Monday 8 August 2016 10:54, UK
Crystal Palace thumped Valencia 3-1 in their final pre-season friendly at Selhurst Park but Hull - still without a manager - were beaten.
Connor Wickham scored twice on a beautiful sunny day in South London and Mile Jedinak converted a penalty, while the Spaniards pulled a late goal back through Eugeni Domenech.
The 23-year-old Wickham showed promise last season but was hampered by injury, and will be hoping to take the new Premier League season by storm.
And he showed he might do just that with a fine display, firing his side ahead superbly before putting the ball in the net for a second time only to see it ruled out for an earlier foul by Yannick Bolasie.
But Wickham got his second goal from a rebound after his penalty was saved and squandered further chances before Jedinak denied him the chance at a hat-trick by converting from the spot on 70 minutes.
In contrast, newly-promoted Hull's pre-season preparations could not have gone worse, with caretaker boss Mike Phelan seeing his team beaten by Torino 2-1 in Austria.
With Steve Bruce having resigned and no replacement seemingly in sight, Hull have signed only one player - Jonathan Edwards on a free transfer from Peterborough - and struggled with just a week to go until their season opener.
Abel Hernandez scored their goal but Andrea Belotti and Cesare Bovo notched for the Italians to ensure victory.
Fernando Llorente made an immediate pre-season debut after joining Swansea this week from Sevilla, putting in a lively showing as the Swans beat Stade Rennais 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium.
It was youngster Jay Fulton, though, that came off the bench to score the winner though, heading home a corner at the near post.
Watford surrendered a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with French side Lorient at Vicarage Road, after Troy Deeney's penalty and a strike from Odion Ighalo.
Everton will worry over the fitness of Romelu Lukaku after he limped off during a 1-0 defeat to Espanyol at Goodison Park, with Leo Baptistao converting a penalty to win the game.
Ross Barkley missed a penalty for the Toffees but they were buoyed by an impressive debut for Idrissa Gueye, who joined from Aston Villa last week.
New signing Ramadan Sobhi started for Stoke but they were beaten in Hamburg 1-0, with Michael Gregoritsch bagging the goal for HSV in the Volksparkstadion.
At the Riverside stadium, Middlesbrough drew 0-0 with Real Sociedad, as Alvaro Negredo and his fellow new signings got some valuable minutes.
Bournemouth face Manchester United on Sky Sports 1 HD on Sunday and signed off their pre-season with a 1-0 win over French Ligue 1 side Angers.
In Spain, Mallorca ran out 1-0 winners over the newly acquired West Brom. A 44th-minute goal from Brandon Llamas was enough to consign the Baggies to defeat.
