Juventus 1-0 Spezia: Morata goal gives Old Lady's 3rd straight win

Injury-depleted Juventus ground out a 1-0 win against lowly Spezia on Sunday to keep up the pressure on the top three in Serie A.

Match Report

Álvaro Morata scored the only goal of the game following an error by the Spezia goalkeeper.

Fourth-place Juventus stretched its unbeaten run in the league to 14 games and moved five points behind league leader Inter Milan. Napoli and AC Milan are both one point behind Inter and they play each other later Sunday.

Juventus moved six points above fifth-place Atalanta, which has played a match less. The unbeaten run has been despite an injury crisis that saw Massimiliano Allegri's team start the match in Turin without nine regular players.

The match sparked into life when Juventus broke the deadlock in the 21st minute. A terrible kick from goalkeeper Ivan Provedel was intercepted in midfield and played through to Manuel Locatelli, who rolled it across to Morata in a great position on the left side of the area. The Juventus forward drilled the ball into the bottom far corner for his first league goal since December.

Spezia started the second half more aggressively and almost leveled but Emmanuel Gyasi's header was straight at Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczsny, who gathered it on the line.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

14' Cuadrado's foul

17' Arthur's shot too straight

20' GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Spezia (Morata)

32' CLOSE! Provedel denies Cuadrado’s effort

50' CLOSE!  Szczesny denies Gyasi’s effort

56' Yellow Card! Vlahović booked

66' Yellow Card! Bernardeschi booked

78' CLOSE! Szczesny denies Agudelo’s effort

88' Cuadrado’s shot flies into the sky

Line-ups

Juventus XI: Szczesny, Cuadrado, Danilo, Morata, Rugani, Rabiot, Arthur, Locatelli, De Ligt, L.Pellegrini, D. Vlahović

Subs: Pinsoglio, Perin, Bernardeschi, Kean, Ake, F. Miretti, D. Stramaccioni, Matías Soulé

Spezia XI: Reca, I. Provedel, D. Nikolaou, S. Bastoni, E. Gyasi, R. Manaj, Verde, M. Erlić, G. Maggiore, Agudelo, Salvador Ferrer

Subs: Zoet, M. Bourabia, V. Kovalenko, Hristov, A. Nguiamba, D. Strelec, J. Antiste, A. Sher, S. Podgoreanu, Petar Zovko, Nicolò Bertola