Napoli 0-1 Juventus: result and report
Serie A · Friday 1 December 2017
Result
Napoli 0-1 Juventus
Serie A · Friday 1 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Napoli 0-1 Juventus: match report
Napoli lost to Juventus 0-1 in Serie A on Friday 1 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Gonzalo Higuaín of Juventus in the 12th minute.
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Juventus received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Napoli were 1st on 38 points from 14 and Juventus 3rd on 34 points from 14. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Juventus 1st with 95.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Juventus in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus (8.4), ahead of Douglas Costa (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 6 for Juventus.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Juventus's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 22'Yellow card · Giorgio Chiellini
- 45+1'Yellow card · Dries Mertens
- 59'Yellow card · Mário Rui
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne
Juventus line-up (4-4-1-1)
Gianluigi Buffon, Mattia De Sciglio, Giorgio Chiellini, Medhi Benatia, Kwadwo Asamoah, Miralem Pjanić, Sami Khedira, Douglas Costa, Blaise Matuidi, Gonzalo Higuaín, Paulo Dybala