In the Coppa Italia, Empoli made waves when they defeated Torino, the current league leaders in Italy, 2-1 on the road, eliminating them from contention before the Round of 32.
After five games, Empoli, who has also had an unexpected start to the Serie A season, is presently tied for fifth place with nine points with Juventus. Emmanuel Ekong, a Swedish attacker, gave them the lead in the 30th minute. Scottish striker Che Adams helped Torino even the score in the 74th. But as the game was about to end, Empoli's 90th-minute goal through Swiss midfielder Nicolas Haas knocked Torino from the Coppa Italia, leaving them as the only leaders in the league at the moment with 11 points. In the other two games Sassuolo defeated Lecce 2-0 to eliminate them from the competition.