At 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 19, the 18th round of Serie A ushered in a focus battle: Serie A traditional giants Juventus away to Bologna.
Recently, Juventus has achieved excellent results in the Champions League and Serie A double-line, with a small home victory over Malmo in the last round of the Champions League group stage, and finally pushed the defending champion Chelsea to advance to the first place in the group; Serie A has been unbeaten with 2 wins and 1 draw in the last 3 rounds, but the last round of away games failed to beat the weak team Venice, which is a pity.
In the current Serie A table, Juventus is temporarily ranked 7th with 28 points in 17 games, and there is still an 8-point gap from 4th Place Napoli, and if they want to retain the Champions League qualification, they must win consecutive victories.
Bologna have 24 points in 17 games, temporarily ranking 10th in the Serie A table, and the Serie A has suffered two consecutive defeats in recent times.
In Serie A, Bologna can be said to be Juventus' favorite opponent, the two sides have met in the previous 10 times, Juve have won 10 games.
Juventus started at 433, with Morata forming a forward trident with Keane Jr. and Bernardsky, midfielders Rabiot, Artur and McKenny, four defenders Luca Pellegrini, De Ligt, Bonucci and Cuadrado, and goalkeeper Szczesny. The total value of the starting eleven is 300 million euros.
Bologna's starting line-up is 3142, with Arnautovic and Barrow forming a double striker. The total value of the starting eleven is 83.8 million euros.
As soon as the game began, Juventus launched a counter-offensive attack. In the 5th minute, Morata scored with an assist from Bernardsky. Juventus led Bologna 1-0 away.
Morata has scored in two consecutive Serie A rounds, and this season Morata has made 22 appearances for Juventus in all competitions, contributing 7 goals and 1 assist, including 5 goals in Serie A, tied for the first place in the team with Dybala.
After 15 minutes, Bologna, which had slowed down, began to attack aggressively, but unfortunately failed to score.
Throughout the first half, Bologna shot 7 times and 2 shots on target, Juventus shot 4 times and 3 shots on target, with 52% of the possession and 48% of Juventus, from the data point of view, Bologna is the more dominant side.
In the second half, Bologna was about to grab the start as soon as they came up, but they were not strong enough to score, and the city gate was lost again. In the 68th minute, Cuadrado scored and Juventus led Bologna 2-0.
In the end, with goals from Morata and Cuadrado in the first and second halves, Juventus beat Bologna 2-0 away and went unbeaten in the last four serie a serie aancle games with three wins and one draw. After 18 rounds, he scored 31 points, the same point as Rome, who won 4-1 away from home in this round, but the goal difference is still at a disadvantage, temporarily ranking 6th in the Serie A table.