McKennie fouls Sottil by the touchline. The American has committed more fouls than any other player on the pitch tonight, and he only came on 20 minutes ago.
90' +1
Four minutes of stoppage time.
90'
A loose ball drops to Dybala at the right side of the area and he goes for goal, but his shot is immediately blocked in a crowded penalty area.
88'
Into the last couple of minutes now. Cagliari don't look like mounting a comeback.
86'
Alex Sandro enters the game and replaces Danilo.
Kulusevski has had a good game, but he's off for Chiesa.
Danilo is gone too, replaced by his fellow Brazilian, Sandro.
85'
F. Chiesa enters the game and replaces D. Kulusevski.
R. Bentancur enters the game and replaces Arthur.
More changes late on. Bentancur gets a run-out, Arthur gets a rest.
83'
Cagliari enjoy some possession in the attacking third but Juve seem happy enough to hold them at arm's length. They haven't been able to pick their way through in the last 82 minutes and they don't manage it this time either.
81'
C. Oliva enters the game and replaces A. Ounas.
And now Oliva replaces Ounas.
More Cagliari changes. Simeone is off after a quiet night, with Pavoletti his replacement.
80'
L. Pavoletti enters the game and replaces G. Simeone.
Bernardeschi looks to have gotten around Zappa but the right-back does well to get back in front of the winger and turn away, though he inadvertently puts the ball behind for a corner as he does so.
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78'
Cuadrado dribbles into the area from the right before touching the ball on to McKennie with the outside of his boot. He decides the angle is too tight to shoot so he cuts back inside and chips a cross towards Bernardeschi at the far post, but it's cut out.
76'
Dybala dribbles at the visiting defence for the first time, driving into the area and clipping in a cross from the left. It's turned goalwards in a crowd and Cragno makes a decent reaction save, and Kulusevski's side-footed follow-up is blocked.
75'
McKennie shoves Rog to the turf as he looks to burst away from him in midfield. The Cagliari man looks weary more than anything else.
74'
R. Sottil gets yellow.
Sottil is booked for a late tackle.
73'
Changes from both sides, then. Hopefully that injects a bit of energy back into a game which was in danger of fizzling out. Dybala will be keen to make the most of his time on the pitch after a frustrating start to the season so far.
71'
F. Caligara enters the game and replaces R. Marin.
It's a double change for Cagliari too, with Caligara on for Marin.
70'
A. Carboni enters the game and replaces R. Klavan.
Klavan is taken off, though he's up and walking. He has a massive bandage on his forehead and blood down his face, but he seems lucid, which is always a relief with head injuries. Carboni comes on to replace him.
69'
W. McKennie enters the game and replaces A. Rabiot.
P. Dybala enters the game and replaces Álvaro Morata.
Klavan is up but heavily bandaged. In the meantime, Juve make some changes. McKennie replaces Rabiot.
Dybala comes on in place of Morata.
67'
Ounas and Pedro combine down the right and De Ligt gets across to block the latter's cross behind for a corner.
65'
Rabiot sets Bernardeschi in behind down the left. He gets to the edge of the area and pulls it back to Morata who shoots first time, looking to bend an effort into the top-right corner but sending it just over the crossbar.
64'
The game has slipped into a bit of a lull in the last few minutes. Cagliari are going to need to make some changes to have a hope of getting back into this.
62'
Cagliari work the ball into the final third but, once again lacking the guile to pick their way through, Rog has a pop from range. It flies over.
60'
Ounas looks to inject some energy into a Cagliari attack, driving infield from the right before hitting a crossfield pass to the feet of Sottil on the other side. The move doesn't develop any further, the visitors unable to find a way through the Juve defence.
58'
Kulusevski finds Cuadrado in space on the right but his low cross is easy for Walukiewicz to clear at the edge of the six-yard box.
57'
Marin tries his luck from range but slips onto his backside as he shoots and spoons his effort way over the crossbar.
54'
Arthur gets yellow.
Arthur is booked for a foul in midfield.
53'
Danilo gets yellow.
Cuadrado dances into the area from the right, getting away from Marin and Pisacane but firin his shot straight into a crowd of bodies from a tight angle.
Danilo is booked for a cynical foul, chopping down a Cagliari player looking to lead a counter-attack from the corner.
52'
Zappa lifts a free-kick from the left towards Pedro at the far post. He nods it back into the middle where Bernardeschi heads clear.
50'
Arthur almost sells Buffon short with a pass in the penalty area, but the veteran goalkeeper reacts to it before Simeone has time to react, with the forward already moving in the opposite direction.
49'
Rog turns really well away from two Juventus midfielders then puts in a good sliding tackle to win the ball back from a third after losing possession with a heavy touch, but he can't do it all himself and eventually Juve get it back.
47'
Kulusevski puts Ronaldo through on goal but he can't quite get away from the last line of defence. He checks back and looks for Morata to his right, but his pass is underhit and cut out.
46'
R. Sottil enters the game and replaces A. Tripaldelli.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: JUVENTUS 2-0 CAGLIARI
45'
Cagliari make a change at the break. Sottil replaces Tripaldelli.
We're back underway for the second half.
44'
Ronaldo hadn't seen a lot of the ball before his opening goal, but he doesn't need to. Two moments of sheer quality from their star man and Juventus will be very confident of winning this game.
42'
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a goal for Juventus! Assist by M. Demiral.
Ronaldo gets the ball to the right of midfield and drives into space outside the area. It looks as though he's winding up a shot but opts against it, eventually turning back and recycling possession. It comes back to Ronaldo and he tees up Kulusevski at the edge of the box, and his shot deflects behind for a corner.
