Napoli wins 1-0 at Roma to move level with AC Milan atop tight Serie A standings

ROME (AP) — Defending champion Napoli won 1-0 at rival Roma to move level with AC Milan atop the tight Serie A standings on Sunday.

David Neres scored in the first half after finishing off an exchange with Rasmus Hojlund on a counterattack.

Milan and Napoli each have 28 points and Inter Milan and Roma are one point behind with 27 each. Also, Bologna can move level with Inter and Roma with a victory over visiting Cremonese on Monday.

Milan beat Lazio 1-0 on Saturday.

Napoli is aiming for its third title in four seasons and Partenopei goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic preserved the clean sheet with a one-handed save on Tommaso Baldanzi in the closing minutes.

Earlier, Lautaro Martinez scored two second-half goals and Inter won 2-0 at promoted Pisa to bounce back from consecutive losses.

Inter lost the city derby to AC Milan last weekend and then was beaten at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday. It looked even bleaker for the Nerazzurri until Lautaro struck in the 69th and 83rd minutes.

Also, Atalanta ended an eight-match winless run in the league with a 2-0 victory over Fiorentina, with goals either side of halftime from Odilon Kossounou and Ademola Lookman. Lecce beat Torino 2-1.

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Napoli fans cheer prior to the start of the Serie A soccer match between Roma and Napoli, in Rome, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Napoli's Scott McTominay goes for the header with Roma's Evan Ferguson during the Serie A soccer match between Roma and Napoli in Rome, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Napoli's David Neres scores is side's first goal during the Serie A soccer match between Roma and Napoli in Rome, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Napoli's David Neres celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Serie A soccer match between Roma and Napoli in Rome, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Lecce's Medon Berisha, left, and Torino's Kristjan Asllani in action during the Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and Torino 1906 FC in Lecce, Italy, Sunday Nov. 30, 2025. (Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via AP)

Inter's Lautaro Martinez scores a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Pisa and Inter in Pisa, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (Alessandro La Rocca/LaPresse via AP)

Home Depot got a lift in the first quarter from professionals and also homeowners stocking up on spring supplies.

Profit fell from its first quarter last year, but the national home improvement retailer beat Wall Street expectations.

"The underlying demand in our business was relatively similar to what we saw throughout fiscal 2025, despite greater consumer uncertainty and housing affordability pressure,” CEO Ted Decker said Tuesday.

The housing market has been static as Americans wrestle with rising costs and other economic concerns.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat in April, another lackluster showing for the housing market during what’s traditionally its busiest time of the year. Existing home sales edged up 0.2% last month from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units, the National Association of Realtors said a week ago. Sales were unchanged compared to April last year.

The U.S. housing market has been in a slump dating back to 2022, the year mortgage rates began climbing from historic lows that fueled a homebuying frenzy at the start of this decade. American consumers are cautious as gas prices fuel an inflation surge of 3.8% in the U.S. Labor Department figures last week showed that gasoline prices are up more than 28% compared with a year ago.

For the three months ended May 3, Home Depot earned $3.29 billion, or $3.30 per share. A year earlier the Atlanta company earned $3.43 billion, or $3.45 per share.

Removing certain items, earnings were $3.43 per share. That's better than the $3.41 per share that analysts surveyed by FactSet were calling for.

Revenue climbed to $41.77 billion from $39.86 billion, which topped Wall Street's expectations for revenue of $41.59 billion.

Sales at stores open at least a year, a key gauge of a retailer’s health, rose 0.6%. In the U.S., comparable store sales climbed 0.4%.

Customer transactions declined 1.3% in the quarter, but the amount that shoppers spent increased to $92.76 per average receipt from $90.71 a year ago.

Home Depot still anticipates fiscal 2026 total sales growth of about 2.5% to 4.5% and comparable sales growth to be about flat to up 2%.

Shares rose more than 1% before the opening bell Tuesday.

FILE - A view of the exterior of the Home Depot improvement store, in Niles, Ill., on Feb. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

FILE - A "For Sale" sign is displayed outside a home on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)