English League Championship

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1st Leg · The Hawthorns · 25,367 att.

Match Report

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WBA, Saints play out goalless draw in Championship playoff

West Bromwich Albion and Southampton played out a goalless draw in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final on Sunday, the second 0-0 result of the day after Norwich City held Leeds United in the other semi-final tie.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
3
63.4
Possession
36.6
12
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
528
Accurate Passes
287
579
Passes
331
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
19
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.4
40
Long Balls
27
22
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
5
Interceptions
7
17
Effective Clearances
14
17
Clearances
14

Head to Head

SOU leads series 4-1

Lineups

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. 21Brandon Thomas-AsanteF
  10. 23Michael JohnstonAM-L
  11. 31Tom FellowsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  2. 22Yann M'vilaSUB
  3. 10Matt PhillipsSUB
  4. 19John SwiftSUB
  5. 6Semi AjayiSUB
  6. 20Adam ReachSUB
  7. 17Andreas WeimannSUB
  8. 33Joshua GriffithsSUB
  9. 7Jed WallaceSUB

SOU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-L
  4. 21Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  5. 7Joe AriboCM-L
  6. 16William SmallboneCM-R
  7. 4Flynn DownesAM
  8. 3Ryan ManningLM
  9. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRM
  10. 18Sékou MaraCF-L
  11. 9Adam ArmstrongCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Samuel EdozieSUB
  2. 26Ryan FraserSUB
  3. 14James BreeSUB
  4. 11Ross StewartSUB
  5. 20Kamaldeen SulemanaSUB
  6. 13Joe LumleySUB
  7. 36David BrooksSUB
  8. 19Joe RothwellSUB
  9. 24Shea CharlesSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Flynn Downes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 56' Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 71' Substitution, Southampton. David Brooks replaces Sékou Mara.
  4. 72' Substitution, Southampton. Ross Stewart replaces Adam Armstrong.
  5. 72' Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Fraser replaces Ryan Manning.
  6. 73' Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 80' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Semi Ajayi replaces Okay Yokuslu because of an injury.
  8. 81' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Yann M'Vila replaces Brandon Thomas-Asante.
  9. 81' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jed Wallace replaces Mikey Johnston.
  10. 82' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. John Swift replaces Tom Fellows.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Adam Reach replaces Conor Townsend.

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