NAPLES, Italy :Defending champions Napoli moved provisionally top of the Serie A standings after a 3-1 home win over Atalanta on Saturday, with David Neres scoring a first-half double to send the hosts on their way to a largely comfortable victory.

Antonio Conte's Napoli are on 25 points, one ahead of Inter Milan, AS Roma and Bologna. Inter face neighbours AC Milan on Sunday, with Roma at Cremonese, while Bologna won 3-0 at Udinese on Saturday. Atalanta remain 13th in the standings on 13 points.

Conte's side had lost top spot after earning one point from their last two games but proved too strong for an Atalanta side which had Raffaele Palladino in charge for the first time since replacing Ivan Juric, sacked after a seven-match winless streak in the league.

Napoli looked full of energy

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