Birmingham City 1-0 Portsmouth: Giving a good account of themselves at the weekend at Old Trafford, Birmingham play host to Portsmouth who still look vulnerable without Harry Redknapp at the helm
It could be suggested that this match is a relegation six-pointer, with neither team expected to challenge for the title, and the game certainly begins like one, full of challenges and passion
Pompey goalkeeper David James' pink kit and new moustache are the brightest and most stylish things on display in a first half where both teams struggle to put two passes together
The game looks certain to be a no-score draw until James clatters in to Sebastian Larsson and James McFadden strokes in the resulting penalty to give the home side all three points with seconds left in the game
Burnley 1-0 Manchester United: The Clarets are not fancied by many to get a result against their Lancashire neighbours but Owen Coyle will draw on the tenacity that saw his men promoted to the Premier League
The last time Burnley beat the Red Devils Denis Law, George Best and Bobby Charlton were in the side but how will the hosts fair against Ji-Sung Park, Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen?
The answer is as emphatic as Robbie Blake's finish, lacing the ball past Ben Foster after a good spell of Burnley pressure, no more than they deserve
Michael Owen misses two good opportunities in front of Fabio Capello but Michael Carrick spurns a chance from the penalty spot - Brian Jensen's save every bit as brilliant as Blake's finish
Jensen continues to thwart United with brave saves against Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Ryan Giggs, earning the man of the match award as Burnley win to delight, and maybe even surprise, the Turfmoor terraces
Hull City 1-5 Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs dominate the opening quarter of an hour with Jermain Defoe, twice scoring for England last week, pulling free of the Hull defence and rifling the ball in to the bottom corner
Tottenham bag a carbon-copy second as a diagonal ball splits the Hull defence and Wilson Palacios finishes with a low drive, though this time toward Boaz Myhill's near post
(Out of shot) Stephen Hunt, always a livewire for Brentford and Reading, gets his second goal in as many games against London sides, with Heurelho Gomes replaced by Carlo Cudicini between the Spurs sticks
It's 3-1 before the break however as Defoe bursts through once again and, for the second midweek match running, bags himself a brace in half a match against a team playing in orange
Robbie Keane may not be the tallest of strikers but seems to hang in the air at the near post to head a fourth for Tottenham from Aaron Lennon's cross
Keane continues to be full of good touches all night and Lennon lays on Defoe to get his hat-trick with an edge-of-the-box stunner; together the three men have taken Hull apart
Liverpool 4-0 Stoke City: Despite the unrest in the squad following Xabi Alonso's departure and the opening weekend loss at Spurs, the Reds take an early lead, Fernando Torres slotting home Steven Gerrard's cross
There are worries for the home side as a clash with Ryan Shawcross, who Liverpool have expressed interest in, leaves Torres needing nine staples in his eye to carry on, much like Jamie Carragher at Spurs four days before
Glen Johnson makes it 2-0, getting his first goal for his new club, just before half-time with a spectacular volley from a corner after Dirk Kuyt's initial attempt is blocked
Late on, Dirk Kuyt emerges triumphant from a pile of players sliding in on Gerrard's daisy-cutting cross to add Liverpool's third of the game, his first of the season
With the game as good as over Johnson's deflected cross from the right is tipped on to the crossbar by Thomas Sorenson only for David Ngog to follow up from two yards
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