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Key events
The pre-match scenes: plenty of red.
A reminder of what happened in this game during the regular season: the saints won 2-1 in November, Adam Armstrong winning after Kyle Bartley’s equalizer canceled out Will Smallbone’s opener. Oddly enough the two scorers when Southampton winning 2-0 at the Hawthorns in February were Fraser and Brooks, the men coming into the XI today.
Something more championship reading before we go. Here’s Nick Ames on Ipswich’s remarkable history.
It’s a brutal game.
Well then, Southampton made two changes from the first stage: Ryan Frazier and David Brooks come on for Ryan Manning and Sekou Mara. West Brom have one – Jed Wallace replaces Brandon Thomas-Assante.
The teams
Here’s what they look like…
Preamble
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to our coverage of West Brom’s visit to St Mary’s. Neither side could find the net in the first leg, so it all comes down to today’s result, with Leeds awaiting the winners at Wembley. Russell Martin has had his say Southampton players to “attack the game until you can’t anymore” so hopefully we have a show tonight. It will be nervy, crunching, hopefully exciting as Southampton look for an instant return to the Premier League. West Brom have been a long way from the big table since 2021, when even the safe presence of Big Sam couldn’t keep them out. Now they look to Carlos Corberan for salvation. Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.
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