Match ends, Juventus 3, Crotone 0.
JuventusJuventus3CrotoneCrotone0
Cristiano Ronaldo scored two headers as Juventus beat bottom side Crotone to go within eight points of leaders Inter Milan.
Ronaldo turned home an Alex Sandro cross before powering a header in from Aaron Ramsey's ball, his 70th Serie A goal in just over two and a half years.
Crotone are the 78th team in Europe's top five leagues to concede a league goal to Ronaldo.
Weston McKennie scored Juve's third from close range.
Ronaldo is now Serie A's top scorer this season, with 18 - overtaking Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku.
Line-ups
Juventus
Formation 4-4-2
- 77Buffon
- 13DaniloBooked at 50mins
- 28Demiral
- 4de Ligt
- 12Lobo SilvaSubstituted forFrabottaat 86'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 22ChiesaSubstituted forDi Pardoat 86'minutes
- 14McKennie
- 30BentancurSubstituted forFagioliat 70'minutes
- 8RamseyBooked at 20minsSubstituted forBernardeschiat 76'minutes
- 44KulusevskiSubstituted forMorataat 76'minutes
- 7Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes
- 1Szczesny
- 9Morata
- 31Pinsoglio
- 33Bernardeschi
- 36Di Pardo
- 37Dragusin
- 38Frabotta
- 41Fagioli
- 51Peeters
Crotone
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Cordaz
- 32Lopes Pereira
- 6Magallán
- 5Golemic
- 13LupertoSubstituted forMarroneat 45'minutesBooked at 52mins
- 30Messias
- 17MolinaSubstituted forZanellatoat 71'minutes
- 77Vulic
- 69RecaSubstituted forRispoliat 67'minutes
- 7OunasSubstituted forSimyat 72'minutes
- 54Di CarmineSubstituted forRivièreat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Cigarini
- 11Dragus
- 16Festa
- 21Zanellato
- 22Crespi
- 24D'Aprile
- 25Simy
- 33Rispoli
- 34Marrone
- 44Petriccione
- 95da Silva
- 97Rivière
- Referee:
- Valerio Marini
Match Stats
Home TeamJuventusAway TeamCrotone
- Possession
- Home60%
- Away40%
- Shots
- Home27
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home8
- Away2
- Corners
- Home7
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home18
- Away9
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Juventus 3, Crotone 0.
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Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Lisandro Magallán (Crotone).
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Attempt missed. Weston McKennie (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Vladimir Golemic.
Booking
Gianluca Frabotta (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Gianluca Frabotta (Juventus).
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Andrea Rispoli (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Simy (Crotone) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Rispoli with a cross.
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Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Gianluca Frabotta.
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Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Danilo.
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Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
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Álvaro Morata (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Lisandro Magallán (Crotone).
Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Alessandro Di Pardo replaces Federico Chiesa.
Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Gianluca Frabotta replaces Alex Sandro.
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Attempt missed. Simy (Crotone) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Junior Messias.
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Corner, Crotone. Conceded by Nicolo Fagioli.
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Attempt blocked. Milos Vulic (Crotone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Messias.
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