| Blackburn | 3-0 (HT 3-0) | Stoke |
| McCarthy (pen) 9 Roberts 18 McCarthy 27 | ||
| Bookings: Am Faye 33 Cresswell 45+4 |
Sam Allardyce's Blackburn Rovers reign got off to the perfect start with an impressive win against Stoke City.
Benni McCarthy's penalty, awarded after Ibrahima Sonko fouled Morten Gamst Pedersen, opened the scoring in the ninth minute.
Jason Roberts bundled home the second from close range and McCarthy turned in a third before half-time.
Roberts was denied by Stoke keeper Steve Simonsen after the break and McCarthy also shot against the post.
Allardyce will have been delighted by the endeavour and cutting edge displayed by his new team, while Stoke City's display was the perfect illustration of why they have not won away from home in the Premier League this season.
Stoke did manage a revival of sorts in the second half, but Blackburn were never in serious danger of seeing their lead clawed backBlackburn: Robinson, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Emerton (Simpson 85), Dunn (Kerimoglu 70), Andrews, Pedersen, McCarthy (Derbyshire 79), Roberts. Subs Not Used: Brown, Khizanishvili, Mokoena, Judge.
Goals: McCarthy 9 pen, Roberts 18, McCarthy 27.
Stoke: Simonsen, Shawcross, Sonko, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Delap (Soares 59), Whelan, Amdy Faye (Olofinjana 75), Cresswell, Pericard (Tonge 59), Fuller. Subs Not Used: Sorensen, Pugh, Davies, Wilkinson.
Booked: Amdy Faye, Cresswell.
Att: 23,004
Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).
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| Bolton | 2-1 (HT 2-1) | Portsmouth |
| Taylor 1 Gardner 3 | Crouch 20 | |
| Bookings: Steinsson 67 | Bookings: Defoe 43 |
Bolton secured victory thanks to two goals in the first three minutes but also missed a glut of chances.
Matthew Taylor fired the hosts ahead when he flipped the ball up and volleyed in before Ricardo Gardner made it 2-0 with another cracking volley.
Peter Crouch headed in at the far post to hand Pompey a lifeline, but they almost conceded again when Rafn Steinsson's header hit the post.
Kevin Davies had a header cleared off the line as Bolton pressed for a third.
It proved elusive and meant Bolton, who should really have won by a comfortable margin, had to endure an edgy last few minutes.
Having only scored twice in their last five home games, they doubled that tally before Portsmouth had settled.
____________________________________________________________________| Fulham | 3-0 (HT 1-0) | Middlesbrough |
| Bullard 41 Murphy (pen) 54 Dempsey 59 | ||
| Bookings: Arca 38 McMahon 54 |
Fulham took their unbeaten Premier League run to seven games with an impressive win over Middlesbrough.
The home side took the lead shortly before the break when Jimmy Bullard poked in from three yards after Ross Turnbull parried Bobby Zamora's shot.
Danny Murphy made it 2-0 from the spot after referee Keith Stroud ruled Tony McMahon had handled the ball.
American Clint Dempsey rounded off the scoring when he slotted into the right corner from just inside the area.
Roy Hodgson's men deserved their victory in a match that had clocked 20 minutes before the Craven Cottage crowd were given something to gasp about.
Those gasps came at the home end when first Andrew Johnson saw his swivel and shot deflected wide by Ross Turnbull for a corner. And then from the set-piece defender John Pantsil fluffed his lines when he headed wide from three yards at the far post.Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard (Andreasen 85), Murphy (Etuhu 79), Gera (Zamora 31), Dempsey, Johnson.
Subs Not Used: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Stoor, Kallio.
Goals: Bullard 41, Murphy 54 pen, Dempsey 59.
Middlesbrough: Turnbull, McMahon, Riggott, Huth (Taylor 85), Pogatetz, Johnson (Emnes 80), Shawky, Arca (Mido 46), Downing, Aliadiere, Sanli.
Subs Not Used: Jones, Alves, Wheater, Walker.
Booked: Arca, McMahon.
Att: 23,722
Ref: Keith Stroud (Hampshire).
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| Hull | 1-4 (HT 1-1) | Sunderland |
| Barmby 19 | Malbranque 10 Zayatte o.g. 78 Jones 84 Cisse 90+1 | |
| Bookings: Boateng 16 Ricketts 76 King 85 | Bookings: Richardson 71 | |
| Sent off: Ricketts 81 |
Sunderland moved out of the Premier League relegation zone with a thoroughly deserved victory at Hull.
The Black Cats were the better team throughout and took the lead when Steed Malbranque lashed in from 25 yards.
Hull levelled when Nicky Barmby struck low past Marton Fulop, but Kieran Richardson's drive flew in off Kamil Zayatte to restore Sunderland's lead.
Sam Ricketts was sent off for Hull and Kenwyne Jones headed in, before Djibril Cisse fired home an injury-time fourth.
As well as lifting the Black Cats out of the drop zone, it also gives stand-in boss Ricky Sbragia a real chance of getting the manager's job on a permanent basis.
Hull: Myhill, Mendy, Turner, Zayatte, Ricketts, Garcia (Cousin 57), Ashbee, Boateng (Halmosi 81), Geovanni, Barmby (Giannakopoulos 68), King.
Subs Not Used: Duke, Doyle, Windass, Marney.
Sent Off: Ricketts (81).
Booked: Boateng, Ricketts, King.
Goals: Barmby 19.
Sunderland: Fulop, Bardsley, Nosworthy, Ferdinand, Collins, Malbranque, Tainio (Leadbitter 79), Richardson (Edwards 89), Reid (Whitehead 74), Jones, Cisse.
Subs Not Used: Colgan, Murphy, Yorke, Healy.
Booked: Richardson.
Goals: Malbranque 10, Zayatte 78 og, Jones 84, Cisse 90.
Att: 24,917.
Ref: Mike Riley (Yorkshire).
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| West Ham | 0-1 (HT 0-0) | Aston Villa |
| Neill o.g. 78 | ||
| Bookings: Neill 67 Bellamy 80 | Bookings: Milner 72 |
Aston Villa moved into third place in the Premier League after James Milner's deflected late goal sank West Ham.
An open first half saw Ashley Young hit the post for Villa after running on to a poor Scott Parker back-pass but West Ham dominated after the break.
Carlton Cole headed an easy chance over and was denied twice from close range by Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel.
The visitors looked short of ideas until Milner's 78th-minute shot looped off Lucas Neill and into the net.
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