EPL: Everton 2-0 Huddersfield
Gylfi Sigurdsson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored second-half goals as Sam Allardyce's first game in charge of Everton ended in a 2-0 home win against Huddersfield.
Allardyce, appointed as Everton's permanent new manager on Thursday, will not have been impressed by their dire first-half display, but Sigurdsson struck soon after the interval before Calvert-Lewin fired home a crucial second.
Everton secured back-to-back league wins for the first time this season to further lift morale in time for next week's Merseyside derby at Anfield.
They have been eased to by Sky Bet for relegation from the top flight while they are to finish inside the top four having moved up to 10th place.
Huddersfield, goalless on their travels since the opening day, made life difficult for Allardyce's side, particularly in the first period, but created few chances and slumped to a fourth straight league defeat for the first time in 17 years.
Their inability to make any impact still on the road means they are now to head straight back into the Championship.