Overview

• Sampdoria secured a 2-0 victory in the first leg at Luigi Ferraris with goals by Melle Meulensteen and Marco Curto
• Twenty-one members of Salernitana’s squad and staff were treated in hospital for suspected foodborne illness after consuming a packed meal in Genoa
• The club formally requested a delay to the June 20 return fixture at the Arechi to allow affected personnel to recover
• Salernitana faces a two-goal deficit and must overturn the margin in the second leg to avoid relegation to Serie C
• The playout was arranged after Brescia’s points deduction opened the reprieve that put Sampdoria back into the fight for survival