Juventus 2-0 Atalanta: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 14 March 2018
Result
Juventus 2-0 Atalanta
Serie A · Wednesday 14 March 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Juventus 2-0 Atalanta: match report
Juventus defeated Atalanta 2-0 in Serie A on Wednesday 14 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Juventus's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (29') and Blaise Matuidi (81'). Atalanta did not score.
Discipline: Juventus received 3 yellow cards; Atalanta received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Juventus were 1st on 71 points from 27 and Atalanta 8th on 41 points from 26. Juventus went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Atalanta 7th with 60.
Juventus lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atalanta in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gonzalo Higuaín of Juventus (9.1), ahead of Giorgio Chiellini (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Juventus wins, 2 draws and 0 for Atalanta.
Going into the match Juventus's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Atalanta's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 47'Yellow card · Hans Hateboer
- 61'Yellow card · Bryan Cristante
- 72'Yellow card · Alex Sandro
- 78'Yellow card · Gianluca Mancini
- 81'Goal · Blaise Matuidi
- 82'Yellow card · Medhi Benatia
- 82'Yellow card · Marten de Roon
- 90+1'Yellow card · Kwadwo Asamoah
Head-to-head
Team news
Juventus line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Medhi Benatia, Kwadwo Asamoah, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Miralem Pjanić, Paulo Dybala, Douglas Costa, Blaise Matuidi, Mario Mandžukić, Gonzalo Higuaín
Atalanta line-up (3-5-2)
Etrit Berisha, Rafael Tolói, José Luis Palomino, Gianluca Mancini, Bryan Cristante, Robin Gosens, Marten de Roon, Nicolas Haas, Hans Hateboer, Papu Gómez, Josip Ilicic