The opening performances earned standing ovations, so can either Chelsea or Aston Villa provide a fitting encore?
Chelsea's first-half dismantling of Hull prolonged the feelgood factor prompted by the return to the dugout of Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese praised the "fantastic quality" of the performance - although his continued pursuit of Wayne Rooney shows he will never rest on his laurels.
Chelsea inflicted a club record 8-0 defeat on Villa in the corresponding fixture last season, but Mourinho is wary of the visitors following their 3-1 win at Arsenal.
"It's not such a big surprise because Aston Villa can do that to any one of us," he said.
"They are a team with qualities to play away, to play the counter-attack game they played at the Emirates. They are a good team."
Villa head to Chelsea earlier than planned owing to the Blues' Uefa Super Cup commitments at the end of the month.
The date for the re-arranged fixture has annoyed Villa as it comes either side of games against Arsenal and Liverpool.
However, victory at the Emirates has left Paul Lambert's side confident they will give a far greater account of themselves than last December's meeting.
Captain Ron Vlaar said: "We all know what happened last year, so we want to put that to rest.
"We learnt a lot and we still have to learn a lot, but mentally we have become a stronger team."
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 19:45 BST, 2:45 pm EST, 11:45 am PST. Thursday August 22, 2013 at 00:15 IST. Use this time zone converter to figure out when the game is starting wherever you happen to be.
Venue/Location: Stamford Bridge, London, England
