Udinese 0-1 Juventus: Boga's winner seals narrow win for Old Lady

Jeremie Boga scored for the third Serie A match in a row to give Juventus a precious 1-0 victory away to Udinese, but a Francisco Conceicao goal was disallowed.

Match Report

Spalletti moved onto 299 wins in Italy's top flight as a coach thanks to Jeremie Boga's close-range finish late in the first half.

Kenan Yildiz was the spark for Juve with a brilliant run down the left, with the youngster picking his head up and driving in a low cross from which Boga could hardly miss.

Yildiz was the creator as Juve thought they had made it 2-0 through Francisco Conceicao midway through the second half, only for the goal to be disallowed.

A VAR check deemed that Teun Koopmeiners was stood directly in Maduka Okoye's line of sight, in an offside position.

However, that decision did not come back to bite Juve, who moved into the top four ahead of a crucial clash between fifth-place Como and sixth-place Roma on Sunday.

Data Debrief: Yildiz keeps up Juve's top-four charge

Since Spalletti joined Juventus on October 30, only Inter (50) and AC Milan (42) have taken more points than the Bianconeri's 38 in Serie A.

However, while Spalletti must take plenty of credit, he has a superstar on his hands in Yildiz.

The playmaker is the first Juve player to be involved in 15 goals in a single Serie A season before turning 21 since 2004-05. He has scored nine times and laid on a further six assists.

In fact, Yildiz is one of just three players to have scored more than five goals and provided more than five assists in Serie A this season, alongside Inter's Federico Dimarco (six goals, 14 assists) and Como's Nico Paz (nine goals, six assists).

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Line-ups

Udinese XI: Kabasele, Jesper Karlström, Hassane Kamara, Kingsley Ehizibue, Davis, Zaniolo, Maduka Okoye, Ekkelenkamp, Oier Zarraga, Thomas Kristensen, Arthur Atta

Subs: Padelli, Vakoun Bayo, Jakub Piotrowski, Solet, Răzvan Sava, Lennon Miller, Juan Arizala, Idrissa Gueye, Abdoulaye Camara, Branimir Mlacic

Juventus XI: Perin, Jérémie Boga, Locatelli, Gleison, Lloyd Kelly, McKennie, Khéphren Thuram, Francisco Conceição, Kalulu, Andrea Cambiaso, Yıldız

Subs: Pinsoglio, Kostic, Milik, Koopmeiners, Openda, Di Gregorio, Edon Zhegrova, Jonathan David, Cabal, Fabio Miretti, Gatti, Adzic