English League Championship

FT Friday, May 17, 2024
West Bromwich Albion LLLWD 1
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Southampton LLLWD 3
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Match Report

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Southampton beat West Brom to reach Championship playoff final

Southampton moved a step closer to returning to the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over West Bromwich Albion in the second leg of their Championship playoff semifinal on Friday to reach the final by the same score on aggregate.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
35
Possession
65
8
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
243
Accurate Passes
523
290
Passes
567
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
9
Accurate Crosses
0
18
Crosses
9
0.5
Cross %
0.0
28
Long Balls
34
14
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
5
12
Effective Clearances
7
12
Clearances
7

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 21Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  4. 5Jack StephensLB
  5. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRB
  6. 4Flynn DownesCM
  7. 7Joe AriboLM
  8. 16William SmallboneRM
  9. 9Adam ArmstrongF
  10. 26Ryan FraserLF
  11. 36David BrooksRF

WBA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Alex PalmerG
  2. 4Cedric KipreCD-L
  3. 5Kyle BartleyCD-R
  4. 3Conor TownsendLB
  5. 2Darnell FurlongRB
  6. 11Grady DianganaAM
  7. 27Alex MowattLM
  8. 35Okay YokusluRM
  9. 7Jed WallaceF
  10. 23Michael JohnstonAM-L
  11. 31Tom FellowsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 49' Goal! Southampton 1, West Bromwich Albion 0. Will Smallbone (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by David Brooks following a fast break.
  2. 64' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. John Swift replaces Grady Diangana.
  3. 64' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Jed Wallace.
  4. 64' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Yann M'Vila replaces Okay Yokuslu.
  5. 66' Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Manning replaces Ryan Fraser because of an injury.
  6. 73' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Adam Reach replaces Conor Townsend.
  7. 74' Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces David Brooks.
  8. 75' Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Goal! Southampton 2, West Bromwich Albion 0. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
  10. 82' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Andreas Weimann replaces Alex Mowatt.
  11. 82' John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Goal! Southampton 3, West Bromwich Albion 0. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  13. 89' Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90' Substitution, Southampton. Shea Charles replaces Joe Aribo.
  15. 90' Substitution, Southampton. Joe Rothwell replaces Will Smallbone.
  16. 90'+4' Yann M'Vila (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+7' Goal! Southampton 3, West Bromwich Albion 1. Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mikey Johnston with a cross following a corner.

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