Juventus 2-1 Benevento: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 5 November 2017
Result
Juventus 2-1 Benevento
Serie A · Sunday 5 November 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Juventus 2-1 Benevento: match report
Juventus won against Benevento 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 5 November 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Amato Ciciretti opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Juventus's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (57') and Juan Cuadrado (65'). Benevento scored through Amato Ciciretti (19').
Discipline: Juventus received 3 yellow cards; Benevento received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Juventus were 3rd on 28 points from 11 and Benevento 20th on 0 points from 11. Juventus went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Benevento 20th with 21.
Juventus lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benevento in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Juan Cuadrado of Juventus (8.5), ahead of Alex Sandro (8.2).
Going into the match Juventus's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Benevento's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Amato Ciciretti
- 37'Yellow card · Danilo Cataldi
- 43'Yellow card · Claudio Marchisio
- 45+2'Yellow card · Raman Chibsah
- 57'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 65'Goal · Juan Cuadrado
- 73'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 85'Yellow card · Luca Antei
- 89'Yellow card · Federico Bernardeschi
Team news
Juventus line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Mattia De Sciglio, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Daniele Rugani, Juan Cuadrado, Claudio Marchisio, Paulo Dybala, Douglas Costa, Blaise Matuidi, Gonzalo Higuaín
Benevento line-up (3-4-2-1)
Alberto Brignoli, Berat Djimsiti, Gianluca Di Chiara, Luca Antei, Raman Chibsah, Nicolas Viola, Lorenzo Venuti, Achraf Lazaar, Danilo Cataldi, Amato Ciciretti, Kristiano Samuel Armenteros