Three second-half goals seal a 4-1 win for Juventus over Spezia. The sides went in level at the break with Morata scoring the opener for Juve before Pobega pulled one back with a deflected shot for the hosts. Ronaldo came off the bench in the second half and scored his first goal just two minutes after being introduced and he sent his second past Provedel with a Panenka from the spot. In between those two goals, Rabiot slotted in from close range.
That win moves Juventus up to second in the table and they remain unbeaten in their six league games so far this season. Their attention turns back to the Champions League now when they face Ferencvaros on Wednesday. Spezia's unbeaten run comes to an end and they drop down to 16th in the table. Next up for them is a trip to Benevento.
That's all for today, goodbye!
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90'+3'
FULL-TIME: SPEZIA 1-4 JUVENTUS.16:53
90'+2'
CLOSE! Bonucci's clearance bounces to Nzola but he's quickly closed down by three defenders. He turns and lays the ball off to Estevez who fires his shot towards goal, but it sails just over the crossbar.16:52
90'
Bartolomei is a long way out from goal when he picks up the ball but he decides to have a shot when some space opens up. He drills his shot on target and Rabiot gets across to make the block.16:51
88'
Final change for Spezia now and it's Terzi making way for Ismajli.16:48
87'
Estevez catches Ronaldo with a late challenge and is shown a yellow card.16:47
86'
Gyasi makes a driving run down the left of the box but he's being tracked by Cuadrado. He tries to put a cross into the middle from the byline, but the right-back gets just enough on it to send it out for a corner.16:46
84'
It's a good cross into the box by Ferrer on the right and he picks out Bastoni on the far side of the box. He takes the shot first time on the volley but fires his shot high over the crossbar.16:44
82'
Ronaldo scored his first goal in the game just 126 seconds after he came off the bench.16:42
80'
Spezia are keeping the ball well at the moment, but all of their possession is in front of Juventus. They're patiently trying to push upfield, but they can't find a way through the visitors.16:40
78'
Morata is also making way, with Kulusevski replacing him.16:39
77'
Final changes from Pirlo now following that goal and he's taking off Bonucci for Frabotta.16:39
76'
RONALDO HAS A SECOND! It's a confident penalty from him as he chips the ball over Provedel, who is diving to his left, and into the back of the net. 4-1 Juve!
PENALTY TO JUVENTUS! Chiesa makes a driving run into the box, rolling the first challenge from Ferrer. He cuts back onto his right foot in the box which is when Bartolomei brings him down and the referee points to the spot.16:35
74'
The goal scorer, Pobega is also brought off, with Estevez replacing him.16:34
73'
Chabot is also being taken off, with Dell'Orco on for him.05:17
73'
There's a triple change for Spezia now and Farias is the first to make way for Gyasi.16:33
71'
Juventus have three defenders crowding around Nzola in the box but he manages to squeeze a pass through to Bartolomei. He takes the shot first time, but drags at the ball and sends it wide of the near post.16:31
69'
Rabiot has his name taken by the referee after a late challenge on Ferrer.16:29
67'
It's a great ball from Chiesa to pick out Rabiot as he chips the pass over Spezia's defence to pick out the substitute.16:29
67'
RABIOT SCORES! He times his run perfectly to stay onside and get the ball on the left of the box. He takes it around Terzi and Provedel before slotting it into the bottom-left corner. 3-1 Juve!
Juventus are just happy to keep possession in their own half of the field at the moment after Spezia's pressure on their goal. Chabot tries to hurry Morata but ends up fouling him and giving away a free-kick.16:26
64'
OFFSIDE! Bartolomei whips a corner into the box and Chabot rises to meet it. He heads his effort towards goal and Buffon makes a god save. He parries it out to Agudelo though and he taps in from close range, but it won't count as he was offside.16:25
62'
Bentancur also makes way, with Rabiot replacing him.16:22
62'
Double change for Juventus now and first to make way is McKennie for Ramsey.16:22
61'
Morata has a lot of space to run into down the left again and this time, he's picked out by Bentancur. He's looking to set up Ronaldo in the middle again, but his cross is cut out by Ferrer.16:21
59'
Morata gets his head up and spots Ronaldo's run before playing a good throughball into the substitute.16:20
59'
RONALDO SCORES! He's one-on-one with the goalkeeper when Morata picks him out in the box and he takes the ball around Provedel and slots the ball into the back of the net to score on his return to the team. 2-1 Juve!
