Everton opened their pre-season with a rousing 22-0 victory against Austrian fifth-tier outfit ATV Irdning. The Toffees were far too strong for the opposition, as Marco Silva, in his first game in charge, witnessed 10 goals from his new team in the first-half alone.
It took just five minutes for Leighton Baines to tap home the opener, and it then became a procession. Cenk Tosun hit four and Ademola Lookman earned a hat-trick before the break, while Mason Holgate and Michael Keane netted one each.
Substitute Kevin Mirallas took just four minutes to score a hat-trick to take the score to 13-0, he would later add a fourth and fifth to his personal tally, while Oumar Niasse got two either side of a Nikola Vlasic goal before an Irdning defender chipped his own goalkeeper, who then allowed Vlasic to grab the 20th when he thought the striker was offside. Although time was running out, Niasse still did not have to rush himself to net his third and fourth goals against the amateur outfit.
Merseyside rivals Liverpool failed to score at all when they drew 0-0 against Bury. Loris Karius will be the happiest man from the fixture as he kept a clean sheet in an uninspiring outing. Fulham also played out a goalless draw at Aldershot against Reading.
Silva was not the only manager enjoying a convincing win in his first game in charge of a Premier League club as Unai Emery took his Arsenal team up the road to Boreham Wood where they secured an 8-0 victory, as January signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick. The rest of the goals were shared around as Reiss Nelson, Alexandre Lacazette, Eddie Nketiah, Jeff Reine-Adelaide and Henrikh Mkhitaryan added their names to the schoresheet.
Huddersfield were defeated 3-0 by League One newcomers Accrington Stanley. Kayden Jackson scored twice and Sean McConville curled in a free-kick late on at the Wham Stadium.
Manuel Pellegrini got a second chance to see his West Ham players in action, including a debut for Andriy Yarmolenko as they won 1-0 at Wycombe. It was not the Ukrainian who made the difference but Marko Arnautovic, as the Austrian scored the only goal of the game.
Wolves already have some silverware to their name after beating Swiss side Young Boys 4-0 to lift the Uhrencup. Ivan Cavaleiro, Helder Costa, Leo Bonatini and Rafa Mir were all on target.