Everton 2 [Dewsbury-Hall 42; Barry 53] Crystal Palace 0Thierno Barry scored in Everton’s comfortable 2-0 Premier League victory over Crystal Palace to give manager David Moyes one less thing to worry about – for now.The Frenchman took until December last season to score his maiden goal for the club but with no reinforcements for a strikeforce – together with Beto – which netted only 18 goals in 2025-26, an early breakthrough for the 23-year-old was a welcome boost for Moyes, who is less than happy with the club’s transfer business.Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall had made the breakthrough late in the first half as Everton celebrated season ticket-holder Andy Burnham’s first visit as prime minister with a morale-boosting victory after last term’s final seven games without a win cost them a chance of a return to European football.There was little freshness in terms of Moyes’s starting line-up, aside from new signing Hayden Hackney in the holding midfield role, with midfielder Merlin Rohl filling the troublesome right back slot.And there was a familiar feeling to the opening 38 minutes as Jean-Philippe Mateta stabbed wide the kind of close-range chance he would usually bury and also hit a post – the same upright Eddie Nketiah saw Jordan Pickford acrobatically tip his shot on to.But the momentum changed when Dewsbury-Hall lashed home left-footed across Dean Henderson and the second half was a completely different story.Barry’s downward header from five yards came from greater urgency on the ball, which saw Hackney’s quickly-taken free-kick whipped in with very little fuss by Iliman Ndiaye.Nottingham Forest 0 Leeds United 1 [Stach 88]Nottingham Forest fans taunted Leeds goalkeeper James Trafford with chants of ‘what a waste of money’, but he had the last laugh at the City Ground.Trafford made his debut for Leeds in the Premier League opener following his £45 million summer move from Manchester City.And while the England goalkeeper kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory and made an important first-half save to keep an Igor Jesus header out, he endured more trouble with the ball at his feet.Forest fans were quick to jump on his back when Trafford, who went to the World Cup with England, aimlessly kicked the ball out of play from a goal-kick in the first half and then was complicit in Leeds giving a throw-in away when playing out from the back.His woes continued into the second half as he again kicked the ball straight out of play, with Forest fans quick to question his price tag.However, Trafford was the one laughing at the end as Anton Stach’s late free-kick gave Leeds the points, with the goalkeeper celebrating by sprinting to the halfway line to join in celebrations.Ipswich Town 2 [Emersonn 24; Clarke 90] Sunderland 1 [Angulo 39]Jack Clarke fired newly-promoted Ipswich to an opening-day victory with a 90th-minute winner to down old club Sunderland.A new era at Portman Road got under way with Gary O’Neil in the dugout for a competitive fixture for the first time since he replaced long-serving boss Kieran McKenna in June and with six full debutants on display.It had been a busy summer for Ipswich with 12 signings made in an attempt to follow in the footsteps of opponents Sunderland, who finished seventh on their own return to the top-flight in the 2025-26 campaign.This first day fixture looked set to finish all square after Nilson Angulo produced a superb 39th-minute free kick for the Black Cats to cancel out Emersonn’s opener after 24 minutes following excellent play from Julio Enciso.Substitute Clarke had other ideas and made the most of Omar Alderete’s wayward pass on the stroke of full-time to curl into the bottom corner to send Portman Road into pandemonium after they witnessed only a second Premier League home win in 24 years.