Luiz Felipe Scolari's Chelsea reign began with a comfortable 4-0 win over Guangzhou Pharmaceutical as Salomon Kalou, Frank Lampard, Argentinian teenager Franco Di Santo and Shaun Wright-Phillips scored to secure their victory over the Chinese Super League side.

The Blues dominated the opener of their five-game pre-season tour of Asia and Russia at Guangzhou Olympic Stadium, with the only concern for Scolari seeing summer signing Jose Bosingwa substituted after 20 minutes with a slight thigh injury after a brief but impressive debut at right-back.

Scolari fielded a strong side from the start, with Deco making his debut in midfield alongside Lampard, who played the entire game, with Joe Cole and Andriy Shevchenko not included in the squad due to minor injuries.

New signings Bobby Zamora and John Pantsil could not prevent Fulham from losing 1-0 to Busan L'Park in the club's first game of their pre-season tour to South Korea.

Busan, currently at the foot of the Korean K-League, took the lead 12 minutes into the second-half courtesy of Choi Ki Suk's deflected shot.

Scott Carson and Marek Cech enjoyed memorable debuts for West Brom in their 1-1 pre-season friendly draw away to Cheltenham.

Slovakia international Cech, signed for £1.4million from Porto, fired Tony Mowbray's side ahead in the 20th minute to cap an impressive 45-minute outing.

The Premier League newcomers missed a number of good chances and were punished when the Robins levelled 11 minutes from time as David Bird's superb free-kick found the back of the net.

Dundee United began life without Noel Hunt by beating Arbroath 2-0 in their latest pre-season test.

The Tannadice club sold Hunt to Reading earlier on Wednesday, and a United XI won at Arbroath thanks to goals in the first half from Garry Kenneth and Marco Andreoni.

Motherwell were held to a 1-1 draw by Wolves at Fir Park, despite making a dream start.

New Scotland cap David Clarkson fed Steven McGarry, who fired home a third-minute goal for the hosts. However, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake equalised in the 20th minute for Well manager Mark McGhee's former club.

Both teams had the ball in the net again, but offside flags denied Chris Porter and Stephen Ward.

An under-strength Falkirk XI lost 2-1 to Berwick, with John Stewart on target for the SPL club.

St Mirren were comfortable 3-1 winners against Stirling Albion, however, with striker Jim Hamilton on target twice in the first half.

Midfielder Andy Dorman continued his fine scoring form from last season with St Mirren's third goal late in the game, after Steven Waddell had halved Stirling's arrears.

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