West Brom v Southampton LIVE: Championship play-off score and goal updates from semi-final first leg
Southampton finished 12 points ahead of West Brom but the Baggies will look to make home advantage count ahead of next week’s second leg
West Brom take on Southampton at The Hawthorns today in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final.
Both sides lost three successive games coming into the final match of the season, before earning wins on the last day. The Saints’ victory over Leeds United was a particularly timely confidence boost coming into the play-offs, and Russell Martin will hope his side can carry that momentum into this tie.
Carlos Corberan’s side have a strong home record to call upon in this first leg, but while West Brom finished only one place below fourth-placed Saints in the regular season standings, their opponents challenged for automatic promotion and finished a dozen points clear of the Baggies, beating them home and away.
Follow the score and latest updates from West Brom vs Southampton below, following the earlier tie between Norwich and Leeds. You can get all the latest football predictions and odds here.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
53 mins: Manning has space down the left flank but his low ball into the box is turned away by a well-positioned Bartley.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
52 mins: A slow start to this second half, with West Brom more than happy to sit back and let Southampton have the ball.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
48 mins: Some neat footwork from Aribo on the edge of the Baggies box but the ball eventually deflects up onto his hand and a free-kick is given.
KICK-OFF! West Brom 0-0 Southampton
46 mins: No changes at the break but Stewart looked to warming up with intent at half-time so could be coming on for Southampton at some point.
Anyway, West Brom get us back underway - let’s have some goals...
HALF-TIME: West Brom 0-0 Southampton
Southampton have stopped the opposition from scoring a first-half goal in 30 of their 47 games, only Leicester City (32) have done this more often in the English Football League - Championship this season.
Norwich and Leeds deadlocked after cagey Championship play-off first leg
Speaking off Carrow Road, here’s a recap of the action from the first leg between Norwich and Leeds.
Norwich and Leeds deadlocked after cagey Championship play-off first leg
Norwich 0-0 Leeds: The two teams played out a lacklustre 90 minutes at Carrow Road
HALF-TIME: West Brom 0-0 Southampton
Adam Amstrong is flagged offside again and that will be that for the first half.
A slight improvement on the action we witnessed at Carrow Road earlier but still no goals to talk off. Diangana had the best chance just after the half-hour mark but it was a great save from McCarthy to keep out the West Brom winger.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
45+1 mins: Three minutes of added time to end this first half as Adam Armstrong, slightly off balance, heads over the bar.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
44 mins: It’s a wasted set-piece in the end for the visitors as the free-kick is cleared away with ease.
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
42 mins: Townsend brings down Walker-Peters near the corner flag and that will be a free kick for the visitors. The Saints player is still down, though, and receiving some treatment.
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