Josh Cullen and Jaidon Anthony were on target as Burnley beat Sunderland in a battle of two newly-promoted sides at Turf Moor.
Clarets skipper Cullen scored the first after collecting the ball on the edge of the box following a clever flick from Anthony, curling a low shot into the far corner two minutes after half-time.
Anthony then raced onto Cullen’s pass and rounded the goalkeeper to double the hosts’ lead and make sure of the win late on.
After a 3-0 defeat at Tottenham in last weekend’s opening game of the Premier League season, Scott Parker’s side have their first points on the board.
Burnley thought they had gone in front in the first half when Lyle Foster pounced on a mix-up in the Sunderland defence and finished smartly – but the goal was ruled out with Foster adjudged to have fouled Jenson Seelt in the build-up.
While the home side enjoyed the territorial advantage for much of the first period, Sunderland had the better chances.
Eliezer Mayenda’s tame effort from six yard out pushed away by Burnley keeper Martin Dubravka after Dan Ballard’s header back across goal – the defender’s last action before he was forced off with an injury – before Chemsdine Talbi clipped a shot wide.
Burnley’s best opportunity came with the last action of the first half when Anthony nodded wide from Hannibal Mejbri’s cross.
There was more life to the Clarets approach in the second half, and following Cullen’s cool finish they were pushing for a second before an issue with the floodlights caused a delay and halted their momentum.
Sunderland pressed for an equaliser in the closing stages but without creating a chance of note and were then undone by an incisive Burnley counter-attack.
Cullen whipped the ball through to Anthony and he sprinted clear to score the second and ensure a winning start at home for the Clarets.