Chelsea 6-0 West Brom: It takes reigning champions Chelsea just five minutes to get off the mark; Florent Malouda heads in from close range after Scott Carson fails to hold on to Didier Drogba's free-kick
Drogba scores either side of the break to make it 3-0, before Frank Lampard finishes off a slick passing move from Nicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole to get on the scoresheet
Didier Drogba wraps up his hat-trick before Malouda adds a sixth on the stroke of full-time to get Chelsea's campaign off to an imperious start and give newly-promoted West Brom a lesson in Premier League football
Wigan 0-4 Blackpool: Ian Holloway leads the Tangerines back to the top flight after a 39-year absence, and they get off to a flier, going 1-0 up on 15 minutes through Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Marlon Harewood scores two in five first-half minutes; the away fans are in raptures but Wigan's showing so far is dismal and the fans boo them off the pitch at half-time
Alex Baptiste completes the rout with a fourth; there's not been so much excitement amongst orange-clad fans since the World Cup final, as Blackpool's 4,000-strong army celebrate topping the table
Aston Villa 3-0 West Ham: Villa dominate the first half with ease, with Stewart Downing capitalising on Hammers keeper Rob Green's failure to clear to nab Villa's first, and Stiliyan Petrov doubling the lead on 40 minutes
James Milner scores a third to no reply from the Hammers; it's a great result for Kevin MacDonald, who took the helm this week after Martin O'Neill's shock exit, but a dreadful start to Avram Grant's reign at West Ham
Blackburn 1-0 Everton: The home side start brightly, with Martin Olsson going close after three minutes, but are dealt an early blow as David Dunn goes off with an apparent groin injury, to be replaced by Steven Nzonzi
Tim Howard is rightly dejected after his horrible fumble drops the ball straight into the path of Nikola Kalinic, who duly taps it into the empty net to put Rovers 1-0 up after 14 minutes, the only goal of the game
Sunderland 2-2 Birmingham: Darren Bent puts the home side ahead from the spot after Birmingham's Stephen Carr takes down Fraizer Campbell just inside the area to concede a penalty
Sunderland captain Lee Cattermole gets sent off just before the break, and Birmingham's Carr does little to redeem himself, scoring an own goal to put the Black Cats 2-0 up before the hour mark
Birmingham fight back, bringing on Nikola Zigic and making the most of the extra man to carve out chances; Scott Dann's first ever Premier League goal and Liam Ridgewell's bundled effort give them a share of the points
Bolton 0-0 Fulham: Notable attempts see Stuart Holden hit the post for the Trotters and Bobby Zamora firing just over the crossbar, but neither side manage to break the deadlock on Mark Hughes' debut as Fulham boss
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Stoke: Mick McCarthy's summer purchase Steve Fletcher repays the manager's faith to double Wolves' lead just two minutes after David Jones scores a cracker from a set-piece
Adoulaye Faye gets Stoke back into the game, scoring a powerful header on the hour, but Wolves hold firm to kick their season off with a win
Man City 0-0 Spurs: City boss Roberto Mancini has a wealth of new talent to choose from for the Premier League's curtain-raiser; Aleksandar Kolarov, David Silva and Yaya Toure all debut at White Hart Lane
Harry Redknapp starts troubled striker Peter Crouch with Jermain Defoe upfront, and will be hoping the prolific pairing can propel Spurs to a top-three spot after last season's fourth place
Joe Hart ousts Shay Given to start in goal for City and proves his worth in the first half-hour, pushing Tom Huddlestone's fizzing volley over the bar and repelling a host of other shots to keep the score 0-0
Gareth Bale fires a great shot across the goal but it pings off the far post; Aaron Lennon pounces on the ball but his follow-up is blocked on the goal-line by Vincent Kompany
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