GOAL! 2-0 Juve, Ronaldo with his second! It's a poacher's goal, this one. Cuadrado's corner from the right is flicked on by Demiral towards an unmarked Ronaldo at the far post. It looks to be behind him but he slows his momentum well, hanging his foot back and hooking the ball into the empty net.
Demiral gets the assist for flicking on the corner to Ronaldo.
38'
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a goal for Juventus! Assist by Álvaro Morata.
Morata with the assist. He and Ronaldo are linking up nicely this season.
GOAL! 1-0 Juventus, Ronaldo with a cracking finish! There's nothing too complicated about the goal. Bernardeschi finds Morata at the edge of the D, and he turns the ball round to Ronaldo on the left. He takes a touch to set himself on his right foot and bends a powerful shot inside the far post.
37'
Cuadrado's free-kick from the right is headed away by Simeone on the line of the six-yard box. It drops to Bernardeschi and he shoots first time, drilling a low effort straight at Cragno. He hit it powerfully through a crowd, but it was a simple enough save.
35'
A. Tripaldelli gets yellow.
Tripaldelli is booked for an off-the-ball foul on Cuadrado as he looked to latch onto a one-two with Kulusevski on the Juve right.
33'
A. Rabiot gets yellow.
Rabiot is booked for a foul in the build-up.
Marin and Rog pass the ball between themselves at the right corner of the Juve area, seemingly unsure what to do with it. Eventually it's played to Ounas on the right, but he has to stretch for it and his cross flies straight behind for a goal kick.
32'
Danilo looks to lead a charge forward from defence and gets halfway into the Cagliari half with the ball, but he's tackled in midfield and it spins away for a goal kick.
27'
Rog fires a pass in to Pedro in the area, but he can't control it properly and a possible chance for the visitors goes begging.
25'
Bernardeschi shows a good change of pace to burst clear of Zappa down the left, but his cross flies straight into the gloves of Cragno.
23'
Kulusevski is proving a real problem on the right. He comes infield again and finds first Ronaldo, then Rabiot, but neither can find room for a shot. Eventually Ronaldo gets the ball back and goes for goal, but his effort towards the top-right corner deflects wide for a corner, which is cleared.
21'
A rare lapse in concentration from Ronaldo there. He gets possession in midfield and looks to turn away into space, but leaves the ball behind and Rog comes over to nick it away.
19'
Kulusevski causes some indecision in the area as he cuts inside from the right and bends a left-footed cross in from deep. It's half-cleared only as far as Bernardeschi, but his first-time shot from inside the area flies way over the crossbar.
18'
Morata and Ronaldo combine with a one-two to try and set the latter free into the area, but Rog makes a good, strong challenge on the Portuguese right on the edge of the box.
16'
A good counter-attack from Cagliari breaks down after a heavy touch from Simeone at the edge of the area, and he fouls De Ligt as he looks to win the ball back.
15'
Bernardeschi crosses towards Morata from the left, but it's too close to the goalkeeper and Cragno punches clear.
13'
Juve are growing into the game now after a slightly sluggish start. Cagliari are still buzzing around with lots of energy, but the home side are looking more assured in possession.
10'
Pisacane does well by his own corner flag, holding onto the ball and winning a throw-in when under pressure from Rabiot and Bernardeschi.
8'
Juventus have their first real spell of possession, playing the ball patiently around the Cagliari half before finding Morata in the area. A heavy touch looks to have snuffed out the chance but he battles to win it back before forcing in a cross which is easily cleared.
5'
Marin knocks Morata over in midfield as he was looking up to try and find Ronaldo, who was making a run ahead of him. Cagliari have started very energetically.
4'
Tripaldelli gets to the left byline and pulls a low cross back into the area, but it's cleared away by De Ligt.
3'
Pedro wins the ball from Cuadrado in midfield and leads a counter-attack down the left. He makes good progress and lifts a decent cross in to Simeone in the area, but he's eventually crowded out.
2'
Morata gets a first opportunity to carry the ball down the right but Klavan does well to shepherd him towards the corner flag and win a throw-in.
1'
We're off!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Saturday night Serie A fixture, as Juventus host Eusebio Di Francesco’s Cagliari at the Allianz Stadium.
Andrea Pirlo’s side have work to do in the title race, having gone into the international break four points behind league leaders AC Milan. Cagliari are three points further back, in 11th.
SUBS: Gianluca Frabotta, Giacomo Vrioni, Weston McKennie, Wojciech Szczesny, Manolo Portanova, Alex Sandro, Paulo Dybala, Federico Chiesa, Carlo Pinsoglio.
CAGLIARI (4-2-3-1): Alessio Cragno; Fabio Pisacane, Ragnar Klavan, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Gabriele Zappa; Razvan Marin, Marko Rog; Alessandro Tripaldelli, Joao Pedro, Adam Ounas; Giovanni Simeone.
SUBS: Matteo Tramoni, Guglielmo Vicario, Riccardo Sottil, Gaston Pereiro, Fabrizio Caligara, Andrea Carboni, Leonardo Pavoletti, Christian Oliva, Simone Aresti, Alberto Cerri.
The teams are on their way out onto the pitch. The players are wearing red marks on their faces as part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of violence against women. Kick-off is moments away.
Cagliari were on good form coming into this game, but it's a long way back for them now. Their dangermen, Pedro and Simeone, have hardly been in the game.
That's it from me here tonight. Until the next time, ciao!
The win takes Juventus up to second in Serie A, a point behind leaders AC Milan - though Pirlo's side have played one more game than the teams around them. Cagliari stay 11th, but could drop to 13th on Sunday if results go against them.
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