Hellas was once again under strain when Spezia defeated Milan and relegated them to the bottom three. While Aleksei Miranchuk and Nemanja Radonjic were absent when Ivan Juric returned to the Bentegodi, Ajdin Hrustic, Thomas Henry, and Kevin Lasagna were on the operating table. Only the bench would do for Perr Schuurs. Vanja Milinkovic-Savic parried Adrien Tameze's first attempt after he was charged down, and Mergim Vojvoda was unable to capitalise on Yann Karamoh's roll over to the back post. Due to a wound, Giangiacomo Magnani had to leave the game.
A left-footed rocket from Nikola Vlasic into the top corner of the goal from just beyond the D gave Toro the lead and gave Lorenzo Montip no chance. Cyril Ngonge and Samuele Ricci produced long-range shots that were on goal, but Antonio Sanabria missed a six-yard shot opportunity to make it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time.