Match ends, Juventus 3, Verona 0.
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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
Formation 3-5-2
- 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
Formation 4-4-2
- 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
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Juventus 3, Verona 0.
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Foul by Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus).
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Samuel Souprayen (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match Samuel Souprayen (Verona) because of an injury.
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Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Juventus).
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Samuel Souprayen (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Simone Zaza (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Paul Pogba (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Juanito Gómez (Verona).
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Foul by Simone Zaza (Juventus).
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Vangelis Moras (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Urby Emanuelson (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juanito Gómez.
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Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Simone Zaza.
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Offside, Juventus. Leonardo Bonucci tries a through ball, but Paul Pogba is caught offside.
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Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Juanito Gómez (Verona).
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Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Matteo Bianchetti.
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Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Samuel Souprayen.
