Europa League qualifiers review:Jack Rodwell had a night to remember as Everton chalked up an emphatic 4-0 win in the first leg of their Europa League play-off clash against Sigma Olomouc.
The 18-year-old marked his return to the first team with two marvellous goals at Goodison Park.
With Louis Saha also scoring a brace, Everton surely booked their place in the group stages of the competition.
Nikica Jelavic scored inside the first minute as Aston Villawere beaten 1-0 by Rapid Vienna.
Jelavic headed home just seconds after kick-off at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium to secure a victory the Austrian side deserved for their dominance in the rest of the game.
Christopher Drazan was a constant threat for Rapid and had one good shot cleared off the line by Curtis Davies while Brad Guzan saved another.
Villa's best moments came in the second half but Davies headed over from one clear-cut opportunity and the visitors failed to seriously test opposing goalkeeper Helge Payer.
Andy Johnson gave Fulhaman injury scare after helping secure a comfortable 3-1 victory over Amkar Perm.
Johnson struck the opener after just three minutes but was forced from the pitch midway through the second half with a shoulder injury following an outrageous body-check that sent the England striker sprawling.
The incident marred an otherwise successful night for Fulham who established a comfortable lead for the second leg with further goals from Clint Dempsey and Bobby Zamora.
New signing Damien Duff, who joined from Newcastle on Tuesday, made his debut from the bench for the last 15 minutes and had a hand in Zamora's goal.
Vitaliy Grishin ensured Amkar, who sit 13th out of 16 in the Russian Premier League, got on the scoresheet with 15 minutes to go.
Heartsbecame the latest Scottish side to suffer European humiliation as they were ripped to shreds, losing 4-0 to Dinamo Zagreb.
The Edinburgh outfit were completely outclassed by the Croatian champions, who all but finished their play-off tie inside an hour of the first leg.
Goals from Mario Mandzukic, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Ivica Vrdoljak and former Liverpool midfielder Igor Biscan put Dinamo within touching distance of the group stage ahead of next week's return match.
It could have been even worse for the visitors, who looked clueless throughout as their slick opponents created and missed chance after chance.
