Match ends, Juventus 3, Verona 0.
Juventus 3-0 Verona
- From the section European Football
Champions Juventus made it eight Serie A wins in a row as they beat Verona to continue their surge up the table.
Paulo Dybala opened the scoring with a brilliant free-kick, Leonardo Bonucci headed a second and Simone Zaza rounded the goalkeeper for a third.
Juve are three points behind leaders Inter Milan, who beat Empoli 1-0.
Inter are one point clear of Napoli, who beat Torino 2-1, and Fiorentina, who beat Palermo 3-1 with Josip Ilicic scoring twice.
Elsewhere in the afternoon games, Chievo came from 2-0 and 3-2 down to hold Roma 3-3, with Simone Pepe scoring a late equaliser.
AC Milan lost 1-0 to Bologna, with Emanuele Giaccherini - on loan from Sunderland - scoring the only goal.
Lazio were held 0-0 by second-from-bottom Carpi, who are now three points above winless Verona.
Sassuolo drew their game 2-2 with struggling Frosinone.
Earlier on Wednesday - a public holiday in Italy - Udinese beat Atalanta 2-1.
Line-ups
Juventus
- 1Buffon
- 4CáceresSubstituted forRuganiat 84'minutes
- 19Bonucci
- 3Chiellini
- 26Lichtsteiner
- 6KhediraSubstituted forSturaroat 71'minutesBooked at 80mins
- 8MarchisioBooked at 45mins
- 10Pogba
- 12Lobo SilvaBooked at 59mins
- 21Dybala
- 9MorataSubstituted forZazaat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Zaza
- 11de Carvalho Andrade Lima
- 16Ju Cuadrado
- 20Padoin
- 22Asamoah
- 24Rugani
- 25Murara Neto
- 27Sturaro
- 33Evra
- 34Rubinho
- 40Vitale
Hellas Verona
- 95Gollini
- 22Bianchetti
- 18Moras
- 5Helander
- 69Souprayen
- 13WszolekSubstituted forEmanuelsonat 64'minutes
- 23Ionita
- 19GrecoBooked at 24minsSubstituted forGómez Talebat 61'minutes
- 10HallfredssonBooked at 48minsSubstituted forFaresat 82'minutes
- 11Pazzini
- 16Siligardi
Substitutes
- 1Bittencourt Pinheiro
- 7Jankovic
- 20Zaccagni
- 21Gómez Taleb
- 28Emanuelson
- 37Coppola
- 41Winck Neto
- 93Fares
- 97Checchin
- Referee:
- Gianpaolo Calvarese
- Attendance:
- 38,748
Match Stats
Home TeamJuventusAway TeamHellas Verona
- Possession
- Home53%
- Away47%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away1
- Corners
- Home9
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home17
- Away11
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Juventus 3, Verona 0.
Foul by Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus).
Samuel Souprayen (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Samuel Souprayen (Verona) because of an injury.
Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Juventus).
Samuel Souprayen (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Simone Zaza (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Paul Pogba (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Juanito Gómez (Verona).
Foul by Simone Zaza (Juventus).
Vangelis Moras (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Urby Emanuelson (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juanito Gómez.
Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Simone Zaza.
Offside, Juventus. Leonardo Bonucci tries a through ball, but Paul Pogba is caught offside.
Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Juanito Gómez (Verona).
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Matteo Bianchetti.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Samuel Souprayen.
Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Daniele Rugani replaces Martín Cáceres.
Attempt missed. Juanito Gómez (Verona) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Matteo Bianchetti with a cross.
Goal!
Goal! Juventus 3, Verona 0. Simone Zaza (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.
Substitution
Substitution, Verona. Mohamed Fares replaces Emil Hallfredsson.
Offside, Verona. Vangelis Moras tries a through ball, but Giampaolo Pazzini is caught offside.
Booking
Stefano Sturaro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Juventus).
Emil Hallfredsson (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Simone Zaza replaces Álvaro Morata.
Attempt missed. Matteo Bianchetti (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Samuel Souprayen.
Attempt missed. Giampaolo Pazzini (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luca Siligardi.
Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Juventus).
Juanito Gómez (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Filip Helander.
Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Stefano Sturaro replaces Sami Khedira.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Pierluigi Gollini.
Attempt saved. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Sandro with a cross.
Alex Sandro (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matteo Bianchetti (Verona).
Substitution
Substitution, Verona. Urby Emanuelson replaces Pawel Wszolek.