Billy Gilmour, Juan Jesus, Lorenzo Lucca, and David Neres filled in for the Partenopei, who were missing Scott McTominay, Rasmus Hojlund, Stanislav Lobotka, Amir Rrahmani, Romelu Lukaku, and Nikita Contini. Matteo Politano and Alessandro Buongiorno were also not entirely fit. Ardian Ismajli was only prepared for the bench, and Toro was without Ivan Ilic, Perr Schuurs, Tino Anjorin, Zakaria Aboukhlal, and Zanos Savva. Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and Giovanni Simeone played against their old teams.
Nikola Vlasic almost put Torino ahead after 15 minutes, but his shot hit the inside of the post. Kevin De Bruyne forced a save from Franco Israel and saw another effort deflected just wide after a Marcus Pedersen mistake, while Matias Olivera missed a close-range chance. Torino broke the deadlock when Gilmour’s error allowed Simeone to spring the offside trap, but he had more to do when sending Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Milinkovic-Savic to ground, turning in from a tight angle.