus lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Roma in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stefano Sturaro of Juventus (7.8), ahead of Gonzalo Higuaín (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Juventus wins, 1 draw and 3 for Roma.
Going into the match Juventus's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Roma's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Daniele De Rossi
- 14'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 16'Yellow card · Edin Dzeko
- 26'Yellow card · Daniele Rugani
- 28'Yellow card · Gerson
- 78'Yellow card · Alex Sandro
- 89'Yellow card · Radja Nainggolan
- 90'Yellow card · Antonio Rüdiger
- 90+3'Yellow card · Stefano Sturaro
Head-to-head
Team news
Juventus line-up (4-3-1-2)
Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Daniele Rugani, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Miralem Pjanić, Sami Khedira, Claudio Marchisio, Stefano Sturaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Mario Mandžukić
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Antonio Rüdiger, Federico Fazio, Emerson, Konstantinos Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman, Diego Perotti, Daniele De Rossi, Gerson, Edin Džeko