

As a result of the Salentini's two points against Empoli and Napoli and Monza's five losses, this was already a relegation battle between two teams that were promoted last summer. Coach Giovanni Stroppa was already under fire. For the hosts, Andrea Ranocchia and Marco D'Alessandro were still absent, along with Gabriel Strefezza, Mert Cetin, Dermaku, and Voelkerling Persson. After a disagreement with the manager of Monza, Andrea Petagna was reportedly taken to the stands.
Lecce missed a golden opportunity early on when Federico Baschirotto's glancing header from a corner sailed inches past the far post. Later, Lameck Banda missed a chance to set up Assan Ceesay by rolling across instead of shooting wide on the attack. Lecce made a valiant effort until the very end and had two excellent opportunities in stoppage time, but Di Gregorio saved both the Lorenzo Colombo goal and the Gonzalez header from a corner.