The hosts had Kelvin Amian returned from suspension and were one point above Verona in the drop zone, but Mattia Caldara joined Emil Holm, Joao Moutinho, and Jacopo Sala on the injured list. Despite Nemanja Radonjic's injury, Toro was still in the running for eighth place and possible Conference League qualifying.

At the 14-minute mark, Aleksei Miranchuk's attempt from outside the area was deflected by Ethan Ampadu into the crossbar. Salvatore Esposito missed with a pair of free kicks, but Torino scored on a lucky break when Wilfried Singo's effort off an Ivan Ilic corner took a significant deflection off Przemyslaw Wisniewski and caught Bartlomiej Dragowski off guard. Alessandro Buongiorno's arm-pull back of M'Bala Nzola earned Spezia a penalty, but it was overturned after a VAR on-field review for Emmanuel Gyasi's handball.