Juventus routs Palermo

It is now 10 points clear at the top

Ruthless: Paulo Dybala showed no mercy to his former employer, Palermo, scoring two and creating one.

Juventus went 10 points clear at the top of Serie A on Friday with a 4-1 win over struggling Palermo in a perfectly-timed boost ahead of its Champions League trip to Porto next week.

Paulo Dybala, who moved to Turin after three seasons at Palermo in 2015, was close to scoring as early as the fifth minute when he clipped the post with a left-footed free kick.

Higuain strikes

Claudio Marchisio put Juventus ahead in the 13th minute, finding the net after goalkeeper Josip Posavec could only parry Gonzalo Higuain’s close-range shot. Higuain added a third and his 19th league goal of the season in the 63rd minute, latching onto Dybala’s delicately weighted pass between two defenders.

Higuain repaid the favour to his international teammate one minute from time with a cheeky backheel allowing Dybala to slot the ball home.

The results: Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund 3 (Bruma 20-og, Piszczek 48, Dembele 59) bt Wolfsburg 0; Mainz 0 lost to Werder Bremen 2 (Gnabry 16, Delaney 23); Hertha Berlin 1 (Ibisevic 21) drew with Bayern Munich 1 (Lewandowski 90+7); Hoffenheim 2 (Kramaric 64, 90+3) bt Darmstadt 0; Eintracht Frankfurt 0 lost to Ingolstadt 2 (Bregerie 26, Gross 69).

Serie A: Friday: Juventus 4 (Marchisio 13, Dybala 40, 89, Higuain 63) bt Palermo 1 (Chochev 90+3) .