Ronaldo plays in Morata on the left and continues his run so he can get the return. Morata tries to square it to him on the edge of the box, but Terzi reads it well and gets a toe to it to take it away from him.16:18
56'
Juventus make their first change of the game and it's Ronaldo that's coming on for Dybala.16:16
54'
Ricci plays a great throughball forward for Nzola to run onto but he has two Juventus defenders closing him down. He squares it to Bartolomei on his right, but his first-time shot is blocked by Danilo.16:15
52'
Juventus don't clear their lines after Agudelo's cross comes into the box and it bounces out to Farias on the left of the box. He hits the shot on the volley, but Cuadrado is in the right place to make the block.16:11
50'
Agudelo makes a brilliant run down the right, getting away from Danilo and into a lot of space in the final third. He squares the ball into the middle of the box, but it's just behind Nzola and Demiral clears his lines.16:09
49'
Chabot picks up the first yellow card of the game after stepping across McKennie and tugging back his arm.16:09
48'
Bentancur does well to switch play out to Cuadrado who gets away from Bastoni and pulls the ball back from the byline. Dybala is running to the near post, but Chabot gets across to block it.16:08
46'
Spezia get the game back underway for the second half!16:05
46'
There's a change for Spezia at the break as Agudelo comes on for Verde.16:05
Pirlo will be pleased with how his side started the game, but they haven't really troubled Provedel in goal too often and he'll want that to change after the break. As for Spezia, they grew into the game as it went on and Italiano will want them to make a much brighter start to the second half.15:57
It's level at the break at 1-1 between Spezia and Juventus. The visitors started brightly and Morata broke the deadlock after McKennie unselfishly squared the ball to him so he could find the back of the empty net. He thought he'd scored a second, but was denied by the offside flag. Spezia pulled one back through Pobega when his deflected, low shot beat Buffon.15:52
45'+3'
HALF-TIME: SPEZIA 1-1 JUVENTUS.15:48
45'+1'
Chiesa uses a quick switch of pace to pull away from Chabot but when he gets to the byline and sets himself to put a cross in, the defender gets back to nick it off him and ends up winning a goal-kick.15:47
44'
GREAT BLOCK! It looks like Juventus have to score a second goal as Morata drives towards goal and this time, he's trying to set up McKennie for a goal. He's sliding in at the far post, but Chabot gets there just before him to send it out for a corner.15:45
42'
Juventus are struggling to get on the ball at the moment, but are stopping Spezia getting forward with a couple of late challenges that is starting to frustrate the home side.15:44
40'
Bonucci wins a free-kick deep in his own half and steps up to take it as he plays a long ball over the top to Dybala. He would be in on goal, but the pass is just overhit and Provedel rushes off his line to collect it.15:42
38'
Nzola chased down Bastoni's long pass and did well to keep it in play, but he ran into the advertising board at the side of the pitch. He's gone down holding his knee and he's getting some treatment on it now.15:38
36'
Since his return to Turin, Morata has been involved in five of Juventus' seven goals in all competitions (four goals and one assist).15:37
34'
That goal has boosted Spezia's confidence as they close down Juventus high up the field and win the ball back. Bastoni picks out Nzola with a long pass but he fires his shot just wide of the top corner.15:36
32'
Bartolomei does brilliantly to dribble past two Juventus defenders as he cut into the box from the right box before laying it off to Pobega.15:37
32'
SPEZIA EQUALISE! Pobega's run to the edge of the box is picked out by Bartolomei and he hits his low shot first time. It takes a deflection which catches out Buffon before finding the bottom corner. 1-1!
GOOD CHANCE! Nzola is running onto Ricci's throughball and he's one-on-one with Buffon when he completely misses the ball. He manages to get onto the keeper's clearance and touch it back to Ricci, but his shot is just wide of the near post.15:32
29'
It's a great pass out to Danilo on the left by Bentancur and the left-back picks out Chiesa's run ahead of him. He cuts inside before drilling a powerful shot towards goal and Chabot makes an important block.15:30
27'
Danilo drills a low cross into a dangerous area in the six-yard box and McKennie is sliding in to try and get on the end of it. Provedel comes off his line to intercept it and ends up getting fouled by the midfielder.15:28
25'
Juventus clear their lines but the ball bounces to Ricci a long way out from goal. He fires a first-time shot back towards the target, but there's no power on it and it's a comfortable save for Buffon.15:35
23'
OFFSIDE! Morata has the ball in the back of the net again, but this one won't count. He got away from two Spezia defenders to get into the box before hitting his shot into the bottom right corner, but the flag has gone up.15:25
22'
Bastoni is still trying to make something happen for Spezia down the left, but he has no one up with him in support. He plays a good pass forwards, but Pobega doesn't make the overlapping run and Buffon comes out of his box to collect it.15:24
20'
Spezia are seeing more of the ball now, but all of their possession is in front of Juventus. Bastoni is high on the left and Bartolomei switches play out to him but there's no way around Cuadrado.15:22
18'
CLOSE! Morata plays a good throughball forward to pick out Chiesa on the edge of the box and he takes it around the defender before drilling his shot towards goal. Provedel is scrambling towards it, but it's just wide of the near post.15:21
16'
Spezia are on the attack following the restart, but they're trying to rush their way upfield. Ricci's throughball to Nzola in the box is overhit and Buffon comes off his line to collect the ball.15:18
14'
McKennie's run drew the defender and goalkeeper to him, but he still had space to shoot. Instead, he chooses to unselfishly square it to Morata to set up the goal.15:17
14'
JUVENTUS LEAD! It's a good throughball into McKennie on the right of the box and he squares it to Morata who puts it into the far bottom corner. The offside flag went up, but after a VAR check, the goal stands! 1-0 Juve!
