Chelsea ease past Burnley; Nottingham Forest beat Derby in five-goal thriller

Chelsea 3 - Burnley 0 (Premier League, August 29, 2009) Chelsea dominated an open first half at Stamford Bridge against Burnley, the breakthrough came seconds before the break as Didier Drogba fired in a cross finished by both Clark Carlisle and Nicolas Anelka. The home side were scintilating early in the second half, Michael Ballack headed home from a Lampard cross two minutes after the break for the second and Ashley Cole volleyed into the top corner following another assist from Lampard for the third.

Nottingham Forest 3 - Derby 2 (Championship, August 29, 2009) It took Nottingham Forest less than sixty seconds to take the lead against Derby, a cross was only partially cleared by the Rams and Radoslaw Majewski latched onto the loose ball to whack home a cracker off the underside of the bar. Forest took control of the match through further goals from Dexter Blackstock and Nathan Tyson before half-time. Derby though hit back thanks to an overhead kick from Addison that hit Chris Cohen and then a Jake Livermore goal just after the hour.

Tomsk 0 - FC Moscow 0 (Russian Premier League, August 29, 2009) Third-placed FC Moscow stayed in touch with the leaders picking up a point on the road.

Brisbane Roar 1 - Central Coast Mariners 0 (A-League, August 29, 2009) Craig Moore buried a powerful header early in the contest to give the Roar a first win of the season.

Nagoya Grampus Eight 1 - Albirex Niigata 0 (J-League, August 29, 2009) Keiji Tamada broke into the box after 19 minutes, rounded the keeper to claim and finished neatly to claim the only goal of the game.