The hosts were already dealing with problems due to the absence of Matteo Lovato during the warm-up, Flavius Daniliuc's suspension, Norbert Gyomber's absence, Federico Fazio's injury, Diego Valencia's illness, and top scorer Boulaye Dia. Isaac Success, Enzo Ebosse, Gerard Deulofeu, Kingsley Ehizibue, and Simone Pafundi were unable to play, thus Destiny Udogie filled in for the Friulani.
Lassana Coulibaly was stopped by a strong tackle by Nehuen Perez in the box, but Udinese went ahead when Sandi Lovric set up Marvin Zeegelaar for a tight-angle goal down the left. Moments later, Ilija Nestorovski scored from six yards out after Roberto Pereyra received a pass from Florian Thauvin and rolled across for the score of 2-0. With a fantastic left-foot curler into the far top corner from just inside the area, Grigoris Kastanos helped Salernitana get back into the game.