Crotone’s meeting with Salernitana at the Ezio Scida is more than a difficult Sunday test: it is an opportunity to begin repairing a Serie C season distorted by a six-point deduction for administrative irregularities. The Calabrian club remain bottom of Group C and need a result to move away from the negative column.
Kick-off is at 14:30 in Crotone, where Leandro Greco’s side will face a Salernitana team that has recovered some ground after an uneven opening. Two wins in their last three league matches have taken Serse Cosmi’s men back into the playoff positions.
Quick facts
- Crotone have been deducted six points over administrative issues.
- The home side are last in Serie C Group C.
- Salernitana have won two of their previous three league fixtures.
- Crotone have scored all five of their league goals across the last four matches.
- Salernitana have found the net in each of their opening six games.
- The match will be shown live on Sky Sport and NOW.
Greco has presented the game as a useful measure of where his squad stand against one of the division’s stronger sides. He said the visitors’ quality makes it a demanding assignment, but also one that should give Crotone a clearer indication of the distance they must cover.
The coach wants his players to impose their own game, while recognising that recent matches have turned on moments his side have not managed well enough. In his view, Crotone must improve their decisions and make key incidents work in their favour if they are to turn performances into points.
There is a personal return for Cosmi, who was in charge of Crotone in Serie A from March to June 2021. He replaced the dismissed Giovanni Stroppa and led the club for 14 matches, but was not retained after the campaign, with Francesco Modesto appointed instead.
Salernitana forward Eugenio D’Ursi also returns to familiar territory. He made 60 appearances for Crotone over the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, and while he is still waiting for his first league goal for the Campanian side, he has contributed two assists in the first six rounds.
For Crotone, this is the kind of fixture that can alter the mood around a season. The table remains unforgiving after the sanction, yet a home victory over a side with playoff ambitions would offer Greco’s group both points and proof that their recent scoring progress can become something more substantial.
