Salernitana beat Sambiasi 2-1 in a club friendly on 8 August 2026. The scoreline appeared on the scoreboard after two goals landed in the second half. Both sides came through without any dismissals or formal complaints to the referee.
The first goal came in the fifty-second minute. Salernitana carried the weight of the match after that, and here's the thing — they did not need more than one change of momentum to stay ahead. The second goal arrived in the sixty-third minute, and by then the game had settled into a rhythm the hosts understood.
Salernitana held 57 per cent of possession, which is to say they kept the ball more often than their opponents. They launched 94 attacks compared to 92, and took five corners against two. The statistics show a match where both teams moved, but the hosts controlled the tempo.
Salernitana had been testing themselves against Brescia and Ravenna in recent weeks, winning two and drawing two. They came into this fixture knowing what they wanted. Sambiasi, meanwhile, had only one recorded result — a goalless draw against Montpellier — and arrived with nothing to lose.
One yellow card was shown to a Salernitana player, while the visitors kept a clean disciplinary record. The hosts took six throw-ins and the guests five, a small detail that sits alongside the larger picture of a match decided in brief spells rather than sustained pressure.