Juve beat plucky Empoli 2-0 but it was not an easy match. Juve were making hard work of it until Giovinco was brought down outside the penalty area and Andrea Pirlo made the free kick count. Carlos Tevez was brought on several minutes later in place of Giovinco and this made all of the difference with Carlito setting up Alvaro Morata to score a wonderful goal and Juve’s second.

Empoli-Juventus 0-2 (0-0)

Empoli (4-3-1-2): Bassi 6; Laurini 6 (57’Hysaj 5,5), Tonelli 5, Rugani 6, Mario Rui 5,5; Vecino 5,5, Valdifiori 6, Croce 6,5; Zielinski 5,5 (74′ Tavano 5,5); Pucciarelli 6,5, Maccarone 5,5 (80′ Mchedlidze sv)
Bench: Pugliesi, Biggeri, Rovini, Barba, Moro, Aguirre, Laxalt, Bianchetti, Signorelli
Coach: Sarri 6.

Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon 7; Ogbonna 6 (46′ Lichtsteiner 6), Bonucci 6, Chiellini 6,5; Pereyra 6,5, Marchisio 6,5, Pirlo 6,5, Vidal 5,5, Asamoah 6 (80′ st Padoin sv); Giovinco 6,5 (68′ Tevez 7), Morata 6,5
Bench: Storari, Rubinho, Mattiello, Llorente, Coman, Romulo, Pogba
Coach: Allegri 6,5
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Referee: Valeri
Reti: 61′ Pirlo, 72′ Morata.
Red card: Tonelli one minute before the end
Ammoniti: Vidal, Tonelli, Hysaj.
Corners: 6-6.
Time added: 2′ + 5′.
Spectators: 16.000 circa.