Dybala cuts into the box from the right and dribbles past two Spezia defenders to get into space in the middle. He curls an effort just wide of the far post, but the flag goes up against him anyway.15:14
10'
Spezia are struggling to get out of their own half at the moment and can barely get a touch on the ball. Pobega intercepts Chiesa's pass on the left but his throughball to Faries goes straight out of play.15:12
8'
Cuadrado whips a cross into the box from the right and he picks out Dybala's run to the near post. He flicks a header towards the target but Terzi is in the right place to make a good block.15:10
6'
Dybala threads a pass between Spezia's central defenders to pick out Morata's run down the left of the box. His first touch takes him away from Chabot and he drills a shot towards goal but he can only find the side netting.15:07
4'
Juventus are seeing a lot of the ball in the opening minutes here, but they're struggling to get in behind Spezia at the moment. Cuadrado tries to play a throughball into Arthur, but it's cut out by Ricci.15:05
2'
McKennie makes a driving run down the right but he's tracked by Bastoni the whole way. He ends up overrunning it when he gets into the final third and the left-back gets a foot in to nick it off him.15:04
1'
Morata gets the game underway for Juventus! 15:01
The teams are out on the pitch now, with kick-off just moments away.14:58
Juventus have only lost one of their last 43 Serie A matches against newly-promoted teams (W34 D8) - a 1-2 defeat against Verona in February 2020.14:55
Andrea Pirlo makes three changes to his team after their loss to Barca and the big news for them is that Ronaldo is named as a substitute after recovering from coronavirus. Buffon, McKennie and Arthur all come in, with Szczesny, Rabiot and Kulusevski starting on the bench.15:02
Vincenzo Italiano makes four changes to the side that drew with Parma last weekend as he brings in Ferrer, Verde, Farias and Ricci. Gyasi, Agudelo and Agoume drop to the bench, while Jacopo Sala misses out due to a thigh strain.15:04
JUVENTUS SUBS: Carlo Pinsoglio, Manolo Portanova, Wojciech Szczesny, Gianluca Frabotta, Dejan Kulusevski, Adrien Rabiot, Cristiano Ronaldo, Federico Bernardeschi, Aaron Ramsey.14:46
JUVENTUS STARTING XI (4-3-3): Gianluigi Buffon; Juan Cuadrado, Merih Demiral, Leonardo Bonucci, Danilo; Weston McKennie, Arthur, Rodrigo Bentancur; Paulo Dybala, Alvaro Morata, Federico Chiesa.14:43
SPEZIA STARTING XI (4-3-3): Ivan Provedel; Salvador Ferrer, Claudio Terzi, Julian Chabot, Simone Bastoni; Paolo Bartolomei, Matteo Ricci, Tommaso Pobega; Daniele Verde, M'Bala Nzola, Diego Farias.15:04
Juventus have had a mixed start to their season, but they have lost just one of their last six matches in all competitions (W2 D3), but that defeat did come in their last outing when they lost 2-0 to Barcelona in the Champions League. Spezia have also lost just one of their previous five games in all competitions (W2 D2) and are unbeaten in their last three games.14:33
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Serie A meeting between Spezia and Juventus at the Dino Manuzzi!14:30
Spezia - Juventus is a match of 6 day of the season Serie A 2020/2021. The match will be 1 november at 12:30 in the stadium Dino Manuzzi in Cesena. Referee of Spezia - Juventus will be Rosario Abisso with the help of Ciro Carbone e Alessandro Cipressa. At VAR there will be Daniele Doveri.
Currently Spezia is 17° in the standings with 5 points (thanks of 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats); while Juventus is 3° in the standings with 12 points (thanks of 3 wins, 3 pareggi and 0 sconfitte). Spezia scored 8 goals and conceded 15; Juventus scored 14 goals and conceded 5.
At home Spezia scored 1 point (0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses). Away Juventus scored 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Spezia in the last three matches of the season challenged Fiorentina, Parma and Juventus obtaining 2 points thanks to 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Juventus in the last three matches of the season challenged Napoli, Crotone and Vero obtaining 3 points thanks to 0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In the last match Spezia was against Juventus losing 1-4 while Juventus was against Verona evening 1-1. The best scorer of the team coached by Vincenzo Italiano is Andrej Galabinov with 3 goals while the best scorer of the team coached by Andrea Pirlo is Cristiano Ronaldo with 5 goals.
Spezia and Juventus is the first time that they face each other in the league.
These are the statistics of the two teams in the matches played in the season:
Where to see Spezia-Juventus You can see the live match Spezia-Juventus here on Virgilio Sport starting 12:30 CET of 1 november. Discover who will broadcast live Spezia - Juventus between Sky and Dazn.
