NAPOLI starting XI (4-3-3): Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Olivera, Zambo-Anguissa (subbed for Folorunsho), Lobotka, McTominay, Politano (subbed for Mazzocchi), Lukaku (subbed for Simeone), Kvaratskhelia (subbed for Neres)
Bench: Contini, Caprile, Juan Jesus, Marin, Spinazzola, Gilmour, Zerbin, Ngonge, Raspadori
Goals: Lukaku 54’
ROMA starting XI (4-4-1-1): Svilar, Celik (subbed for Abdulhamid), Mancini (subbed for Dybala), N’Dicka, Angelino, El Shaarawy (subbed for Hummels), Koné, Cristante, Pisilli (subbed for Dahl), Pellegrini (subbed for Baldanzi), Dovbyk
Bench: Marin, Ryan, Sangaré, Paredes, Soulé, Le Fèe, Zalewski
Napoli moved one point ahead of Atalanta, Inter Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio with the win at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Lukaku redirected in a cross from Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo early in the second half.
Roma had a chance to equalise, but Artem Dovbyk’s header from close range hit the crossbar.
Lukaku played for Roma last season but was one of the main transfer targets when Antonio Conte was hired at Napoli for this season.
Ranieri was hired 10 days ago as Roma’s third coach of the season, replacing the fired Ivan Juric, who had in turn replaced Daniele De Rossi.
Roma remained in 12th place, four points above the relegation zone.
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