Southampton vs West Bromwich Albion, 2023-24 English League Championship, Promotion Semifinals

· 2nd Leg - Southampton advance 3-1 on aggregate

Southampton

49': William Smallbone
78': Adam Armstrong
86': Adam Armstrong (P)

FT
3 - 1
2nd Leg - Southampton advance 3-1 on aggregate

West Bromwich Albion

90'+7': Cedric Kipre

Southampton beat West Brom to reach Championship playoff final

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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.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Flynn Downes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
1': Foul by Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion).
2': Attempt blocked. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Aribo.
2': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
2': Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Adam Armstrong (Southampton).
8': Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ryan Fraser.
11': Attempt missed. Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Mowatt with a cross following a corner.
14': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Ryan Fraser (Southampton).
16': Foul by Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion).
16': Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': David Brooks (Southampton) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
17': Foul by Ryan Fraser (Southampton).
17': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
18': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Alex McCarthy.
19': Attempt blocked. David Brooks (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
20': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Tom Fellows.
21': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Cédric Kipré.
23': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.
24': Attempt missed. Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Mikey Johnston with a headed pass following a corner.
24': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Grady Diangana is caught offside.
30': Attempt saved. David Brooks (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Aribo.
31': David Brooks (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion).
34': Delay in match because of an injury Flynn Downes (Southampton).
35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
36': Attempt blocked. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
37': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Conor Townsend.
38': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
38': Jed Wallace (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Jed Wallace is caught offside.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Joe Aribo (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Will Smallbone.
45'+2': First Half ends, Southampton 0, West Bromwich Albion 0.
45': Second Half begins Southampton 0, West Bromwich Albion 0.
46': Foul by Jack Stephens (Southampton).
46': Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
46': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Mikey Johnston is caught offside.
48': Attempt missed. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
49': Foul by Adam Armstrong (Southampton).
49': Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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.
54': Attempt blocked. Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Fellows with a cross.
54': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
55': Foul by Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion).
55': Jan Bednarek (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Offside, Southampton. Ryan Fraser is caught offside.
59': Delay in match because of an injury Will Smallbone (Southampton).
59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
60': Offside, Southampton. Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
62': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
63': Attempt saved. Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
63': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Alex McCarthy.
64': Attempt missed. Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Mowatt with a cross following a corner.
64': Delay in match because of an injury Ryan Fraser (Southampton).
64': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. John Swift replaces Grady Diangana.
64': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Jed Wallace.
64': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Yann M'Vila replaces Okay Yokuslu.
65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
66': Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Manning replaces Ryan Fraser because of an injury.
67': Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Foul by David Brooks (Southampton).
68': Offside, Southampton. Adam Armstrong is caught offside.
69': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
69': John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Adam Reach replaces Conor Townsend.
74': Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces David Brooks.
74': Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
75': Foul by Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion).
75': Will Smallbone (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77': Attempt missed. Ryan Manning (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
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.
81': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
81': Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Attempt missed. Adam Reach (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Mowatt with a through ball.
82': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Andreas Weimann replaces Alex Mowatt.
82': Foul by John Swift (West Bromwich Albion).
82': Will Smallbone (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': John Swift (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Adam Armstrong (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion).
85': Penalty Southampton. Ryan Manning draws a foul in the penalty area.
85': Penalty conceded by Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) after a foul in the penalty area.
86': Goal! Southampton 3, West Bromwich Albion 0. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
89': Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
89': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
89': Joe Aribo (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90': Substitution, Southampton. Shea Charles replaces Joe Aribo.
90': Substitution, Southampton. Joe Rothwell replaces Will Smallbone.
90': Foul by Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion).
90': Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+2': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Joe Rothwell.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Andreas Weimann (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by John Swift with a cross.
90'+4': Foul by Samuel Edozie (Southampton).
90'+4': Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Yann M'Vila (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Foul by Shea Charles (Southampton).
90'+4': Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+5': Foul by Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion).
90'+5': Ryan Manning (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion).
90'+5': Shea Charles (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ryan Manning.
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.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Southampton 3, West Bromwich Albion 1.
0': Match ends, Southampton 3, West Bromwich Albion 1.

Statistics

WBA		SOU
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

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 30,712

Line-Ups

Southampton (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Alex McCarthy (GK)
35	Jan Bednarek
21	Taylor Harwood-Bellis
5	Jack Stephens
2	Kyle Walker-Peters
4	Flynn Downes
7	Joe Aribo
16	William Smallbone
9	Adam Armstrong
26	Ryan Fraser
36	David Brooks

Southampton Substitutes:

Ross Stewart, Joe Rothwell, Joe Lumley, Samuel Edozie, Kamaldeen Sulemana, James Bree, Shea Charles, Ryan Manning, Sékou Mara.

West Bromwich Albion (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
24	Alex Palmer (GK)
4	Cedric Kipre
5	Kyle Bartley
3	Conor Townsend
2	Darnell Furlong
11	Grady Diangana
27	Alex Mowatt
35	Okay Yokuslu
7	Jed Wallace
23	Michael Johnston
31	Tom Fellows

West Bromwich Albion Substitutes:

Adam Reach, Joshua Griffiths, Nathaniel Chalobah, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Yann M'vila, John Swift, Matt Phillips, Andreas Weimann, Semi Ajayi.

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