This archive report was first published on 28 September 2019.
On September 28, 2019, Juventus secured a 2-0 win over SPAL, moving them to the top of Serie A.
Cristiano Ronaldo returned from an injury scare to score his third consecutive goal at home this season, adding to Miralem Pjanic's opener just before the break.
With 16 points from six games, Juventus held a one-point lead over Inter, who had maximum points, before their game at Sampdoria later that day.
After being rested for the midweek win over Brescia due to a slight muscular problem, Ronaldo was back in action against SPAL.
Albanian goalkeeper Etrit Berisha made several crucial saves to prevent the damage from being worse for SPAL, who had achieved just their second ever win over Juventus last April.
Berisha denied Paulo Dybala's curling goal-bound effort and parried a point-blank Aaron Ramey header off a Ronaldo cross.
Meanwhile, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made his 903rd club football appearance, surpassing the Italian record of 902 achieved by AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini.
