Juventus edged past Torino to take the honours in the Turin derby and keep up the pressure on Serie A leaders Inter Milan.
Giorgio Chiellini scored the only goal nine minutes from time to earn Juve their third win in four league matches.
Claudio Ranieri's men remain seven points behind Inter, who overcame Genoa earlier today.
Torino remain perilously close to the drop zone though, and will slip into the bottom three if Chievo and Lecce win their games in hand tomorrow.
Juve came into the encounter on the back of a 2-1 midweek defeat in the Coppa Italia semi-final first leg against Lazio.
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and team captain Alessandro Del Piero returned to the squad having been rested for that match, but coach Ranieri was without injured midfielder Mauro Camoranesi and suspended defender Nicola Legrottaglie.
Toro midfield duo Aimo Diana and Paolo Zanetti were also absent due to injury and suspension respectively.
It was Juve who produced the first effort after just two minutes when Sebastian Giovinco tried his luck from the edge of the area with a powerful left-footed strike which Toro goalkeeper Matteo Sereni did well to palm away.
Sereni was called into action again moments later when Vincenzo Iaquinta threatened with a right-footed shot which was heading towards the bottom right corner.
Toro weathered the storm though and Buffon faced his first test, pushing Eugenio Corini's strike around the post before Roberto Stellone headed the resulting corner over the crossbar.
The hosts continued to push forward in numbers and Buffon had to be at full stretch to tip Simone Barone's right-footed drive over the crossbar.
And the Italy goalkeeper was tested again by Barone after 19 minutes when the midfielder got his head to Marco Pisano's cross.
Juve weathered the storm well and could have gone in front seven minutes later but for the agility of Sereni.
Giovinco's free-kick found the head of Iaquinta, whose effort was on its way into the bottom left corner until Sereni got a hand to the ball on the goalline before sliding in to smother the effort with his body.
As the interval approached, Claudio Marchisio was the next player to try his luck for Juve with a 32-yard drive but Sereni was again equal to the challenge.
Ranieri's men stepped up the pace in the second half, keeping Sereni busy at regular intervals.
Marchisio and Amauri combined for the latter to unleash a shot which was palmed clear by the Toro goalkeeper.
Giovinco then curled a 25-yard free-kick just over the crossbar as Toro were again forced to defend in numbers.
And Juve came even closer to breaking the deadlock after 71 minutes as Sereni cleared Chiellini's header into the path of Hasan Salihamidzic, who struck the post with his volley.
Sereni had performed heroics so far in the match, but was finally beaten with nine minutes on the clock when Pavel Nedved picked out Chiellini with a cross which the defender headed beyond the reach of the Toro keeper.
