Juventus vs Napoli 2-0

Juventus beat Napoli 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium after two second-half goals settled a tight contest. Kerim Alajbegovic put the home side in front on 70 minutes and Jérémie Boga sealed it late on.

The first half produced no goals, though Juventus were booked twice before the break, with Douglas Luiz Soares cautioned on 16 minutes and Jhon Lucumi on 20. Napoli had one yellow card of their own when Luca Marianucci went into the book on 38 minutes. The sides went in level at 0-0.

Napoli made two changes at half-time, with Kevin De Bruyne replaced by Billy Gilmour and Giovanni Di Lorenzo by Amir Rrahmani. Juventus then sent on Edon Zhegrova for Randal Kolo Muani on 59 minutes, and Zhegrova set up the opener for Alajbegovic, with the score becoming 1-0. Alajbegovic was booked a minute later before Juventus made two more changes on 72 minutes, sending on Lloyd Kelly for Jhon Lucumi and Jérémie Boga for Alajbegovic. Napoli’s task became harder on 75 minutes when Luca Marianucci was sent off. After further changes from both sides, Andrea Cambiaso came on for Juventus on 82 minutes and assisted Boga’s goal on 87 minutes, which made it 2-0.

The numbers backed Juventus’ edge in attacking output despite Napoli having 51% of the ball. Juventus had 18 shots to Napoli’s 7, with 4 on target to 1, and they also won 13 corners to 4. Napoli completed more passes, 482 to 440, while Juventus also had the better xG at 0.87 to 0.43.

Juventus collected three yellow cards, for Douglas Luiz Soares, Jhon Lucumi and Kerim Alajbegovic. Napoli were booked once before the red card for Luca Marianucci in the 75th minute, and Rafael Marin Zamora was cautioned in added time on 90+1 minutes.