Match ends, Juventus 2, Bologna 0.
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Arthur Melo scored his first goal for Serie A champions Juventus as they beat Bologna to put pressure on the Milan teams.
The Brazil midfielder's deflected long-range strike opened the scoring before Weston McKennie headed in a second.
AC Milan lead Serie A despite losing at home to Atalanta after second-placed Inter drew at Udinese.
Roma are third with Juventus moving fourth ahead of Atalanta into a Champions League berth.
Ex-Barcelona player Melo broke his scoring duck in his 19th appearance for Juventus since joining from the Catalan side last summer for 82m euros.
USA midfielder Weston McKennie got the second after 71 minutes, heading in from a corner, for his fourth goal in 21 games since moving from Bundesliga side Schalke.
Line-ups
Juventus
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Szczesny
- 16Ju Cuadrado
- 19BonucciSubstituted forde Ligtat 78'minutes
- 3ChielliniBooked at 47mins
- 13Danilo
- 14McKennieSubstituted forDemiralat 90+2'minutes
- 5ArthurBooked at 52minsSubstituted forRabiotat 78'minutes
- 30Bentancur
- 33BernardeschiSubstituted forMorataat 69'minutes
- 44KulusevskiBooked at 21minsSubstituted forRamseyat 78'minutes
- 7Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes
- 4de Ligt
- 8Ramsey
- 9Morata
- 22Chiesa
- 25Rabiot
- 28Demiral
- 31Pinsoglio
- 36Di Pardo
- 37Dragusin
- 38Frabotta
- 41Fagioli
- 77Buffon
Bologna
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 28Skorupski
- 29De SilvestriSubstituted forSoumaoroat 45'minutes
- 23Larangeira
- 14Tomiyasu
- 35DijksBooked at 62minsSubstituted forPalacioat 75'minutes
- 32SvanbergSubstituted forDomínguezat 64'minutes
- 30Schouten
- 7OrsoliniSubstituted forSkov Olsenat 76'minutes
- 21Soriano
- 55VignatoBooked at 14minsSubstituted forSansoneat 45'minutes
- 99Barrow
Substitutes
- 1da Costa Júnior
- 3Hickey
- 5Soumaoro
- 6Paz
- 8Domínguez
- 10Sansone
- 11Skov Olsen
- 16Poli
- 18Baldursson
- 20Breza
- 24Palacio
- Referee:
- Juan Luca Sacchi
Match Stats
Home TeamJuventusAway TeamBologna
- Possession
- Home53%
- Away47%
- Shots
- Home23
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home11
- Away2
- Corners
- Home7
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away17
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Juventus 2, Bologna 0.
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Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Rodrigo Bentancur.
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Attempt blocked. Roberto Soriano (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Merih Demiral replaces Weston McKennie.
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Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.
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Attempt blocked. Musa Barrow (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicola Sansone.
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Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
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Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Lukasz Skorupski.
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Attempt saved. Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt missed. Musa Barrow (Bologna) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolás Domínguez.
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Álvaro Morata (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Adama Soumaoro (Bologna).
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Attempt missed. Nicola Sansone (Bologna) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Roberto Soriano.
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Aaron Ramsey (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna).
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Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Danilo.
Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Aaron Ramsey replaces Dejan Kulusevski.
Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Matthijs de Ligt replaces Leonardo Bonucci.
