These were two of the three clubs vying to escape being the third team to be relegated after Sampdoria and now also Cremonese were already demoted. Going into this weekend, the Salentini held a slim two-point advantage over Spezia and Verona, but Lameck Banda had been banned, and Morten Hjulmand and Kastriot Dermaku were hurt. The visitors had just defeated Milan in an unexpected fashion, but Kelvin Amian was suspended, while Mattia Caldara, Daniel Maldini, Jacopo Sala, Emil Holm, Joao Moutinho, and Petar Zovko were all out due to injuries.
Eldor Shomurodov had two pull-backs knocked down by defending bodies after receiving the pass from Ethan Ampadu, and M'Bala Nzola drilled wide. Moments thereafter, Strefezza fired the first goal-bound attempt, a picture taken from outside the box with Bartlomiej Dragowski directly behind it.